About the Author(s)

Eric Johnston (“EJ”) is the creator of the QCEngine simulator, and also an acrobat and competitive gymnast. He studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at U. C. Berkeley, and worked as a researcher in Quantum Engineering at the University of Bristol Centre for Quantum Photonics. EJ worked at Lucasfilm for 24 years as a software engineer for video games and movie effects, along with motion-capture stunt performance.

Nicholas Harrigan Received a PhD for his research into quantum computing and the foundations of quantum mechanics. He’s since been a a data-scientist and a passionately prolific science communicator. Throughout he’s been fascinated by the relationship between physics and computing, and finds inspiration and motivation in the Unix command yes

Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia Develops architectures for quantum computing, during her PhD she designed the first photonic quantum architecture compatible with the silicon industry. She is interested in full-stack architectures, from the control interface with hardware devices to high level programming languages. She also plays the violin and is an avid reader and runner.