María Gragera Garcés
@grageragarces.github.io
Building distributed quantum systems
Grad student in quantum @Uni of Edinburgh
Quantum, Food and Books
Intern in Quantinuum’s compiler team
Previously: IBM Q & Cisco R&D
Also find me in : https://linktr.ee/grageragarces
Grad student in quantum @Uni of Edinburgh
Quantum, Food and Books
Intern in Quantinuum’s compiler team
Previously: IBM Q & Cisco R&D
Also find me in : https://linktr.ee/grageragarces
Pinned
go.bsky.app/75SvR2M - Who am I missing?
~got bored this afternoon, do forgive me. But on a serious note would love to know who I haven't discovered on here yet (or mistakenly omitted due to the sheer amount of people)
~got bored this afternoon, do forgive me. But on a serious note would love to know who I haven't discovered on here yet (or mistakenly omitted due to the sheer amount of people)
Big news from my past employers this week: Cisco &IBM are joining forces on DQC.
Here is my short overview of what we know and what we can kind of guess: grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
Hopefully a shorter, more bullet-pointy, and more informative read than their individual announcements.
Here is my short overview of what we know and what we can kind of guess: grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
Hopefully a shorter, more bullet-pointy, and more informative read than their individual announcements.
The agreement: IBM & Cisco betting for DQC
grageragarces.github.io
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Big news from my past employers this week: Cisco &IBM are joining forces on DQC.
Here is my short overview of what we know and what we can kind of guess: grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
Hopefully a shorter, more bullet-pointy, and more informative read than their individual announcements.
Here is my short overview of what we know and what we can kind of guess: grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
Hopefully a shorter, more bullet-pointy, and more informative read than their individual announcements.
Reposted by María Gragera Garcés
A reasonable (and not despair-inducing for once) piece on today's computer science education: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
"What truly matters in computer science education: helping students develop the habits of mind that let them question, reason and apply judgment in a rapidly evolving field"
"What truly matters in computer science education: helping students develop the habits of mind that let them question, reason and apply judgment in a rapidly evolving field"
Opinion | You’re a Computer Science Major. Don’t Panic.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A reasonable (and not despair-inducing for once) piece on today's computer science education: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
"What truly matters in computer science education: helping students develop the habits of mind that let them question, reason and apply judgment in a rapidly evolving field"
"What truly matters in computer science education: helping students develop the habits of mind that let them question, reason and apply judgment in a rapidly evolving field"
Slowly appreciating the aesthetics of my data
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Slowly appreciating the aesthetics of my data
Shiny quantum hardware today at the UK National Showcase.
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Shiny quantum hardware today at the UK National Showcase.
See you at the national UK Quantum Showcase tomorrow! I’m quite excited to collect more quantum stickers and meet up with old acquaintances. The event app looks lit 🔥🔥🔥
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
See you at the national UK Quantum Showcase tomorrow! I’m quite excited to collect more quantum stickers and meet up with old acquaintances. The event app looks lit 🔥🔥🔥
Welcomed winter with a big bonfire and a celtic Samhuinn festival. Don’t forget your vitamin D this season!
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Welcomed winter with a big bonfire and a celtic Samhuinn festival. Don’t forget your vitamin D this season!
Given the current stock craziness, I do wonder whether at some point my quantum stocks will beat my quantum earnings… a bizarre timeline.
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Given the current stock craziness, I do wonder whether at some point my quantum stocks will beat my quantum earnings… a bizarre timeline.
Worth a read: arxiv.org/abs/2510.19928
Mind the gaps: The fraught road to quantum advantage
Quantum computing is advancing rapidly, yet substantial gaps separate today's noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices from tomorrow's fault-tolerant application-scale (FASQ) machines. We ident...
arxiv.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Worth a read: arxiv.org/abs/2510.19928
A new blog post (after a busy summer break): DQC State of the Art Today: the TLDR Overview
~ from a student sick with the flu
grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
~ from a student sick with the flu
grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
DQC State of the Art Today: the TLDR Overview
grageragarces.github.io
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new blog post (after a busy summer break): DQC State of the Art Today: the TLDR Overview
~ from a student sick with the flu
grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
~ from a student sick with the flu
grageragarces.github.io/dqc_articles...
Reposted by María Gragera Garcés
Great list of quantum starter packs! 👇
With a long transfer from the Sahara to Fes, I finally finished going through the starter packs below. It was great to see everything you all have been working on! I like to spend some time reading through each profile, so I start to remember who's working on what. Please comment more starter packs!
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Great list of quantum starter packs! 👇
Fall arrives in Cambridge
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Fall arrives in Cambridge
Although the translation is slightly rough at the start, this book made me publicly cry so 9/10. Would recommend as a quick one sit read
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Although the translation is slightly rough at the start, this book made me publicly cry so 9/10. Would recommend as a quick one sit read
First external contribution and +80% of issues completed to reach v1 for the HDH library! 🎉
More details about the project can be found: grageragarces.github.io/HDH/
More details about the project can be found: grageragarces.github.io/HDH/
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
First external contribution and +80% of issues completed to reach v1 for the HDH library! 🎉
More details about the project can be found: grageragarces.github.io/HDH/
More details about the project can be found: grageragarces.github.io/HDH/
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Unlikely prediction: we’re getting quantum again but the theoreticians this time - Shor, Deustch, Bennett
October 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Unlikely prediction: we’re getting quantum again but the theoreticians this time - Shor, Deustch, Bennett
Small mistakes
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Small mistakes
Reposted by María Gragera Garcés
This rating scale is worth having in your back pocket.
I don't have a pitchbot... but I do have a handy rating scale for science communication mishaps that was in no way inspired by another recently developed scale for interstellar objects
The Loeb Scale for science PR disasters
Science miscommunication is dangerous. But how dangerous?
www.reviewertoo.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This rating scale is worth having in your back pocket.
I’ve always taken my laptop sticker game incredibly seriously.
And for the first time, it looks like I’m on my way to a fully quantum laptop. No one on the train will have any doubt about the industry I work in.
Sticker donations are always welcome
And for the first time, it looks like I’m on my way to a fully quantum laptop. No one on the train will have any doubt about the industry I work in.
Sticker donations are always welcome
September 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I’ve always taken my laptop sticker game incredibly seriously.
And for the first time, it looks like I’m on my way to a fully quantum laptop. No one on the train will have any doubt about the industry I work in.
Sticker donations are always welcome
And for the first time, it looks like I’m on my way to a fully quantum laptop. No one on the train will have any doubt about the industry I work in.
Sticker donations are always welcome
By far, the best food award at a conference I’ve ever attended goes to these cheese boards across SIGCOMM. Perfection 🧀
September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
By far, the best food award at a conference I’ve ever attended goes to these cheese boards across SIGCOMM. Perfection 🧀
Awkward poster pictures have arrived. Do find me at poster 35 at SIGCOMM tomorrow!
September 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Awkward poster pictures have arrived. Do find me at poster 35 at SIGCOMM tomorrow!
Had a great time this morning at the QuNet workshop at SIGCOMM!
Loads of cool work on quantum network locality, control, memories, and network implementations.
The big takeaway: metroscale q networks are gradually becoming a reality, but unsurprisingly the quantum internet is a while ahead
Loads of cool work on quantum network locality, control, memories, and network implementations.
The big takeaway: metroscale q networks are gradually becoming a reality, but unsurprisingly the quantum internet is a while ahead
September 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Had a great time this morning at the QuNet workshop at SIGCOMM!
Loads of cool work on quantum network locality, control, memories, and network implementations.
The big takeaway: metroscale q networks are gradually becoming a reality, but unsurprisingly the quantum internet is a while ahead
Loads of cool work on quantum network locality, control, memories, and network implementations.
The big takeaway: metroscale q networks are gradually becoming a reality, but unsurprisingly the quantum internet is a while ahead
IWQC ✅ see you at SIGCOMM next 🛫
Thank you to the organisers for such a great workshop on quantum compilation! I learned a lot and had the pleasure of presenting my early PhD work!
I’ll leave you with some fancy looking slides:
Thank you to the organisers for such a great workshop on quantum compilation! I learned a lot and had the pleasure of presenting my early PhD work!
I’ll leave you with some fancy looking slides:
September 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
IWQC ✅ see you at SIGCOMM next 🛫
Thank you to the organisers for such a great workshop on quantum compilation! I learned a lot and had the pleasure of presenting my early PhD work!
I’ll leave you with some fancy looking slides:
Thank you to the organisers for such a great workshop on quantum compilation! I learned a lot and had the pleasure of presenting my early PhD work!
I’ll leave you with some fancy looking slides:
I’m visiting Helsinki for IWQC later this week, and I’ve got to share that, without any doubt, today I had the best potato of my life.
September 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’m visiting Helsinki for IWQC later this week, and I’ve got to share that, without any doubt, today I had the best potato of my life.
Oh my god someone cited work I've done! I've officially received my first citation!!!
August 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Oh my god someone cited work I've done! I've officially received my first citation!!!