About

I’m Evan Hockings, a PhD student at The University of Sydney advised by Andrew Doherty and Robin Harper. My research currently focuses on scalably characterising noise in quantum devices, particularly in the context of quantum error correction.

I believe science should be open-source where possible, and developed the software package QuantumACES.jl to make it easy to design scalable and performant noise characterisation experiments for quantum devices.

I’m also interested in mitigating the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence, particularly by interpreting the functioning of powerful AI systems.

Publications

E. T. Hockings, A. C. Doherty, R. Harper. Scalable noise characterisation of syndrome extraction circuits with averaged circuit eigenvalue sampling. arXiv preprint 2024, arXiv:2404.06545.

Y. Li, R. P. Sabatini, S. K. K. Prasad, E. T. Hockings, T. W. Schmidt, G. Lakhwani. Improved optical confinement in ambipolar field-effect transistors toward electrical injection organic lasers. Applied Physics Letters 119, 163303, 2021.

Other writing

The risks posed by artificial intelligence demand serious consideration for Honi Soit, October 2022.