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tags: VQE, Hamiltonian-level, NISQ, Noise, Numerical
sort-date: 2026-02-18
description: Presentations to students visiting from UCL's doctoral training centre | 18 February 2026 11:00–11:20 GMT | Ray Dolby Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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[[/index|Christopher K. Long]]<a href="https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3230-942X"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Kieran Dalton<a href="https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2416-356X"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Yordan S. Yordanov<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3828-0090"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Charles G. Smith<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-0095"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Nicholas J. Mayhall<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1312-9781"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Sophia E. Economou<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1939-5589"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Edwin Barnes<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1666-9385"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Frederico Martins<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-2401"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
Crispin H. W. Barnes<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7337-7245"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
David R. M. Arvidsson-Shukur<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-0352"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>,
and Normann Mertig<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-7141"><font color="#a6ce39"><i class='fa-brands fa-orcid'></i></font></a>

**Date & time:** 18 February 2026 11:00–11:20 GMT

**Location:** Ray Dolby Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

**Conference:** Presentations to students visiting from UCL's doctoral training centre

I presented work from Refs.&nbsp;[@Dalton2024; @PhysRevA.109.042413; @Long2025].

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