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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · 2d

it feels quite special to congratulate John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis, and to everyone whose work continues to build on their legacy

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Clarke, Devoret and Martinis win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics reut.rs/3KHTfTs

Clarke, Devoret and Martinis win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit", the award-giving body said on Tuesday.

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our team is #hiring a Senior Research Scientist at Google Quantum AI 🔍⚛️ — a unique theory-leading role.
Apply here 🔗 www.google.com/about/career...

#quantumcomputing #quantumAI

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John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social · Aug 11

The infectious enthusiasm of my wonderful co-authors (Robert Huang, Soonwon Choi, Jarrod McClean) drove this upbeat assessment of “The Vast World of Quantum Advantage.”

arxiv.org/abs/2508.05720

The vast world of quantum advantage

The quest to identify quantum advantages lies at the heart of quantum technology. While quantum devices promise extraordinary capabilities, from exponential computational speedups to unprecedented mea...

arxiv.org

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 30

What makes a qubit tick?

I gave a beginner talk at UCLA’s Quantum Device Workshop on how superconducting qubits work—and how to build a basic qubit–oscillator system.

The talk’s now live 🎥👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUje...

Thanks @UCLA_QCSA for hosting a stellar event! #quantumcomputing

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 30

Some nice news coverage of our research publication

Using “Shallow Shadows” to Uncover Quantum Properties

today.ucsd.edu/story/shallo...

Using “Shallow Shadows” to Uncover Quantum Properties

Traditional methods of looking into quantum systems often require immense resources. Research from UC San Diego have developed a new approach that allows scientists to extract essential information…

today.ucsd.edu

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 27

🧵 Phys.org coverage of our work on Fibonacci anyon braiding, from the dream team
Z. K. Minev, K. Najafi, S. Majumder, J. Wang, A. Stern, E.-A. Kim, C.-M. Jian, G. Zhu,

News: : phys.org/news/2025-07...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#QuantumComputing #Anyons #TopologicalMatter

Researchers demonstrate error-resistant quantum gates using exotic anyons for computation

The quantum computing revolution draws ever nearer, but the need for a computer that makes correctable errors continues to hold it back.

phys.org

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 26

A new #QiskitMetal book on the #quantum computing device design for newcomers.

My intent when starting Qiskit Metal was to help fuel the fire in the furnace of innovation.

I’m glad to see the ecosystem growing thriving.

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 25

Nice job opportunity @GoogleQuantumAI

The team is hiring a Software Engineer, Quantum Compiling to help build the quantum compiler stack.

A great role for those who love elegant code and deep physics

Apply 👉 goo.gle/quantum-comp...
#QuantumComputing #QuantumAI #LifeAtGoogle

Google

Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for.

goo.gle

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 25

Welcoming summer the best way we know how: with pasta, physics, and a phenomenal team 🍝⚛️

A warm #Google #Quantum #AI welcome to Manuel Rudolph, who’s joining us this summer! 🎉 We’re thrilled to have his sharp mind and curious spirit with us

Thx Nikita+team for organizing

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 23

#QSim is a great conference. Come hear from about our experiment "Entanglement-enhanced learning of quantum noise at scale"

QSim: research.ibm.com/publications...
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2408.03376

Entanglement-enhanced learning of quantum noise at scale for QSim 2025

Entanglement-enhanced learning of quantum noise at scale for QSim 2025 by Alireza Seif et al.

research.ibm.com

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 18

Some news coverage of our work with Cornell on topological quantum computing with Fibonacci anyons and classically-hard problems like chromatic polynomial sampling.
🔗 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
#QuantumComputing #Cornell

Cornell–IBM collaboration advances quantum computing | Cornell Chronicle

The quantum computing revolution draws ever nearer, but the need for a computer that makes correctable errors continues to hold it back.

news.cornell.edu

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jul 3

Excited to be joining @LesHouches School this August as a lecturer in their “Exact Solvability & #Quantum Information” session! ⚛️📚

Nothing better than sharing ideas, teaching, & learning in the mountains with sharp minds. Education is joy.

👉 www.lptms.universite-paris-saclay.fr/leshouches2025

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jun 29

Quantum pistons pumping, entangled gears grinding: great session at Rochester with Nicole Yunger Halpern, Pedram Roushan, and Jiheng Duan! #QuantumOptics #quantum #physics

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jun 26

Good morning from dreamy Rochester for the septennial #quantum #optics conference. Looking forward to the great lineup today and sharing recent results in my invited talk today. Come say hi! 👋

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jun 26

🌟 Excited to speak, have played a small advisory board role, and be back here after the last one 6 years ago for the Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12)!

CQS is special, dating back to 1960, bringing together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers
#CQS2025

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jun 4

Where things go in the next 3-5 years

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jun 4

Great one

Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · Jun 4

There seems to be a problem with the git large data storage, I think I ran out of space. I need to find a solution and fix it.

Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · May 26

"Creating knowledge is only half the story — sharing it is the other half."

Hence, I share some of my public research presentations, lectures, tutorials, and technical notes on github here: github.com/zlatko-minev...

#quantum #qubit #opensource

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · May 24

Major update on factoring primes with Shor’s algorithm from Craig Gidney at #Google.
- reduced physical #qubit count from 20e6 to 1e6 to break a RSA-2048 bit key, using yoked surface codes, magic state cultivation and some efficient arithmetic. arxiv.org/abs/2505.15917
#quantum

How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers with less than a million noisy qubits

Planning the transition to quantum-safe cryptosystems requires understanding the cost of quantum attacks on vulnerable cryptosystems. In Gidney+Ekerå 2019, I co-published an estimate stating that…

arxiv.org

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Craig Gidney @craiggidney.bsky.social · May 23

I'm often asked if I'll redo the 2019 quantum factoring estimate. Denser storage by yokes, smaller magic factories by cultivation, slimmer approx arithmetic by Chevignard et al… surely the cost is lower now?

Yes, it's lower now.

security.googleblog.com/2025/05/trac...

arxiv.org/abs/2505.15917

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · May 23

This was a really fantastic event that I'm proud to have been a part of!

Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · May 23

Day 4/4 - brilliant panel on The Future of #Quantum Devices at UCLA with Eli Levenson-Falk , Jens Koch , Andrew Bestwick and Michel Devoret

We had over 400 folks in person and online with great questions and lots of fun

Find out more : lnkd.in/dMn3qkJd

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · May 23

Day 4/4 - brilliant panel on The Future of #Quantum Devices at UCLA with Eli Levenson-Falk , Jens Koch , Andrew Bestwick and Michel Devoret

We had over 400 folks in person and online with great questions and lots of fun

Find out more : lnkd.in/dMn3qkJd

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · May 21

Day 3/4 of the #Quantum Device Workshop #QDW

Dr. Murat Can Sarıhan gave an amazing workshop and co-organizer Nicolas Dirnegger is about to kick off the day with over 400 participants across the 2 tracks and in person and online
qdw-ucla.squarespace.com

#qubit

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Zlatko Minev @zlatko-minev.bsky.social · May 20

Charming impromptu reunion with #quantum wizards 🧙 in LA, with Kristan Temme, Chris Wood, Amira Abbas, reminding me of fond memories at IBM Quantum.

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