Mark M. Wilde
@markwilde.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Cornell University
quantum Shannon theory, quantum information theory, quantum error correction, quantum communication, quantum algorithms, quantum computational complexity theory, quantum machine learning
quantum Shannon theory, quantum information theory, quantum error correction, quantum communication, quantum algorithms, quantum computational complexity theory, quantum machine learning
Lyrics to Seth Lloyd's "Quantum Ballad", sung at his #QTML2025 dinner speech:
Ballad: 100 years of quantum mechanics
(sung to the tune of Flatt and Scruggs, The Ballad of Jed)
Ballad: 100 years of quantum mechanics
(sung to the tune of Flatt and Scruggs, The Ballad of Jed)
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Lyrics to Seth Lloyd's "Quantum Ballad", sung at his #QTML2025 dinner speech:
Ballad: 100 years of quantum mechanics
(sung to the tune of Flatt and Scruggs, The Ballad of Jed)
Ballad: 100 years of quantum mechanics
(sung to the tune of Flatt and Scruggs, The Ballad of Jed)
here is what chatgpt had to say about the lyrics I wrote for my quantum computer punk song. I really like it!
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
here is what chatgpt had to say about the lyrics I wrote for my quantum computer punk song. I really like it!
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Now introducing... The Technically Hip! 🎸🎤
Check out our “rockumentary” to see the unexpected side of the @ucdavis College of Engineering band, who teach, research and inspire the next generation of engineers.
🎶 Meet this truly “Hip” ensemble: www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/uc-...
#UCDavisEngineering
Check out our “rockumentary” to see the unexpected side of the @ucdavis College of Engineering band, who teach, research and inspire the next generation of engineers.
🎶 Meet this truly “Hip” ensemble: www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/uc-...
#UCDavisEngineering
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Now introducing... The Technically Hip! 🎸🎤
Check out our “rockumentary” to see the unexpected side of the @ucdavis College of Engineering band, who teach, research and inspire the next generation of engineers.
🎶 Meet this truly “Hip” ensemble: www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/uc-...
#UCDavisEngineering
Check out our “rockumentary” to see the unexpected side of the @ucdavis College of Engineering band, who teach, research and inspire the next generation of engineers.
🎶 Meet this truly “Hip” ensemble: www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/uc-...
#UCDavisEngineering
I woke up this morning to see that @ccanonne.github.io has won a measly grant. Congrats! :)
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I woke up this morning to see that @ccanonne.github.io has won a measly grant. Congrats! :)
Both stop work orders on my two grants have now been released. Unfortunately, the agency for one grant reallocated the funds, so likely those won't come back.
This has gone on for seven months now, and there was no clear point to any of it. I am grateful to colleagues for stepping in to help out.
This has gone on for seven months now, and there was no clear point to any of it. I am grateful to colleagues for stepping in to help out.
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Both stop work orders on my two grants have now been released. Unfortunately, the agency for one grant reallocated the funds, so likely those won't come back.
This has gone on for seven months now, and there was no clear point to any of it. I am grateful to colleagues for stepping in to help out.
This has gone on for seven months now, and there was no clear point to any of it. I am grateful to colleagues for stepping in to help out.
Joint work "Limiting one-way distillable secret key via privacy testing of extendible states" w/ Vishal Singh, Aby Philip, & Karol Horodecki now available:
scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0...
The paper establishes a fundamental bound on how well k-extendible states can pass the privacy test.
scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0...
The paper establishes a fundamental bound on how well k-extendible states can pass the privacy test.
Limiting one-way distillable secret key via privacy testing of extendible states
The notions of privacy tests and $k$-extendible states have both been instrumental in quantum information theory, particularly in understanding the limits of secure communication. In this paper, we de...
scirate.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Joint work "Limiting one-way distillable secret key via privacy testing of extendible states" w/ Vishal Singh, Aby Philip, & Karol Horodecki now available:
scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0...
The paper establishes a fundamental bound on how well k-extendible states can pass the privacy test.
scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0...
The paper establishes a fundamental bound on how well k-extendible states can pass the privacy test.
Physical Review has indicated in a paper proof that they have their own style for author contribution statements. This style consists of massacring our statement, by repeating "formal analysis" multiple times & unnecessarily capitalizing phrases. Why does APS consistently have such poor copyediting?
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Physical Review has indicated in a paper proof that they have their own style for author contribution statements. This style consists of massacring our statement, by repeating "formal analysis" multiple times & unnecessarily capitalizing phrases. Why does APS consistently have such poor copyediting?
During Dec. 8-11, @wangxinfelix.bsky.social & I are co-organizing an online event called the International Workshop on Quantum Boltzmann Machines:
wqbm.info
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IW-QBM 2025
A Self-Organizing Open-Spaces Unconference
wqbm.info
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
During Dec. 8-11, @wangxinfelix.bsky.social & I are co-organizing an online event called the International Workshop on Quantum Boltzmann Machines:
wqbm.info
wqbm.info
here is what I see when I want to look up research papers on @nature.com 's web site. Why do I need to see ads like this? really??? Do you not get enough money from charging authors exorbitant publication fees? This is really pathetic.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
here is what I see when I want to look up research papers on @nature.com 's web site. Why do I need to see ads like this? really??? Do you not get enough money from charging authors exorbitant publication fees? This is really pathetic.
After #SQuInT2025 concluded, @balintpato.bsky.social , Cole Maurer, & I opted for a post-conference discussion on quantum computing, its capabilities, public perception of it, and various geopolitical issues that have arisen recently. Recording available here:
www.reverbnation.com/markwilde/so...
www.reverbnation.com/markwilde/so...
Quantum Computer (SQuInT 2025) | Mark Wilde
Quantum Computer (SQuInT 2025) by Mark Wilde, Rock music from Ithaca, NY on ReverbNation
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October 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
After #SQuInT2025 concluded, @balintpato.bsky.social , Cole Maurer, & I opted for a post-conference discussion on quantum computing, its capabilities, public perception of it, and various geopolitical issues that have arisen recently. Recording available here:
www.reverbnation.com/markwilde/so...
www.reverbnation.com/markwilde/so...
Reposted by Mark M. Wilde
Remember to clean up your latex files and image metadata before submitting to arxiv.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4556...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4556...
LaTeXpOsEd: A Systematic Analysis of Information Leakage in Preprint Archives | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Remember to clean up your latex files and image metadata before submitting to arxiv.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4556...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4556...
We updated our paper "Constrained free energy minimization for the design of thermal states and stabilizer thermodynamic systems" in preparation for #SQuInT2025 tomorrow:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.091...
Joint work w/ M. Minervini, M. Chin, J. Kupperman, N. Liu, I. Luo, M. Ly, S. Rethinasamy, K. Wang
arxiv.org/abs/2508.091...
Joint work w/ M. Minervini, M. Chin, J. Kupperman, N. Liu, I. Luo, M. Ly, S. Rethinasamy, K. Wang
Constrained free energy minimization for the design of thermal states and stabilizer thermodynamic systems
A quantum thermodynamic system is described by a Hamiltonian and a list of conserved, non-commuting charges, and a fundamental goal is to determine the minimum energy of the system subject to constrai...
arxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We updated our paper "Constrained free energy minimization for the design of thermal states and stabilizer thermodynamic systems" in preparation for #SQuInT2025 tomorrow:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.091...
Joint work w/ M. Minervini, M. Chin, J. Kupperman, N. Liu, I. Luo, M. Ly, S. Rethinasamy, K. Wang
arxiv.org/abs/2508.091...
Joint work w/ M. Minervini, M. Chin, J. Kupperman, N. Liu, I. Luo, M. Ly, S. Rethinasamy, K. Wang
great news about the Nobel Prize in Physics:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
John Clarke
Michel H. Devoret
John M. Martinis
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
John Clarke
Michel H. Devoret
John M. Martinis
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...
www.nobelprize.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
great news about the Nobel Prize in Physics:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
John Clarke
Michel H. Devoret
John M. Martinis
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
John Clarke
Michel H. Devoret
John M. Martinis
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The workshop Quantum Resources is back! The next edition will take place in Tokyo in March.
2026.quantumresources.science
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
Workshop: 16–20 March 2026
2026.quantumresources.science
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
Workshop: 16–20 March 2026
Quantum Resources workshop 2026
The workshop "Quantum Resources 2026" will take place in Tokyo, Japan in March. Submissions welcome!
2026.quantumresources.science
September 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The workshop Quantum Resources is back! The next edition will take place in Tokyo in March.
2026.quantumresources.science
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
Workshop: 16–20 March 2026
2026.quantumresources.science
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
Workshop: 16–20 March 2026
Reposted by Mark M. Wilde
When you realize the whole yearly budget for Quantum journal is equal to 8 Nature APCs - and they don't even wreck your paper in proof stage because...there is none
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When you realize the whole yearly budget for Quantum journal is equal to 8 Nature APCs - and they don't even wreck your paper in proof stage because...there is none
Reposted by Mark M. Wilde
Our research group is seeking a talented and motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join us in advancing the practical realisation of quantum technologies (including quantum error correction and mitigation). The deadline is 06 October 2025: tinyurl.com/bdhf3hzt
August 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Our research group is seeking a talented and motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join us in advancing the practical realisation of quantum technologies (including quantum error correction and mitigation). The deadline is 06 October 2025: tinyurl.com/bdhf3hzt
187 total entries for quant-ph on a single day suggests it might be time to split up quant-ph into at least two separate categories:
arxiv.org/list/quant-p...
arxiv.org/list/quant-p...
Quantum Physics
arxiv.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
187 total entries for quant-ph on a single day suggests it might be time to split up quant-ph into at least two separate categories:
arxiv.org/list/quant-p...
arxiv.org/list/quant-p...
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
Joint work with Kaiyuan Ji and Seth Lloyd now available at
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08965
This paper identifies the communication capacity for sending information from the future to the past through a noisy closed timelike curve. The formula is reminiscent of mutual info but in general can be larger.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08965
This paper identifies the communication capacity for sending information from the future to the past through a noisy closed timelike curve. The formula is reminiscent of mutual info but in general can be larger.
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Joint work with Kaiyuan Ji and Seth Lloyd now available at
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08965
This paper identifies the communication capacity for sending information from the future to the past through a noisy closed timelike curve. The formula is reminiscent of mutual info but in general can be larger.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08965
This paper identifies the communication capacity for sending information from the future to the past through a noisy closed timelike curve. The formula is reminiscent of mutual info but in general can be larger.
Reposted by Mark M. Wilde
Fancy being (academic) neighbours?
The University of Basel are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in theoretical quantum computing:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
The University of Basel are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in theoretical quantum computing:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Quantum Computing
The University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a professorship in theoretical quantum computing. The University of Basel is the home institution of the Swiss National Center of Compete...
jobs.unibas.ch
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Fancy being (academic) neighbours?
The University of Basel are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in theoretical quantum computing:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
The University of Basel are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in theoretical quantum computing:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Reposted by Mark M. Wilde
Also, sharing for friends:
Anyone fancy a (minimal teaching load) tenure track position on quantum computing on a sunny island 🌤️ 🏝️? The Cyprus Institute are also hiring a tenure track assistant proff on quantum algorithms.
onlinerecruitment.exelsyslive.com?c=6E7274A2-8...
(Deadline next week)
Anyone fancy a (minimal teaching load) tenure track position on quantum computing on a sunny island 🌤️ 🏝️? The Cyprus Institute are also hiring a tenure track assistant proff on quantum algorithms.
onlinerecruitment.exelsyslive.com?c=6E7274A2-8...
(Deadline next week)
Exelsys - Online Job Application
onlinerecruitment.exelsyslive.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Also, sharing for friends:
Anyone fancy a (minimal teaching load) tenure track position on quantum computing on a sunny island 🌤️ 🏝️? The Cyprus Institute are also hiring a tenure track assistant proff on quantum algorithms.
onlinerecruitment.exelsyslive.com?c=6E7274A2-8...
(Deadline next week)
Anyone fancy a (minimal teaching load) tenure track position on quantum computing on a sunny island 🌤️ 🏝️? The Cyprus Institute are also hiring a tenure track assistant proff on quantum algorithms.
onlinerecruitment.exelsyslive.com?c=6E7274A2-8...
(Deadline next week)
Tomorrow will be Cornell Information Theory Day, with program available here:
find.engineering.cornell.edu/cornell-info...
Book of abstracts here:
find.engineering.cornell.edu/files/2025/0...
find.engineering.cornell.edu/cornell-info...
Book of abstracts here:
find.engineering.cornell.edu/files/2025/0...
Cornell Information Theory Day – Fall 2025 | FIND
find.engineering.cornell.edu
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tomorrow will be Cornell Information Theory Day, with program available here:
find.engineering.cornell.edu/cornell-info...
Book of abstracts here:
find.engineering.cornell.edu/files/2025/0...
find.engineering.cornell.edu/cornell-info...
Book of abstracts here:
find.engineering.cornell.edu/files/2025/0...
Things would be a bit easier if the Oxford English dictionary could add the following words:
infimization
infimize
supremization
supremize
I think mathematicians use these words regularly even though they are not official English words.
infimization
infimize
supremization
supremize
I think mathematicians use these words regularly even though they are not official English words.
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Things would be a bit easier if the Oxford English dictionary could add the following words:
infimization
infimize
supremization
supremize
I think mathematicians use these words regularly even though they are not official English words.
infimization
infimize
supremization
supremize
I think mathematicians use these words regularly even though they are not official English words.