RQS Career Connections

Join us for a virtual panel featuring former and current postdocs and as they share their experiences applying for, securing, and thriving in postdoctoral positions. Gain valuable insights into crafting compelling applications, navigating the interview process, and making the most of your postdoc experience. Whether you're preparing for a postdoc or simply exploring your options, this discussion will provide practical advice and answer your questions. 

Dr. Hamed Mohammedbagherpoor is the Technical Lead at IBM Quantum and an instructor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department of North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he teaches Elements of Control Systems. Having completed his Ph.D. and postdoctoral work at NCSU, Dr. Hamed is well-versed in both academic and industry landscapes. In this talk, he will share his insights on navigating academia, securing internships, and building a career in the tech industry.

James Teoh will speak about his experience as a Quantum Engineer at Quantum Circuits Inc., and what it is like to be a physicist in quantum industry in the field of superconducting circuits.

Quantinuum is pursuing the development of trapped ion quantum computers based around the so-called “QCCD architecture” pioneered at NIST.  This hardware design confers many advantages, including very high gate fidelities, low cross-talk mid-circuit measurement, and flexible qubit connectivity, but it also poses many design challenges that Quantinuum is working to overcome.  I will give an overview of what it’s like to work at Quantinuum, what types of things people here are working on, and I will discuss a variety of opportunities in simulating many-body quantum systems that the s

As a graduate student researching quantum machine learning at the Institute for Quantum Computing, Joan wanted to better understand the ethical implications of her work. Drawing from conversations on AI ethics and taking a critical perspective on many of the promises being made in the quantum computing space, Joan founded the Quantum Ethics Project to build community around ensuring quantum technology benefits everyone and harms no one. In this seminar Joan will give an introduction to quantum ethics and share her perspective on her career journey into this field.

RQS presents a panel discussion with RQS students who have recently interned at a company. They will discuss:

• What they did during their internship
• How they learned about/applied for the internship
• Things they wish they had known in advance and advice for other applicants
• How RQS and/or an RQS university could make the internship process easier and better

They will also answer your questions if you have an interest in a future internship.

11am - 11:30 am: Research Talk 

11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Career Talk

Zlatko Minev is the technical lead and manager of the following groups at IBM Quantum - Qiskit Leap (quantum computing research) and Qiskit Metal (quantum hardware). His background is in experimental and theoretical quantum computing, software, fundamental and applied physics. Meet him for an informal chat about Quantum-related industry opportunities and his career progression.

1:00pm: Career Talk & Lunch

2:00pm: Research Talk

Dr. Eddins will give a career talk on his experience as a staff scientist at IBM and discuss his research in understanding and applying quantum error mitigation techniques.