Iftach Yakar
@quantumyakar.bsky.social
Quantum computing + information | Computer science | postgraduate @ HUJI
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Sometimes I just add “eigen” in front of a word and hope for the best.
Bought 2 cappuccinos, guy at the counter “the one marked with an ‘x’ is the regular one”.
Me: dude, just write which is which, I won’t remember the 1-bit encoding in 5 minutes.
Me: dude, just write which is which, I won’t remember the 1-bit encoding in 5 minutes.
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Bought 2 cappuccinos, guy at the counter “the one marked with an ‘x’ is the regular one”.
Me: dude, just write which is which, I won’t remember the 1-bit encoding in 5 minutes.
Me: dude, just write which is which, I won’t remember the 1-bit encoding in 5 minutes.
Probably me if I were to work at Nasa.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Probably me if I were to work at Nasa.
People take for granted the fact that mangos are so delicious, but most don’t know that every logical mango is made out of many physical mangos.
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
People take for granted the fact that mangos are so delicious, but most don’t know that every logical mango is made out of many physical mangos.
When you transverse a graph and forget to update the ‘visited’ list.
Remember Zapata? The company that started out quantum, then pivoted to AI, and then went bankrupt. Guess what...
zapataquantum.com
zapataquantum.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
When you transverse a graph and forget to update the ‘visited’ list.
*son asks me to text mommy asking when she is coming back*
me: ok, I'll let you know if she answers. go to sleep now.
son: will you let me know if she doesn't answer?
me: but... it's the halting problem.
son: ?
me: never mind, son. go to sleep.
me: ok, I'll let you know if she answers. go to sleep now.
son: will you let me know if she doesn't answer?
me: but... it's the halting problem.
son: ?
me: never mind, son. go to sleep.
October 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
*son asks me to text mommy asking when she is coming back*
me: ok, I'll let you know if she answers. go to sleep now.
son: will you let me know if she doesn't answer?
me: but... it's the halting problem.
son: ?
me: never mind, son. go to sleep.
me: ok, I'll let you know if she answers. go to sleep now.
son: will you let me know if she doesn't answer?
me: but... it's the halting problem.
son: ?
me: never mind, son. go to sleep.
Excited to share my first paper (w/ Michael Ben-Or)!
Quantum repeater protocols must decide when to perform entanglement-distillation - but should that decision be local or global?
We find that global policies can make or break secure communication. 🔑
1/8
arxiv.org/abs/2510.06737
Quantum repeater protocols must decide when to perform entanglement-distillation - but should that decision be local or global?
We find that global policies can make or break secure communication. 🔑
1/8
arxiv.org/abs/2510.06737
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Excited to share my first paper (w/ Michael Ben-Or)!
Quantum repeater protocols must decide when to perform entanglement-distillation - but should that decision be local or global?
We find that global policies can make or break secure communication. 🔑
1/8
arxiv.org/abs/2510.06737
Quantum repeater protocols must decide when to perform entanglement-distillation - but should that decision be local or global?
We find that global policies can make or break secure communication. 🔑
1/8
arxiv.org/abs/2510.06737
“I know it sounds woo” 🤣
October 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“I know it sounds woo” 🤣
Just published a Stim implementation of the [[16,4,4]] Tesseract code - the one used in Microsoft+Quantinnum's QECC experiment last year.
Simulation can be used to quickly benchmark the code under various parameters.
Contributions are welcome.
github.com/DeDuckProjec...
Simulation can be used to quickly benchmark the code under various parameters.
Contributions are welcome.
github.com/DeDuckProjec...
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Just published a Stim implementation of the [[16,4,4]] Tesseract code - the one used in Microsoft+Quantinnum's QECC experiment last year.
Simulation can be used to quickly benchmark the code under various parameters.
Contributions are welcome.
github.com/DeDuckProjec...
Simulation can be used to quickly benchmark the code under various parameters.
Contributions are welcome.
github.com/DeDuckProjec...
Error correction codes for ages 8+
@quantuminthings.bsky.social
@quantuminthings.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Error correction codes for ages 8+
@quantuminthings.bsky.social
@quantuminthings.bsky.social
Shot from my iPhone (and a very basic telescope)
September 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Shot from my iPhone (and a very basic telescope)
Just defended my thesis 😱
September 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Just defended my thesis 😱
Is there anything more suspenseful than running a simulation when you don’t even know if the code you wrote is correct?
September 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Is there anything more suspenseful than running a simulation when you don’t even know if the code you wrote is correct?
Overheard people at the office talking about Poisson variables.
Turns out they were talking about croissants.
🤦🏻♂️
Turns out they were talking about croissants.
🤦🏻♂️
August 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Overheard people at the office talking about Poisson variables.
Turns out they were talking about croissants.
🤦🏻♂️
Turns out they were talking about croissants.
🤦🏻♂️
I didn't say it was measurement back-action.
It wasn't measurement back-action.
XXXX and ZZZZ do commute.
It wasn't measurement back-action.
XXXX and ZZZZ do commute.
July 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I didn't say it was measurement back-action.
It wasn't measurement back-action.
XXXX and ZZZZ do commute.
It wasn't measurement back-action.
XXXX and ZZZZ do commute.
What gives people a feeling of power:
July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What gives people a feeling of power:
I’ve created an interactive simulation of the Quantum Entanglement Distillation process.
Entanglement distillation (or purification) is a central operation in quantum communication. Two parties generate many noisy EPR pairs, and then transform them...
deduckproject.github.io/epp-demo/
Entanglement distillation (or purification) is a central operation in quantum communication. Two parties generate many noisy EPR pairs, and then transform them...
deduckproject.github.io/epp-demo/
June 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I’ve created an interactive simulation of the Quantum Entanglement Distillation process.
Entanglement distillation (or purification) is a central operation in quantum communication. Two parties generate many noisy EPR pairs, and then transform them...
deduckproject.github.io/epp-demo/
Entanglement distillation (or purification) is a central operation in quantum communication. Two parties generate many noisy EPR pairs, and then transform them...
deduckproject.github.io/epp-demo/
Reposted by Iftach Yakar
The Weizmann Institute was also hit in the missile attack and Life Sciences buildings damaged. the New York Times reported that "laboratories caught fire."
June 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Weizmann Institute was also hit in the missile attack and Life Sciences buildings damaged. the New York Times reported that "laboratories caught fire."
I’ve implemented a liquid-glass filter with pure CSS and no JS.
Code in the comments
Code in the comments
June 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ve implemented a liquid-glass filter with pure CSS and no JS.
Code in the comments
Code in the comments
Surprise stabilizer formalism on my commute
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Surprise stabilizer formalism on my commute
At the end of a fellow quantum student’s wedding, we formed a circle around the bride and groom, swinging from side to side, out of sync.
All I could think of was how appropriate it was that we were simulating the 1d Ising model.
All I could think of was how appropriate it was that we were simulating the 1d Ising model.
May 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
At the end of a fellow quantum student’s wedding, we formed a circle around the bride and groom, swinging from side to side, out of sync.
All I could think of was how appropriate it was that we were simulating the 1d Ising model.
All I could think of was how appropriate it was that we were simulating the 1d Ising model.
Tell me you’re not doing quantum without telling me you’re not doing quantum… 😕
May 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tell me you’re not doing quantum without telling me you’re not doing quantum… 😕