David Headley

Contact

Email: davidkeithheadley@gmail.com

LinkedIn | ORCID

Current

Research Associate, Newcastle University
Feasibility study on quantum devices for optimization problems and researching non-perturbative gadgets for continuous-time quantum computation

Previous

• Mercedes-Benz
• Saarland University
• Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Riverlane Research

Publications and Preprints

2025

• Non-Perturbative Topological Gadgets for Many-Body Coupling — David Headley, Nick Chancellor

2024

• QAI2: Quantum Artificial Intelligence for the Automotive Industry — David Headley & collaboration
• Coherent and non-unitary errors in ZZ-generated gates — Thorge Müller, Tobias Stollenwerk, David Headley, Michael Epping, Frank K Wilhelm

2023

• Angles and devices for quantum approximate optimization — David Headley
• Problem-size-independent angles for a Grover-driven quantum approximate optimization algorithm — David Headley, Frank K. Wilhelm

2022

• Coherent and non-unitary errors in ZZ-generated gates — Thorge Müller, Tobias Stollenwerk, David Headley, Michael Epping, FK Wilhelm
• Approximating the quantum approximate optimization algorithm with digital-analog interactions — David Headley, Thorge Müller, Ana Martin, Enrique Solano, Mikel Sanz, Frank K. Wilhelm

2018

• Protecting quantum memories using coherent parity check codes — Joschka Roffe, David Headley, Nicholas Chancellor, Dominic Horsman, Viv Kendon

Academic Talks

• Problem-Size Independent Angles for a Grover-Driven Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm — ICTP Conference on Adiabatic Quantum Computation (2022)