Connor Smith

Having a varied career in mainly Engineering-based roles and attempting to start various small businesses, Connor returned to University to study Computer Science at the University of Kent. This pivotal change in his career came from natural love of problem-solving, puzzles, education, and curiosity. Things that Connor noticed had been constants in every aspect of his life from a young age and what initially drove him towards Engineering. However, after gaining valuable experiences and developing a better sense of self-awareness, he realized that his skills and interests naturally leaned toward Computer Science. It was at University that Connor discovered Quantum Computing and became absolutely fascinated by alternative models of computation. From this point onwards he took every opportunity he could to study and incorporate Quantum Computing into every project and module that he could which even led to the creation of a small first-person video game designed to help better understand Quantum formalisms and Quantum gate transformations. Connor then based his third-year research project on the amalgamation of Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Cognition, and Quantum Brain Theories, where he analyzed current research in these fields and proposed a Quantum Mind State hypothesis.