franvasco.bsky.social
CS PhD Student @ UC Berkeley Interested in Quantum Algorithms & Complexity + Machine Learning Qubit x Qubit Founding Academic Director https://franciscavasconcelos.github.io/
👤 Joined on 25 October 2023
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@franvasco.bsky.socialShould you do a theory phd in 2026? Some thoughts from the first half of my own grad school career, for anyone in the midst of applying (or recruiting students!) quantumfrontiers.com/2026/10/17/l...
Show PostStudent @reionize.bsky.social @caltech.edu ponders the value of PhD training in the AI era. quantumfrontiers.com/2026/10/17/l...
Show PostI've heard a lot of sad voices in our community who are "depressed" and "completely crushed" by the new wave of AI results. I'm actually very optimistic. I don't have particularly good rationales, but emotionally speaking, let me try to infect you with a bit of my optimism if you need it. 1/n
Show PostOur paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2609.37890 Google’s Quantum Echoes paper: nature.com/articles/s41... 7/
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