I am currently a PhD student in quantum information theory at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, advised by Barbara Terhal. I’m interested in quantum algorithms and quantum complexity, especially in the setting of quantum many-body physics. In particular, I work on algorithms that (approximately) solve optimization problems involving fermions, and study the complexity of these problems. Previously, I studied (theoretical) physics at Delft University of Technology and at the University of Cambridge. You can reach me at: maarten [dot] stroeks [at] gmail [dot] com.
My publications/preprints (see also Google Scholar):
- Maarten Stroeks, Barbara M. Terhal & Yaroslav Herasymenko. Optimizing fermionic Hamiltonians with classical interactions. (2025) https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02122
- Maarten Stroeks & Barbara M. Terhal. Complexity of Fermionic 2-SAT. (2025) Published in Quantum. https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2025-10-31-1900/
- Laura Clinton, Toby S. Cubitt, Raul Garcia-Patron, Ashley Montanaro, Stasja Stanisic & Maarten Stroeks. Quantum Phase Estimation without Controlled Unitaries. (2024) https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21517
- Talk at QCTiP 2025.
- Maarten Stroeks, Daan Lenterman, Barbara M. Terhal & Yaroslav Herasymenko. Solving Free Fermion Problems on a Quantum Computer. (2024) https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04550
- Talk at QIP 2025.
- Talk at QCTiP 2025.
- Yaroslav Herasymenko, Maarten Stroeks, Jonas Helsen & Barbara M. Terhal. Optimizing sparse fermionic Hamiltonians. (2023) Published in Quantum. https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2023-08-10-1081/
- Talk at QIP 2023.
- Maarten Stroeks, Jonas Helsen & Barbara M. Terhal. Spectral estimation for Hamiltonians: a comparison between classical imaginary-time evolution and quantum real-time evolution. (2022) Published in New Journal of Physics. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ac919c/pdf
Recent talks:
- Complexity of Fermionic 2-SAT
- 2nd NRW Quantum Theoretical CS Workshop, December 2024, Paderborn, Germany.
- Perimeter Institute Quantum Information Seminar, March 2025, Waterloo, Canada. [Recording available.]
- Leiden University (LIACS), July 2025, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- Solving Free Fermion Problems on a Quantum Computer
- Quantum Information Processing (QIP) 2025, February 2025, Raleigh, United States. [Recording available.]
- University of Toronto, March 2025, Toronto, Canada.
- Phasecraft Quantum Algorithms Workshop, May 2025, London, United Kingdom.
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