Last updated ​26th July 2023

Education

Oxford University
DPhil, Department of Materials (2022​)
​[thesis] Studying applications of first generation quantum computers, and their high-performance simulation with classical supercomputers, in Prof Simon Benjamin's Quantum Technology Theory Group (qtechtheory.org)

Advance HE
Associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2022​)
​Awarded through the Advancing Teaching and Learning (ATL) programme

Monash University
​BSc, Science Scholar Program (2015​)
Majoring in Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computational Science

First Class Honours, School of Physics and Astronomy (2016​)
[thesis] Studied emergence of Onsager clusters in quantum turbulent superfluids ​ 

Awards

Wolfram

• 2023 Innovator Award (link)

Oxford University

• 2021 Nomination for the Google PhD Fellowship
• 2017 Clarendon Scholarship
• 2017 Corpus Christi A E Haigh Scholarship
• 2017 Department of Materials Scholarship

Nature Journal

• 2019 Author of Scientific Report's 11th most downloaded Physics paper of the year (link)

Australian National University

• 2017 2nd place, Three Minute Presentation Competition
• 2016 Summer Research Scholarship

IONS KOALA Conference

• 2016 Best Presentation Preview

Monash University

• 2017 Teaching award nomination for FIT2004 Algorithms and Data Structures
• 2016 J L William Honours in Physics Scholarship
• 2016 MURPA International Research Scholarship
• 2015 Dean's List
• 2014 Dean's List
• 2014 Creative Computing International Research Scholarship
• 2013 Excellence and Equity Scholarship
• 2013​ Vice Chancellor's Access Scholarship

Employment
excluding teaching

National Quantum Computing Centre (UKRI NQCC)
Consultant and developer, Swindon, UK (2023 - present)
Providing scientific edxpertise on quantum technologies, and developing QuEST.

University of Oxford
Postdoctoral researcher and software developer, Oxford, UK (2023 - present)
Devising high-performance classical algorithms to simulate quantum computers, and developing QuEST and QuESTlink

Quantum Motion
Senior quantum software engineer, London, UK (2022 - present)
Modelling the fabrication of Silicon quantum computers
Software architect, Oxford, UK (2019 - 2021)
Developed the QuESTlink package (link), a Mathematica package for simulating quantum computers on remote supercomputing hardware

IBM Research
Intern at the Daresbury Lab, UK (2020)
Studied classical simulation of gradients in quantum variational algorithms, and variational simulation of models in condensed matter physics

Teaching

Oxford University​, UK

• Supervised 4th year undergraduate research project (2020)
• Lab demonstrated 2nd year Electronics Lab, Department of Physics (2019​)
• Tutored 2nd year Materials Mathematics, Trinity College (2018)
• Authored 8 questions for the Mathematics for Materials and Life Science Collections Exam (2017​) 

Monash University​, Australia

• Lectured 2nd year Computational Science FIT2004 (four 90min lectures) (2017)
• Tutored 2nd year Computational Science FIT2004 (2017)
• Tutored 1st year Computational Science FIT1008, reviewed final exam (2017)
• Tutored 1st year Mathematics MTH1020 (2017)
• Lab demonstrated 1st year Engineering ENG1081 (2016)
• Lab demonstrated 1st year Physics PHS1080 (2016​)

John Monash Science School, Australia

• [notes] Designed and taught two maths co-curricular classes (2022)
• Supervised the JMSS team in the CERN Beamline For Schools Competition (2016)
• Designed and taught Web Security co-curricular classes (2016​)
• Supervised a four-student project, developing an autonomous drone (2015)
• Designed and taught Scientific Simulation co-curricular classes (2015)
• [slides, reference] Designed and taught Microcontroller Programming co-curricular classes (2014)
• Instructed a televised workshop for the Science Communication Challenge at the International Student Science Fair, hosted at JMSS (2015)
• Assisted teaching Programming and Computational Science classes years 10 and 11, and Data Science classes year 11 (2013 - 2017)

Skills

Languages​​

• C
• C++
• Java
• Javascript
• Mathematica
• PHP
• MATLAB
• Python
• SQL

Technologies​​

• Android (dev)
• BASH
• CUDA
• Firebase
• Git
• GNUMake
• MPI
• OpenMP
• SLURM

Markups​​

• CSS
• HTML
• LaTeX​

Stacks​​

• Scientific HPC
• Web (back and front)
• Android app
• Desktop (GUI and scripting)​
• Microcontroller & assembly

Who cares?​​
Apache, Arduino, BASH, Django, Ganglia, HTCondor, MIPS, Prolog, Qt, TensorFlow, TI-BASIC, WordPress, WSLink, XRootD

Publications

[link] Google Scholar

​Journals

• [link] H. Chan, R. Meister, T. Jones, D. P. Tew, S. C. Benjamin (2023) Grid-based methods for chemistry simulations on a quantum computer, Sci. Adv. 9 9
• [link] T. Jones, S. Benjamin (2022) Robust quantum compilation and circuit optimisation via energy minimisation, Quantum 6, 628
• [link] T. Jones, S. Benjamin (2020) QuESTlink - Mathematica embigenned by a hardware-optimised quantum emulator, Quantum Sci. Technol. 5 034012
• [link] B. Koczor, S. Endo, T. Jones, Y. Matsuzaki, S. Benjamin (2020) Variational-state quantum metrology, New J. Phys.  
• [link] T. Jones, S. Endo, S. McArdle, X. Yuan, S. Benjamin (2019) Variational quantum algorithms for discovering Hamiltonian spectra, Phys. Rev. A 99 062304
• [link] T. Jones, A. Brown, I. Bush, S. Benjamin (2019) QuEST and high performance simulation of quantum computers, Sci. Rep. 9 10736
• [link] S. McArdle, T. Jones, S. Endo, Y. Li, S. Benjamin, X. Yuan (2019) Variational ansatz-based quantum simulation of imaginary time evolution, npjQI 5 75

​Proceedings

• [link] J. Dost, E. Fajardo, T. Jones, T. Martin, A. Tadel, M. Tadel, F. Wurthwein (2017) Site in a box: Improving the Tier 3 experience, International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• [link] J. Dost, A. Tadel, E. Hernandez, F. Wurthwein, M. Tadel, T. Martin, T. Jones (2016) Building a regional computing grid for the University of California at 100gbps, International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics

​Submitted

• [link] T. Jones (2024) Decomposing dense matrices into dense Pauli tensors, arXiv 2401.16378
• [link] T. Jones, B. Koczor, S. Benjamin (2023) Distributed Simulation of Statevectors and Density Matrices, arXiv 2311.01512
• [link] C. Gustiani, T. Jones, S. Benjamin (2023) The Virtual Quantum Device (VQD): A tool for detailed emulation of quantum computers, arXiv 2306.07342
• [link] T. Jones, Julien Gacon (2020) Efficient calculation of gradients in classical simulations of variational quantum algorithms, arXiv 2009.02823​
• [link] T. Jones (2020) Efficient classical calculation of the Quantum Natural Gradient, arXiv 2011.02991​​​

​In preparation
​Not telling ​;^)​

Presentations

Conferences

• 2020 [poster] "QuESTlink - Efficient quantum emulation in Mathematica", QIP2020, Shenzhen, China
• 2019 [talk] "Approximately recompiling NISQ circuits via energy dissipation", AQIS2019, Seoul, South Korea
• 2019 [talk] "Variational algorithms for noisy quantum computers", BCTCS & AlgoUK, Durham University, UK
• 2019 [talk] "The Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit", IARPA LogiQ Technical Exchange, Dallas, USA
• 2019 [poster] "QuESTlink: a Mathematica emulator of quantum computers", Oxford-IBM Scientific Workshop, University of Oxford, UK
• 2019 [delegate] HPC & Quantum Summit, QEII Centre, London, UK
• 2018 [talk] "Eigensolving in imaginary time", AQIS2018 satellite, Kyoto University, Japan
• 2018 [poster] "Discovering spectra with variational imaginary time evolution", AQIS2018, Nagoya University, Japan
• 2018 [poster] "Eigensolving in imaginary time", QuICC, University of York, UK
• 2016 [poster] "Detecting Onsager clusters with principal component analysis", IONS KOALA, Monash University, Australia
  
• 2016 [poster] "Toward Onsager cluster detection", ICUR, Australia
  

Invited

• 2022 [talk] "Faster emulation of noisy VQE", Quantum Innovation 2022, Quantum Technology Innovation Hubs, Japan
• 2022 [talk] "Simulating variational algorithms with QuESTlink", VLQM, Bernoulli Workshop, EPFL, Switzerland
• 2022 [demo] "QuESTlink", UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase, UK
  
• 2021 [talk] "HPC for quantum simulation", CDT Next Generation Computational Modelling​, University of Southampton
• 2020 [talk] "Simulating quantum computers", UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase, UK
• 2020 [talk] "Recompiling noisy quantum circuits, approximately", Quantum Computing & Simulation (QCS) Hub​, virtual seminar
• 2020 [talk] "Algorithms for first generation quantum machines", Quantum Information Society, University of Oxford
• 2019 [talk] "Variational algorithms for NISQ computers", IBM Research ,Tokyo, Japan
• 2019 [talk] "Simulating quantum computers", QunaSys, Tokyo, Japan
• 2019 [talk] "NISQ trqis; variational algorithms for first-gen quantum computers", Q-Mat Coffee Talk, University of Oxford
• 2018 [talk] "Eigensolving in imaginary time", NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
• 2018 [talk] "EIgensolving in imaginary time", Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
• 2018 [talk] "Eigensolving in imaginary time", Riken Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
• 2018 [talk] "The Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit", Oxford NQIT Industry Day, University of Oxford
• 2018 [talk] "The Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit", Strategic Initiative in Quantum Software, ​Riverlane, Cambridge, UK
• 2017 [talk] "Finding quantum groundstates with machine learning", Wolfram Summer School, Boston, USA
• 2017 [talk] "Teaching Machines Creative Arts", Three Minute Presentation Competition, Australian National University
• 2016 [talk] "Building Condorflux for the University of California", MURPA Seminar, Monash University, Australia

Outreach

• 2022 [demo] "Quantum experiments with Quantum Motion", The Cally Festival, London
  
• 2021 [video] "A Pathway to Science", Opening ceremony, Australian Science Fair, hosted by John Monash Science School
• 2019 [podcast] "Could quantum computing change the world?", Futuremakers Podcast, University of Oxford
• 2019 [interview] "Choosing a school for your child", Alumni spotlight article, Secondary School Education Guide, Australia
• 2018 [talk] "SciSoc explains: Quantum computers!", Corpus Christi College Science Society, University of Oxford
• 2018 [talk] "Fibs told in quantum computing", Clarendon Scholar's Symposium - research to address global challenges, University of Oxford
• 2018 [talk] "Quantum computation for non-scientists", MCR Lightning Talks, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
• 2018 [demo] "Quantum computing", Oxford Science's Ideas Festival, University of Oxford
• 2017 [interview] "Cutting-edge curriculum", Article No. 30, Secondary School Education Guide, Australia
• 2017 [postgrad ambassador] Launch Lecture and STEMM Fair, Northwest Science Network UK
• 2017 [talk] "Life in a Monash Undergraduate Research Projects Aboard program", MURPA Seminar, Monash University, Australia
• 2017 [demo] "Simulating gravitational waves", Monash Open Day, Monash University
• 2017 [talk] "Why Compute?", Orientation Camp, John Monash Science School, Australia
• 2015 [demo] "The science communication challenge", International Student Science Fair, John Monash Science School