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A Taxonomy of Real Faults for Hybrid Quantum-Classical Software Architectures | ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology | Avner Bensoussan
🎉 Excited to share that my first journal paper has been accepted at ACM TOSEM! 🎉 🌱 This paper is more than a publication—it reflects how much I’ve learned about research and communication along the way. Good research is more than results When I started this project—the first of my PhD—I thought success meant getting the methods right and producing solid results. That alone took about a year. What I didn’t anticipate was that learning how to explain why those results mattered would take just as long. I presented this work in very different contexts: in Oxford to quantum physicists and chemists, in Copenhagen to non-quantum software researchers, and in Montpellier to quantum algorithms experts. In each community, a few people with very different backgrounds paused to bridge their perspective with this work. That led to rich discussions. The most fascinating part was aligning our vocabularies and finding shared ground. After each conference, I reshaped the paper with these new perspectives in mind. 💭 At one conference, I met a professor I deeply admire. We jumped straight into a technical discussion. She assumed I had a similar background—and I didn’t pause to explain that while our areas are related, we approach problems differently. She eventually walked away saying my work felt neither theoretical nor practical. That moment stuck with me. It was frustrating, unsettling, and honestly quite disorienting, but it now guides how I explain results. Quantum software research is about communication The same challenge appeared during the review process. No reviewer questioned the methodology or results. Instead, feedback focused on framing, context, and narrative. Comparing the first version with the current one—shaped by reviews and discussions—the difference is massive. 🔗 I realized this isn’t a secondary skill. In interdisciplinary fields like quantum computing, communication is part of the research itself. This is especially true for quantum software research: still underexplored, yet crucial for moving from lab-scale demonstrations to industrial pipelines and real-world use cases. Building that bridge isn’t just about better hardware or algorithms—it’s about elegant software that smartly connects the two, layers of abstraction, fault understanding, and, above all, a shared language across communities. Interdisciplinary collaboration drives innovation Working across quantum physics, chemistry, and software engineering taught me that breakthroughs often happen at the intersections. When experts from different fields try to connect perspectives, new questions arise, assumptions are challenged, and insights emerge that wouldn’t have been possible within a single discipline. Each discussion shaped the paper and, more importantly, shaped how I think as a researcher. 🙏 Grateful to my supervisors and co-authors for their support. Excited—and a bit wiser—to enter my final PhD year. There’s a lot coming! https://lnkd.in/enDPsETa
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What a way to finish the year!! 🎉 Had a lot of fun guest lecturing in Prof. Mohammad Reza Mousavi’s Testing Module. Super exciting to present my work in depth and tease some very fresh results that… | Avner Bensoussan
What a way to finish the year!! 🎉 Had a lot of fun guest lecturing in Prof. Mohammad Reza Mousavi’s Testing Module. Super exciting to present my work in depth and tease some very fresh results that will be published soon 👀! Big thanks for the trust and guidance of my supervisors, and massive respect to the 3rd-year Bachelor and Master students for being there at the very end of the semester, in full exam-stress mode. I know the feeling — I was sitting exactly where you are a couple of years ago 😅 If nothing else, I hope I at least kept you awake with some quality memes ☕📈 Ending the year on a high note 🚀
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🇫🇷 First academic event in France since I left 11 years ago — and what a return! The Advanced Quantum Algorithms for Many-Body Systems workshop in Montpellier was fantastic. 🧠 Super sharp… | Avner Bensoussan
🇫🇷 First academic event in France since I left 11 years ago — and what a return! The Advanced Quantum Algorithms for Many-Body Systems workshop in Montpellier was fantastic. 🧠 Super sharp, state-of-the-art talks on quantum algorithms for many-body physics and chemistry. 🌿 Breaks in the botanical garden + real French cheese and natural wine… perfect setup for good science. 🤝 Great to catch up with the SEEQA crew, meet new people, and share my poster on Quantum Testability — paper coming soon! Huge thanks to the organisers for such a great event. Feeling inspired to connect more with the quantum community in France!
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🎉 What an amazing week it was participating at ICFP/SPLASH 2025 — the first-ever joint edition of these two flagship SIGPLAN conferences, held in the vibrant city of Singapore! The energy… | Avner Bensoussan
🎉 What an amazing week it was participating at ICFP/SPLASH 2025 — the first-ever joint edition of these two flagship SIGPLAN conferences, held in the vibrant city of Singapore! The energy, diversity, and depth of ideas exchanged were simply inspiring. 💡 The week was filled with outstanding talks, thought-provoking discussions, and so many opportunities to connect with brilliant minds from across the programming languages and software engineering communities. It was truly a celebration of innovation at the intersection of theory and practice. ⚛️ I was particularly pleasantly impressed by the Quantum session, where I had the honor to present our two papers published at OOPSLA: 👉 AccelerQ: Accelerating Quantum Eigensolvers with Machine Learning on Quantum Simulators https://lnkd.in/eTPP9YcD 👉 Shaking Up Quantum Simulators with Fuzzing and Rigour https://lnkd.in/eDCgaG-n It was incredibly rewarding to share our work and engage in deep discussions about the future of quantum software testing and hybrid quantum-classical computation. 🌇 Beyond the conference, Singapore was absolutely stunning — from the breathtaking Marina Bay skyline to the amazing diversity of food across hawker centres and the lively Lau Pa Sat atmosphere, every moment was a delight. And the visit to the gorgeous Orchid National Garden was the perfect way to unwind and appreciate the beauty of this vibrant city. 🌍 Huge thanks to the organizers and all participants who made this conference such a memorable and intellectually stimulating experience. Looking forward to seeing how the dialogue between programming languages and quantum computing continues to grow!
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AccelerQ: Accelerating Quantum Eigensolvers With Machine Learning on Quantum Simulators (SPLASH 2025 - OOPSLA) - SPLASH 2025 | Avner Bensoussan
🙏 I'm honored to share that two of our papers have been accepted at OOPSLA 2025! It's been a long and exciting journey, and I'm thrilled to see our work recognized at this top venue. 🔬 The first paper, AccelerQ: Accelerating Quantum Eigensolvers With Machine Learning on Quantum Simulators, reframes the challenge of tuning NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) algorithms as a hyperparameter optimization problem — opening the door for the software engineering and ML communities to engage with quantum algorithm optimisation in novel ways. 🧪 The second, Shaking Up Quantum Simulators with Fuzzing and Rigour, introduces a powerful combination of fuzz testing and formal methods to systematically uncover bugs in quantum simulators — pushing for more reliable quantum software stacks. 🌏 Looking forward to presenting both papers in Singapore and connecting with the amazing SPLASH/OOPSLA community. See you there! https://lnkd.in/eT6e5XPB https://lnkd.in/eEBaYW-T