From 64e8cc7472904a5e03f3fad3857b4e4ec6c7843a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyson Jones Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 00:51:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update authorlist --- AUTHORS.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------ README.md | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt index b06846df8..e801a9eb9 100644 --- a/AUTHORS.txt +++ b/AUTHORS.txt @@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ Contact: tyson.jones.input@gmail.com Current team: +Dr Oliver Thomson Brown [developer] + planning + development + build + testing + patches +Dr James Richings [developer] + optimisation + patches Dr Tyson Ray Jones [developer] algorithms parallelisation @@ -10,21 +19,9 @@ Dr Tyson Ray Jones [developer] interface testing documentation -Dr Oliver Thomson Brown [developer] - build - patches Dr Erich Essmann [developer] build patches -Dr Ali Rezaei [developer] - optimisation prototyping -Dr Richard Meister [consultant] - design - patches - previous development -Dr Balint Koczor [consultant] - patches - previous development Prof Simon C. Benjamin [consultant] user requirements @@ -33,6 +30,13 @@ Dr Ania (Anna) Brown [developer] HPC build quantum ops +Dr Richard Meister [consultant] + design + patches + previous development +Dr Balint Koczor [consultant] + patches + previous development Dr Fergus Cooper [developer] continuous integration Mr Jacob Wilkins [developer] @@ -42,8 +46,14 @@ Dr Mihai Duta [developer] Dr Ian Bush [consultant] software development HPC +Dr Ali Rezaei [developer] + optimisation prototyping External contributors: +Vasco Ferreira + added Trotter randomisation (#702), inverse QFT (#705), and `PauliStrSum` reordering (#708) +Maurice Jamieson + extended the unit test suite (#706) Íñigo Aréjula Aísa patched validation error in the experimental user-owned MPI interface (#722) Daniel Expósito Patiño diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ec9697b47..634df7cda 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ See the [docs](docs/README.md) for enabling acceleration and running the unit te In addition to QuEST's [authors](AUTHORS.txt), we sincerely thank the following external contributors to QuEST. +External contributors: +- [Vasco Ferreira](https://github.com/vaferreiQMT) for adding Trotter randomisation, inverse QFT, and `PauliStrSum` reordering in v4.3. +- [Maurice Jamieson](https://github.com/mcjamieson) for extending the unit test suite in v4.3. +- [Íñigo Aréjula Aísa](https://github.com/iarejula-bsc) for patching a validation error in the user-owned MPI interface. - [Daniel Expósito Patiño](https://github.com/D-Exposito) for patching a signature of the v4 C++ API. - [Diogo Pratas Maia](https://github.com/diogomaia00) for implementing non-unitary Pauli gadgets (unitaryHACK 2025 [#594](https://github.com/QuEST-Kit/QuEST/issues/594)). - [Mai Đức Khang](https://github.com/Roll249) for implementing a RAM probe (unitaryHACK 2025 [#600](https://github.com/QuEST-Kit/QuEST/issues/600)). From 86d248fdf9c233d4835f912f94b4da9103e83ef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyson Jones Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 14:52:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Bump Vasco into current team :tada: --- AUTHORS.txt | 4 ++-- README.md | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt index e801a9eb9..5683e8813 100644 --- a/AUTHORS.txt +++ b/AUTHORS.txt @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Dr Tyson Ray Jones [developer] Dr Erich Essmann [developer] build patches +Vasco Ferreira [developer] + development Prof Simon C. Benjamin [consultant] user requirements @@ -50,8 +52,6 @@ Dr Ali Rezaei [developer] optimisation prototyping External contributors: -Vasco Ferreira - added Trotter randomisation (#702), inverse QFT (#705), and `PauliStrSum` reordering (#708) Maurice Jamieson extended the unit test suite (#706) Íñigo Aréjula Aísa diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 634df7cda..a7cda3e9f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ See the [docs](docs/README.md) for enabling acceleration and running the unit te In addition to QuEST's [authors](AUTHORS.txt), we sincerely thank the following external contributors to QuEST. External contributors: -- [Vasco Ferreira](https://github.com/vaferreiQMT) for adding Trotter randomisation, inverse QFT, and `PauliStrSum` reordering in v4.3. - [Maurice Jamieson](https://github.com/mcjamieson) for extending the unit test suite in v4.3. - [Íñigo Aréjula Aísa](https://github.com/iarejula-bsc) for patching a validation error in the user-owned MPI interface. - [Daniel Expósito Patiño](https://github.com/D-Exposito) for patching a signature of the v4 C++ API. From 742df9187024f277b5106c69c169425287bed255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyson Jones Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 15:02:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Added Team section to README --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a7cda3e9f..de355357d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -247,6 +247,22 @@ then run it with See the [docs](docs/README.md) for enabling acceleration and running the unit tests. +--------------------------------- + +## 🤝  Team + +QuEST's current development team, in no particular order, consists of: + +- [Dr Oliver Thomson Brown](https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/about-us/our-team/dr-oliver-brown) +- [Dr James Richings](https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/about-us/our-team/dr-james-richings) +- [Dr Tyson Ray Jones](https://www.tysonjones.io/) +- [Dr Erich Essmann](https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/erich-essmann/) +- [Vasco Ferreira](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasco-ferreira-b24058259/) +- [Prof Simon C. Benjamin](https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/benjamin.html) + +See [authors](AUTHORS.txt) for a list of all of QuEST's past and present contributors. + + --------------------------------- ## ❤  Acknowledgements