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Joseph Weston authored on 25/03/2021 05:54:00
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-{{<img div-class="avatar centered" src="/images/profile.jpg">}}
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-My name is Joe, and I am a software developer with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and a penchant |
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-for writing quality code for scientific applications. |
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+My name is Joe, and I am a software developer with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. |
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-### What am I working on? |
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+Currently I work as a contractor for [Microsoft Quantum](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum) |
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+where I develop custom algorithms and software for simulating [Majorana-based topological qubits][qubits]. |
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+I also improve the tools used by simulation engineers to take advantage of the |
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+high-performance (but classical ;)) computing infrastructure available to us. |
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+Outside of work I like to spend as much time as possible in the mountains. |
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+[qubits]: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2018/09/06/developing-a-topological-qubit/ |
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+### Selected Projects |
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+Here's a not-so-random list of software projects that I've been involved with. |
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{{<logo href="https://kwant-project.org" src="/images/logos/kwant.png">}}
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[**Kwant**](https://kwant-project.org) is a Python package for simulating quantum transport in nanodevices. |
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{{<logo href="https://github.com/python-adaptive/adaptive" src="/images/logos/adaptive.png">}}
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[**Adaptive**](https://github.com/python-adaptive/adaptive) is a library of algorithms |
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-for adaptively sampling mathematical functions that integrates with the Jupyter notebook. |
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+for adaptively sampling mathematical functions, and seamlessly integrates with the Jupyter notebook. |
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It has been used in [cutting edge](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.02801.pdf) |
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quantum transport simulations. |
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{{<logo href="https://github.com/zesje/zesje" src="/images/logos/zesje.png">}}
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[**Zesje**](https://github.com/zesje/zesje) |
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-Is a web app for grading exams. Born out of necessity while administering exams |
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+is a web app for grading exams. Born out of necessity while administering exams |
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to hundreds of undergrads, it's now used in several departments |
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at Delft University of Technology. |
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-</span> |
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-I've been teaching myself Haskell, to learn the fundamentals of |
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-functional programming, and contributing to [hledger](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger) |
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-to get some experience working with a mature codebase. |
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-### What's my day job? |
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-I currently work as a contractor for [Microsoft Quantum](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum) |
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-where I develop custom algorithms and software for simulating Majorana-based topological qubits. |
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-I also improve the tools used by simulation engineers to take advantage of the |
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-high-performance (but classical ;)) computing infrastructure available to us. |
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+{{<logo href="https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger" src="/images/logos/haskell.png">}}
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+[**hledger**](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger) |
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+is accounting software that uses plain text files to store transactions. |
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+Contributing to this mature codebase has been particularly helpful in learning Haskell. |
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+{{<logo href="https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-sphinx" src="/images/logos/jupyter.png">}}
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+[**jupyter-sphinx**](https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-sphinx) |
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+is a plugin for [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org) that executes code snippets in |
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+documentation pages and embeds the output. |
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### What do I do for fun? |
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-When I'm not coding I'm probably up a mountain (though not since COVID!), |
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-in the climbing gym or playing [designer board games][bgg]. |
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-I'll sometimes [blog]({{<relref "posts" >}})
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-about stuff I find interesting (the mountaineering posts come with photos!). |
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+When I'm not coding I'm probably up a mountain, in the climbing gym (though not since COVID!) |
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+or playing [designer board games][bgg]. If I'm reading it's probably anything by Ted Chiang. |
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+I relax by cross-stitching video game pixel art. |
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+I will also (very) sporadically [blog]({{<relref "posts" >}}) about stuff I find interesting.
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-You can get in touch via [email](mailto:joseph@weston.cloud), my PGP public key |
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-`D2C4E1B6` can be found on most keyservers. |
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+Since moving to Canada I've also been watching a lot of NHL hockey (go Bruins). |
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[bgg]: https://boardgamegeek.com/plays/thumbs/user/jbweston/subtype/All |
