{"id":4409,"date":"2019-11-12T01:02:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T07:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2019-11-12T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T21:05:12","slug":"annual-recruitment-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=4409","title":{"rendered":"Annual recruitment post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just like I did last year<\/a>, and the year before<\/a>, I’m putting up a post to let y’all know about opportunities in our growing Quantum Information Center<\/a> at UT Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m proud to report that we’re building something pretty good here. This fall Shyam Shankar<\/a> joined our Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty to do experimental superconducting qubits, while (as I blogged<\/a> in the summer) the quantum complexity theorist John Wright<\/a> will join me on the CS faculty in Fall 2020. Meanwhile, Drew Potter<\/a>, an expert on topological qubits, rejoined our physics faculty after a brief leave. Our weekly quantum information group meeting now regularly attracts around 30 participants—from the turnout, you wouldn’t know it’s not MIT or Caltech or Waterloo. My own group now has five postdocs and six PhD students—as well as some amazing undergrads striving to meet the bar set by Ewin Tang<\/a>. Course offerings in quantum information currently include Brian La Cour’s Freshman Research Initiative<\/a>, my own undergrad Intro to Quantum Information Science<\/a> honors class, and graduate classes on quantum complexity theory, experimental realizations of QC, and topological matter (with more to come). We’ll also be starting an undergraduate Quantum Information Science concentration next fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So without further ado:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) If you’re interested in pursuing a PhD focused on quantum computing and information (and\/or classical theoretical computer science) at UT Austin: please apply! If you want to work with me or John Wright on quantum algorithms and complexity, apply to CS<\/a> (I can also supervise physics students in rare cases). Also apply to CS, of course, if you want to work with our other CS theory faculty: David Zuckerman, Dana Moshkovitz, Adam Klivans, Anna Gal, Eric Price, Brent Waters, Vijaya Ramachandran, or Greg Plaxton. If you want to work with Drew Potter on nonabelian anyons or suchlike, or with Allan MacDonald<\/a>, Linda Reichl<\/a>, Elaine Li<\/a>, or others on many-body quantum theory, apply to physics<\/a>. If you want to work with Shyam Shankar on superconducting qubits, apply to ECE<\/a>. Note that the deadline for CS and physics is December 1<\/strong>, while the deadline for ECE is December 15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t need to ask me whether I’m on the lookout for great students: I always am! If you say on your application that you want to work with me, I’ll be sure to see it. Emailing individual faculty members is not how it works and won’t help. Admissions are extremely competitive, so I strongly encourage you to apply broadly to maximize your options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2) If you’re interested in a postdoc in my group, I’ll have approximately two openings starting in Fall 2020. To apply, just send me an email by January 1, 2020<\/strong> with the following info:
– Your CV
– 2 or 3 of your best papers (links or PDF attachments)
– The names of two recommenders (who should email me their letters separately)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(3) If you’re on the faculty job market in quantum computing and information—well, please give me a heads-up if you’re potentially interested in Austin! Our CS, physics, and ECE departments are all open to considering additional candidates in quantum information, both junior and senior. I can’t take credit for this—it surely has to do with developments beyond my control, both at UT and beyond—but I’m happy to relay that, in the three years since I arrived in Texas, the appetite for strengthening UT’s presence in quantum information has undergone jaw-dropping growth at every level of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport now has direct flights to London, Frankfurt, and (soon) Amsterdam and Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hook ’em Hadamards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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