Dr. Ailsa Keyser
SENIOR QUANTUM FIRMWARE ENGINEER
Ailsa completed her PhD at Imperial College London. She then joined OQC as a quantum engineer, and has been involved in building OQC quantum computers in Spain and Japan. Her interests are in improving the calibration and characterization of the quantum hardware, and working with the control electronics and R&D teams to deliver system improvements.
Maria Violaris
DEVELOPER ADVOCATE
Maria has a hybrid role at OQC of quantum error correction research towards building a fault-tolerant quantum computer, and technical science communication. She has a PhD in theoretical quantum information from the University of Oxford, alongside which she interned with IBM Quantum making the “Quantum Paradoxes” YouTube series. She has spearheaded multiple new initiatives in the quantum community, including the “Quantum on the Clock” Schools Video Competition; Oxford Quantum Information Society; and quantum computing workshops. She has also written for Physics World magazine; published quantum education research; and hosts a Quantum Foundations Podcast on her YouTube channel, amongst other quantum content.
EVENT DETAILS
The QDA will host its Inaugural Forum in London on the 26th June, 2025. A forum on building datacenter-scale quantum computers and accelerating the timeline to fault-tolerance, comprising of an in-person workshop that tackles head-on the path to delivering a commercial quantum computing service at datacenter-scale, exploring topics of scaling, interoperability, benchmarking, and maturing the industry.
SESSION DETAILS
Session Two
Volume: building robust quantum processors at scale
What approaches, opportunities and challenges underpin volume manufacturing, testing and characterisation of quantum processors? Which supply chains are key?
OQC’s Senior Quantum Firmware Engineer Ailsa Keyser will be giving a flash talk and will be part of the panel disuccion taking place during the session.
Session Four
The Datacenter: delivering a commercial quantum computing service
How do quantum error correction approaches need to evolve to bring the best performance out of hardware? What role will datacenters play in enabling the integration of quantum computing machines into our digital infrastructure?
OQC’s Developer Advocate Maria Violaris will be moderating the panel dicussion during this session.
Interested in learning about quantum computing and want to meet with one of our team during the event to discuss how to start your quantum journey, your use case, or get an introduction to OQC? Contact us at hello@oqc.tech.
