Marco Cerezo
@mvscerezo.bsky.social
Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Researcher on Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning. Master of dungeons.
Just a friendly reminder that there are currently two ads for postdocs at Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Quantum Simulations of fermionic systems apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Quantum Simulations for nuclear physics apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Shares appreciated
Quantum Simulations of fermionic systems apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Quantum Simulations for nuclear physics apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Shares appreciated
Quantum Computing and Early Fault-Tolerant Simulations at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is Hiring! Search available jobs or submit your resume now by visiting this link. Please share with anyone you feel would be a great fit.
lanl.jobs
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just a friendly reminder that there are currently two ads for postdocs at Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Quantum Simulations of fermionic systems apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Quantum Simulations for nuclear physics apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Shares appreciated
Quantum Simulations of fermionic systems apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Quantum Simulations for nuclear physics apply here: lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Shares appreciated
Our group is looking to hire postdocs to work at the intersection of quantum computing, quantum algorithms, quantum machine learning, simulation of many-body quantum systems and early-fault tolerant quantum computing
Apply here:
lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Reposts appreciated!
Apply here:
lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Reposts appreciated!
Quantum Computing and Early Fault-Tolerant Simulations at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is Hiring! Search available jobs or submit your resume now by visiting this link. Please share with anyone you feel would be a great fit.
lanl.jobs
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Our group is looking to hire postdocs to work at the intersection of quantum computing, quantum algorithms, quantum machine learning, simulation of many-body quantum systems and early-fault tolerant quantum computing
Apply here:
lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Reposts appreciated!
Apply here:
lanl.jobs/search/jobde...
Reposts appreciated!
Reposted by Marco Cerezo
2025 UMD Quantum postdoc job thread.
We start with the Quantum Optics Fellowship, intended for AMO and QI. Anyone who would have applied for the JQI Fellowship should apply to this one. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowsh...
We start with the Quantum Optics Fellowship, intended for AMO and QI. Anyone who would have applied for the JQI Fellowship should apply to this one. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowsh...
University of Maryland, Joint Quantum Institute/Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science
Job #AJO30633, University of Maryland Theoretical Quantum Optics Fellowship, Joint Quantum Institute/Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, ...
academicjobsonline.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2025 UMD Quantum postdoc job thread.
We start with the Quantum Optics Fellowship, intended for AMO and QI. Anyone who would have applied for the JQI Fellowship should apply to this one. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowsh...
We start with the Quantum Optics Fellowship, intended for AMO and QI. Anyone who would have applied for the JQI Fellowship should apply to this one. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowsh...
Life Goal Achieved: I have so many arxiv tabs open that when opening a new one, I am now prompted to complete captchas.
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Life Goal Achieved: I have so many arxiv tabs open that when opening a new one, I am now prompted to complete captchas.
Hey quantum bsky!
Does any have any experience with becoming a Trusted Reviewer for Springer? Seems like the commitment is quite high for getting that title; you need to review one paper a month for them.
Interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this.
Does any have any experience with becoming a Trusted Reviewer for Springer? Seems like the commitment is quite high for getting that title; you need to review one paper a month for them.
Interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this.
September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hey quantum bsky!
Does any have any experience with becoming a Trusted Reviewer for Springer? Seems like the commitment is quite high for getting that title; you need to review one paper a month for them.
Interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this.
Does any have any experience with becoming a Trusted Reviewer for Springer? Seems like the commitment is quite high for getting that title; you need to review one paper a month for them.
Interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this.
I find myself in a barren plateaud landscape.
I've used Monument Valley so much as an analogy for BPs, that I figured I should finally pay this beautiful place a visit!
I've used Monument Valley so much as an analogy for BPs, that I figured I should finally pay this beautiful place a visit!
August 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I find myself in a barren plateaud landscape.
I've used Monument Valley so much as an analogy for BPs, that I figured I should finally pay this beautiful place a visit!
I've used Monument Valley so much as an analogy for BPs, that I figured I should finally pay this beautiful place a visit!
I am so, so happy to see this article published as a perspective in Nature Communications:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More than the paper itself, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with all my co-authors on the implications of the absence of BPs ~ classical simulability connection
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More than the paper itself, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with all my co-authors on the implications of the absence of BPs ~ classical simulability connection
Does provable absence of barren plateaus imply classical simulability? - Nature Communications
There has been growing evidence that strategies to circumvent the barren plateau problem in variational quantum computing might also kill potential quantum advantages. In this Perspective, the authors...
www.nature.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I am so, so happy to see this article published as a perspective in Nature Communications:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More than the paper itself, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with all my co-authors on the implications of the absence of BPs ~ classical simulability connection
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More than the paper itself, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with all my co-authors on the implications of the absence of BPs ~ classical simulability connection
This week is my 10 year anniversary of my first paper posted to arxiv, holy xow, how time flies!!
July 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This week is my 10 year anniversary of my first paper posted to arxiv, holy xow, how time flies!!
We recently posted 2 works on quantum resource theories: arxiv.org/abs/2506.19696, arxiv.org/abs/2507.10851
👂Huh? Yall want more? We got you covered with a NEW work
Analyzing the free states of one quantum resource theory as resource states of another
arxiv.org/abs/2507.11793
👂Huh? Yall want more? We got you covered with a NEW work
Analyzing the free states of one quantum resource theory as resource states of another
arxiv.org/abs/2507.11793
Characterizing quantum resourcefulness via group-Fourier decompositions
In this work we present a general framework for studying the resourcefulness in pure states for quantum resource theories (QRTs) whose free operations arise from the unitary representation of a group....
arxiv.org
July 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We recently posted 2 works on quantum resource theories: arxiv.org/abs/2506.19696, arxiv.org/abs/2507.10851
👂Huh? Yall want more? We got you covered with a NEW work
Analyzing the free states of one quantum resource theory as resource states of another
arxiv.org/abs/2507.11793
👂Huh? Yall want more? We got you covered with a NEW work
Analyzing the free states of one quantum resource theory as resource states of another
arxiv.org/abs/2507.11793
Also, pretty pictures are pretty
July 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Also, pretty pictures are pretty
I am incredibly excited by this paper!
We believe it opens up some interesting new directions to study resource non-increasing channels in quantum resource theories!
We believe it opens up some interesting new directions to study resource non-increasing channels in quantum resource theories!
New work on Quantum resource theories!
arxiv.org/abs/2507.10851
A big thanks to my collaborators @antonioannamele.bsky.social Pablo Bermejo Paolo Braccia Andrew Deneris @martinlaroo.bsky.social and specially@mvscerezo.bsky.social
We provide a unifying framework leading to new free operations 🧵⬇️
arxiv.org/abs/2507.10851
A big thanks to my collaborators @antonioannamele.bsky.social Pablo Bermejo Paolo Braccia Andrew Deneris @martinlaroo.bsky.social and specially@mvscerezo.bsky.social
We provide a unifying framework leading to new free operations 🧵⬇️
A unified approach to quantum resource theories and a new class of free operations
In quantum resource theories (QRTs) certain quantum states and operations are deemed more valuable than others. While the determination of the ``free'' elements is usually guided by the constraints of...
arxiv.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I am incredibly excited by this paper!
We believe it opens up some interesting new directions to study resource non-increasing channels in quantum resource theories!
We believe it opens up some interesting new directions to study resource non-increasing channels in quantum resource theories!
Reposted by Marco Cerezo
So What Do We Know QC To Be Good For?
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
June 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
So What Do We Know QC To Be Good For?
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
🚨Excited to share our new paper "Characterizing quantum resourcefulness via group-Fourier decompositions" from last year's LANL Quantum Computing summer School📘 arxiv.org/abs/2506.19696 !
Characterizing quantum resourcefulness via group-Fourier decompositions
In this work we present a general framework for studying the resourcefulness in pure states for quantum resource theories (QRTs) whose free operations arise from the unitary representation of a group....
arxiv.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨Excited to share our new paper "Characterizing quantum resourcefulness via group-Fourier decompositions" from last year's LANL Quantum Computing summer School📘 arxiv.org/abs/2506.19696 !
I will be in Madrid in Sept 15 to 19th for the Entangle This VI Conference!
Given that I'll be traveling across the pond I'd love to take that opportunity to visit some other local group in Spain!
Let me know if you're interested and I can plan a trip :)
Given that I'll be traveling across the pond I'd love to take that opportunity to visit some other local group in Spain!
Let me know if you're interested and I can plan a trip :)
June 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I will be in Madrid in Sept 15 to 19th for the Entangle This VI Conference!
Given that I'll be traveling across the pond I'd love to take that opportunity to visit some other local group in Spain!
Let me know if you're interested and I can plan a trip :)
Given that I'll be traveling across the pond I'd love to take that opportunity to visit some other local group in Spain!
Let me know if you're interested and I can plan a trip :)
This is an extremely cool paper from our summer school! If you missed it, and want the tldr, LANL recently put out a press release on our work!!
www.lanl.gov/media/news/0...
Again, huge props to my co authors!
www.lanl.gov/media/news/0...
Again, huge props to my co authors!
June 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is an extremely cool paper from our summer school! If you missed it, and want the tldr, LANL recently put out a press release on our work!!
www.lanl.gov/media/news/0...
Again, huge props to my co authors!
www.lanl.gov/media/news/0...
Again, huge props to my co authors!
Reposted by Marco Cerezo
New paper out!! 🎉🎉
"Optimal Haar random fermionic linear optics circuits"
Super fun collaboration with @impolster.bsky.social @nahuelldiaz.bsky.social @martinlaroo.bsky.social and @mvscerezo.bsky.social !
Thread 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24212
"Optimal Haar random fermionic linear optics circuits"
Super fun collaboration with @impolster.bsky.social @nahuelldiaz.bsky.social @martinlaroo.bsky.social and @mvscerezo.bsky.social !
Thread 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24212
Optimal Haar random fermionic linear optics circuits
Sampling unitary Fermionic Linear Optics (FLO), or matchgate circuits, has become a fundamental tool in quantum information. Such capability enables a large number of applications ranging from randomi...
arxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New paper out!! 🎉🎉
"Optimal Haar random fermionic linear optics circuits"
Super fun collaboration with @impolster.bsky.social @nahuelldiaz.bsky.social @martinlaroo.bsky.social and @mvscerezo.bsky.social !
Thread 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24212
"Optimal Haar random fermionic linear optics circuits"
Super fun collaboration with @impolster.bsky.social @nahuelldiaz.bsky.social @martinlaroo.bsky.social and @mvscerezo.bsky.social !
Thread 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24212
Extremely proud to see this Quantum Computing Summer School paper published. The paper shocases our student Aroosa, but also our former school students @matt-goh.bsky.social as the last author! I am super happy to see Matt grow so much as a scientist!!
Our work on error mitigation and learning-based inference techniques in quantum sensing has now been published in Materials Today Quantum! 🥳
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
More buck-per-shot: Why learning trumps mitigation in noisy quantum sensing
Quantum sensing is one of the most promising applications for quantum technologies. However, reaching the ultimate sensitivities enabled by the laws o…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Extremely proud to see this Quantum Computing Summer School paper published. The paper shocases our student Aroosa, but also our former school students @matt-goh.bsky.social as the last author! I am super happy to see Matt grow so much as a scientist!!
🎉I am very happy to see our Barren Plateau Review published in Nature Review Physics. This article condenses 6 years of our LANL work, but also so many amazing papers by the community!!
Check it here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Check it here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Barren plateaus in variational quantum computing - Nature Reviews Physics
Barren plateaus are widely considered as one of the main limitations for variational quantum algorithms. This Review summarizes the latest understandings of barren plateaus, indicating its causes, arc...
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🎉I am very happy to see our Barren Plateau Review published in Nature Review Physics. This article condenses 6 years of our LANL work, but also so many amazing papers by the community!!
Check it here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Check it here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
I am extremely happy to see this summer school paper by @alicewithoutbob.bsky.social being published in PRL!
It's also my postdoc @dgarciamartin.bsky.social first last author paper and I couldn't be prouder of the amazing work he does!!
It's also my postdoc @dgarciamartin.bsky.social first last author paper and I couldn't be prouder of the amazing work he does!!
Can I interest you in a new BQP-complete problem? It's about huge interferometers.
Proud to see our paper published in PRL!
doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
Thanks @mvscerezo.bsky.social ky.social @martinlaroo.bsky.social sky.social @sornborg.bsky.social ky.social @dgarciamartin.bsky.social ky.social.
Proud to see our paper published in PRL!
doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
Thanks @mvscerezo.bsky.social ky.social @martinlaroo.bsky.social sky.social @sornborg.bsky.social ky.social @dgarciamartin.bsky.social ky.social.
journals.aps.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I am extremely happy to see this summer school paper by @alicewithoutbob.bsky.social being published in PRL!
It's also my postdoc @dgarciamartin.bsky.social first last author paper and I couldn't be prouder of the amazing work he does!!
It's also my postdoc @dgarciamartin.bsky.social first last author paper and I couldn't be prouder of the amazing work he does!!
Another amazing paper from our Summer School student @antonioannamele.bsky.social (is that 3 papers already?!) and from our collaboration with the power house that are @aangrisani.bsky.social and @quantummanuel.bsky.social, from @qzoeholmes.bsky.social! 's incredible group.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13101
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13101
January 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Another amazing paper from our Summer School student @antonioannamele.bsky.social (is that 3 papers already?!) and from our collaboration with the power house that are @aangrisani.bsky.social and @quantummanuel.bsky.social, from @qzoeholmes.bsky.social! 's incredible group.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13101
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13101
Reposted by Marco Cerezo
New PhD/PostDoc positions in Machine Learning for Quantum Computing and Simulation of Quantum Matter:
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/postdoc...
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/phd/cas...
Sharing and endorsing would be really appreciated <3
@hzdr.bsky.social @scadsai.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/postdoc...
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/phd/cas...
Sharing and endorsing would be really appreciated <3
@hzdr.bsky.social @scadsai.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social
Postdoc (f/m/d) | Werner Dobrautz
PostDoc in Machine Learning for Quantum Computing and Simulation of Quantum Matter
dobrautz.github.io
January 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New PhD/PostDoc positions in Machine Learning for Quantum Computing and Simulation of Quantum Matter:
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/postdoc...
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/phd/cas...
Sharing and endorsing would be really appreciated <3
@hzdr.bsky.social @scadsai.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/postdoc...
dobrautz.github.io/jobs/phd/cas...
Sharing and endorsing would be really appreciated <3
@hzdr.bsky.social @scadsai.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social
🖊️ @qzoeholmes.bsky.social and I are editing an issue for Quantum Science and Technology journal ow.ly/fR1W50Uu1av
We want
- (Wacky) new ideas for variational algorithms
- Honest benchmarks, if you show it don't work, we want it (be thorough)
- Studies on classical simulability
- Power of data in QML
We want
- (Wacky) new ideas for variational algorithms
- Honest benchmarks, if you show it don't work, we want it (be thorough)
- Studies on classical simulability
- Power of data in QML
IOPscience - Focus on Perspectives on the Future of Variational Quantum ComputingSearch
ow.ly
January 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🖊️ @qzoeholmes.bsky.social and I are editing an issue for Quantum Science and Technology journal ow.ly/fR1W50Uu1av
We want
- (Wacky) new ideas for variational algorithms
- Honest benchmarks, if you show it don't work, we want it (be thorough)
- Studies on classical simulability
- Power of data in QML
We want
- (Wacky) new ideas for variational algorithms
- Honest benchmarks, if you show it don't work, we want it (be thorough)
- Studies on classical simulability
- Power of data in QML
🚨Question to jumpstart 2025🚨
Will variational quantum algorithms / quantum machine learning provide any form of quantum utility (either exponential/polynomial advantage, in NISQ/FTQC, etc)?
👉Please, elaborate in the comments/provide citations! I really want this discussion!!
1️⃣ Yes
2️⃣ No
3️⃣ Maybe
Will variational quantum algorithms / quantum machine learning provide any form of quantum utility (either exponential/polynomial advantage, in NISQ/FTQC, etc)?
👉Please, elaborate in the comments/provide citations! I really want this discussion!!
1️⃣ Yes
2️⃣ No
3️⃣ Maybe
January 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨Question to jumpstart 2025🚨
Will variational quantum algorithms / quantum machine learning provide any form of quantum utility (either exponential/polynomial advantage, in NISQ/FTQC, etc)?
👉Please, elaborate in the comments/provide citations! I really want this discussion!!
1️⃣ Yes
2️⃣ No
3️⃣ Maybe
Will variational quantum algorithms / quantum machine learning provide any form of quantum utility (either exponential/polynomial advantage, in NISQ/FTQC, etc)?
👉Please, elaborate in the comments/provide citations! I really want this discussion!!
1️⃣ Yes
2️⃣ No
3️⃣ Maybe
Just a friendly reminder that applications to our summer school are open until January 19th 2025!!
Apply here if you haven't:
lanl-summer-school-programs.wizehive.app/program/quan...
Or please complete your application by the 19th
Apply here if you haven't:
lanl-summer-school-programs.wizehive.app/program/quan...
Or please complete your application by the 19th
January 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a friendly reminder that applications to our summer school are open until January 19th 2025!!
Apply here if you haven't:
lanl-summer-school-programs.wizehive.app/program/quan...
Or please complete your application by the 19th
Apply here if you haven't:
lanl-summer-school-programs.wizehive.app/program/quan...
Or please complete your application by the 19th
Reposted by Marco Cerezo
First post on this platform to share the recording of my talk at QTML 24 on "Symplectic quantum circuits"
It's only 12 minutes 😉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27j-...
It's only 12 minutes 😉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27j-...
Architectures and random properties of symplectic quantum circuits by Diego Garcia-Martin
YouTube video by QTML Conference
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM
First post on this platform to share the recording of my talk at QTML 24 on "Symplectic quantum circuits"
It's only 12 minutes 😉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27j-...
It's only 12 minutes 😉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27j-...