The rapidly growing quantum information science and computing theory group at the University of Calgary is seeking outstanding applicants for PhD studies in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, the Department of Physics & Astronomy, and the Department of Computer Science.
Graduate student positions are fully funded through teaching assistantships and supervisor grants.
The quantum information science and computing theory group includes professors Adam Bene Watts (Mathematics & Statistics), Xavier Coiteux-Roy (Computer Science/Physics & Astronomy), Connor Paddock (Computer Science), Carlo Maria Scandolo (Mathematics & Statistics), and Jinzhao Wang (Mathematics & Statistics). Research interests comprise:
Quantum algorithms, complexity theory (Adam Bene Watts, Connor Paddock, Xavier Coiteux-Roy)
Quantum information and resource theories (Carlo Maria Scandolo, Jinzhao Wang)
Quantum foundations, entanglement, and nonlocality (Xavier Coiteux-Roy, Connor Paddock, Carlo Maria Scandolo, Jinzhao Wang)
Quantum thermodynamics, information, and gravity (Carlo Maria Scandolo, Jinzhao Wang)
The University of Calgary is a Canadian leader in Quantum Science and is home of the Institute for Quantum Science and Technologies (IQST), Quantum City (QC), and the newly founded Quantum Horizons Alberta (QHA). You will join a community of research and discovery at one of Canada’s top five research universities. Located in the country's most enterprising city, the University of Calgary encourages creativity and innovation across every field. We are proud to build a campus defined by equity, diversity, and inclusion - a place free from discrimination and accessible to all, in the heart of North America's most livable city. Calgary boasts the most days of sunshine in the country and offers the perfect balance of urban energy and outdoor escape, with the Canadian Rockies less than a 90-minute drive away!
