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Chris Heunen

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7393-2640

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Biography

Chris Heunen obtained MSc degrees in both Mathematics and Computer Science, and went on to obtain a PhD at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands in 2009. He subsequently became a visiting researcher at to the California institute of Technology and a Research Fellow at the department of Computer Science in Oxford, where he held a Junior Research Fellowship at Linacre College. He has been awarded the 2012 Birkhoff-von Neumann prize by the International Quantum Structures Association. In 2013 he obtained an EPSRC Early Career Fellowship, and in 2014 a Lectureship at St Hugh’s College in Oxford. He joined the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science of the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in October 2015.

Research students

PhD: Pablo Andres-Martinez, Nuiok Dicaire, Jesse Sigal, Nesta van der Schaaf. MScR: Mateusz Kupper.

Research Interests

Mathematical foundations of quantum theory, and its logical and computer science aspects. Methods from category theory, operator algebra, and order theory.

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  • A dynamic intermediate representation for hybrid quantum-classical programs

    Rice, A., Heunen, C. & Grosser, T., 2 Sept 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization 2027.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    Open Access

  • Causal coverage in ordered locales and spacetimes

    Heunen, C. & van der Schaaf, N., 25 Aug 2026, In: Journal of mathematical physics. 67, p. 1-23 23 p., 083506.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • One rig to control them all

    Heunen, C., Kaarsgaard, R. & Lemonnier, L., 9 Jul 2026, 41st Annual Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS 2026). Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Vol. 380. p. 1-24 24 p. 56. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    Open Access
    File

  • A brief review of quantum machine learning techniques for financial services

    Doosti, M., Wallden, P., Hamill, C. B., Hankache, R., Brown, O. & Heunen, C., 13 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Machine Learning: Science and Technology. p. 1-22 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Free quantum computing

    Carette, J., Heunen, C., Kaarsgaard, R., Ross, N. J. & Sabry, A., 17 Feb 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 123, 8, p. 1-6 6 p., e2510881123.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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