Maria Violaris
Co-supervised by Artur Ekert in the Mathematical Physics group and Vlatko Vedral in the Frontiers of Quantum Physics group (Department of Physics).
Part-time Quantum Computing Community Intern at IBM Quantum; DPhil Affiliate of the Future of Humanity Institute; Public Engagement Officer for IOP QQQ group; and Quantum Student Contributor for Physics World. Founder of Oxford University Quantum Information Society.
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Violaris, M., 2023. A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Bellevue, WA, USA, 2023, pp. 58-67.
A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool
Beever, A., Violaris, M., Marletto, C. and Vedral, V., 2023. Comparing coherent and incoherent models for quantum homogenization. arXiv preprint, arXiv:2309.15741.
Comparing coherent and incoherent models for quantum homogenization
Violaris, M., Marletto, C., 2022. Irreversibility beyond Landauer's principle: is it possible to perform erasure using the quantum homogenizer? New Journal of Physics, 24(11), p.3030.
Violaris, M., Bhole, G., Jones, J.A., Vedral, V. and Marletto, C., 2021. Transforming pure and mixed states using an NMR quantum homogenizer. Physical Review A, 103(2), p.022414.
Transforming pure and mixed states using an NMR quantum homogenizer
Lecturer for Qiskit Global Summer School (Summer 2022)
Tutor for Introduction to Quantum Information (Hilary 2022)
TA for Introduction to Quantum Information (Hilary 2021)
TA for Classical Mechanics (Michaelmas 2020)
Alongside my research, I am very active in quantum content creation, journalism, education and outreach.
- Quantum Paradoxes video series explaining counterintuitive quantum thought experiments using quantum computing on the Qiskit YouTube channel.
- A fun video on Newcomb's Paradox, that I made for David Deutsch's 70th birthday, entitled "A Glitch in the Admissions Process". Be ready for some plot twists and food for thought.
- Time's arrow, entropy and Bolztmann brains: my 3-minute-talk at Cheltenham Science Festival 2022, which won the Oxford FameLab final in 2020.
- Purifying the Demon: Does Quantum Erasure Cost More Than You Remember? A 20-minute flash talk I gave for Oxford Quantum Information Society, explaining my first research project on the quantum arrow of time and Maxwell's Demon, in an accessible and fun way. Starts around 47:00.
- I write quantum research updates for Physics World magazine. My favourite articles are "Quantum error correction could help astronomers image stars" and "Physicists achieve fault-tolerant control of an error-corrected qubit".
- I created and coordinated the IOP QQQ group Quantum on the Clock School Video Competition 2022, where we invited High School students to create 3-minute videos about any aspect of quantum science or technology. See the winning videos on the IOP YouTube playlist.
- I built a simulation of a quantum computing lab using Raspberry Pis and other circuit boards, as part of my internship in 2020 at Riverlane. Watch the video here.
Foundations of quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, constructor theory.
DPhil Scholarship (2020 - 2024)
Edward Chapman Research Prize for Best Paper, Magdalen College (2023)
STEM for BRITAIN finalist (2021)
SIAM student chapter Oxford 3 Minute Thesis competition winner (2021)
Best Poster Prize in Quantum Thermodynamics for Young Scientists conference (2020)
FameLab Oxford winner (2020)
Gibbs Prize (2018)