Maris Ozols

Come see me speak about the new era of simplex method theory. Wednesday!

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

Quantum Tutorials | 2026 - YouTube

Here are videos and slides of my 6 hour overview of QEC, slightly updated from my @qip2025.bsky.social tutorial. Thanks goes to Kishor Bharti and Atul Arora for letting me give this at the Quantum Meets! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... zenodo.org/records/1874...

10 years after its founding, driven by the energy, enthusiasm, & dedication of the community @quantum-journal.bsky.social quietly published paper #2000 some days ago.

At least I think this is a big deal, big shout out to the founders & all authors, reviewers, editors, board members & contributors!

Open eScience Call 2026 (OEC 2026) - eScience Center Summary of this call Purpose of this call  This call for proposals supports research that requires the development and application of advanced research software. Each proposal should address an urgent...

www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...

PhD position for Algebraic Complexity Theory at the IT University of Copenhagen The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a PhD position starting 1 September 2026 or soon thereafter.  We invite a

I am looking to hire PhD students to work on Complexity Theory (and more specifically on Algebraic Complexity). candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Deadline: March 1, 2016.

Multiple PhD positions available: call for applications Our recently established collaborative research initiative “Machine Learning for Complex Quantum States” (MLCQS) – a consortium spanning nine different institutions across Germany and Switzerland – is...

Check out our call for applications for PhD positions in our research unit on machine learning for complex quantum systems funded by @dfg.de including @heylgroup.bsky.social @gppcarleo.bsky.social and many more: for5919.github.io/joinus/2025_...

The definition of the induced representation on Wikipedia looks wrong or at least unclear. The notation h_i seems to suggest that these elements of H depend only on the coset label i but not the element g of group G. This can't be right... Or am I missing something?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced...

Perimeter Institute openings:
1. Particle Physics:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31429
2. The intersection of Theoretical Physics and Artificial Intelligence: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31430
3. Quantum Computing and Quantum Information: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31435

Well, I'm from Latvia so I will indeed enjoy it!

Will you be at QIP next week?

Thanks for bringing up this old paper! I just sent it to my student to have a look.

#QIP2026 is coming to Riga in less than a week!
Very excited to find my university (pictured) at the epicenter of a global academic event.

PSA: Pack some *really* warm clothing - we've got a real winter this time ❄️

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31435

(Mathematical art, I guess.)

Phase-shifting the Fourier transform of a regular 14-gon. Or equivalently: seven plane waves meeting at equal angles.

This is America today.

YouTube video by Veritasium The Man Who Accidentally Discovered Antimatter

One intriguing concept that's worthwhile trying to understand is the Dirac equation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_e...
This Veritasium video does a great job at explaining it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-W-...

We have two job openings at Quanta, for a math writer and a senior editor! More info below:

Les Houches Lectures Notes on Tensor Networks Tensor networks provide a powerful new framework for classifying and simulating correlated and topological phases of quantum matter. Their central premise is that strongly correlated matter can only b...

Although 2025 was absolutely shocking in terms of the cruelty of powerful people, science can still be a refuge from it. A highlight for me was retreating to the mountains to teach at the Les Houches Summer School. Here are my lecture notes: arxiv.org/abs/2512.24390

YouTube video by The Daily Show New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009 #DailyShow #Trump #ZohranMamdani

Watch this till the end.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aPIkE...

Six weeks left to apply: 16 fully funded Quantum Informatics PhDs

quantuminformatics-cdt.ac.uk

Great visit to Tufts a few weeks ago. They have an open-rank job in Quantum Information / Computing theory. Open Positions | Department of Physics and Astronomy share.google/NosuSUs77OZU...

YouTube video by Veritasium The Man Who Accidentally Discovered Antimatter

The Man Who Accidentally Discovered Antimatter - Our latest video, out now on YouTube youtu.be/Y-W-w8yNiKU

Research Associate position available at the University of Edinburgh Quantum Software Lab to work on a joint project on orchestration of heterogeneous quantum computers with Fujitsu. Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

The Alice Postdoctoral Fellowship at CQT will be awarded to a woman doing outstanding research, offering two years' support including a personal research allowance. We are collecting nominations now for the 2026 Fellowship. Find out more www.cqt.sg/alice-prizes/

I didn't try. The problem is that I don't know what degree to expect (it might be 64 or perhaps some larger power of 2). I'm hesitant to provide additional options to the algorithm since it should be able to figure this out on its own.

I tried running Mathematica's RootApproximant function with 20,000 digits of precision but the polynomial it output was huge and didn't reproduce the remaining digits correctly. Any other suggestions on what to I try?

Here's a fun challenge: I have computed a number with million digits of precision
surfdrive.surf.nl/s/yxtZKzJ2Dq...
and I suspect it is algebraic, i.e. a root of a polynomial of a reasonably small degree and with reasonably small integer coefficients. Can you find this polynomial?

I am recruiting PhD students at NYU Courant to work on Quantum and classical Learning Theory with a focus on algorithm design. NYU is rapidly expanding across quantum information, with several recent hires, including @fermima.bsky.social. Please encourage your strongest students to apply.

We're teaching quantum computing to high school students.
www.quantum-quest.org