[koksik202]

The opening line about not having prior exposure before PhD is something that makes me wonder if author did have industry experience prior to this undertaking, there are application and network security hands-on problems that can be solved with quantum computing. I have zero practical experience with quantum computing myself but I can count at least 2-3 practical projects I could work on before starting PhD in that field. I wonder if the problem here is author going after PhD in the field without having an idea of what problem author can solve by using quantum computing experiments/projects. (instead of finding solution to problem, looking for problems and having time to experiment/research solutions.)

[JanisErdmanis]

It is a generally accepted and being prove true countless times that all head on solutions to known problems have been already tried and published. What remains are solutions resembling "performative arts", like ones combining machine learning with quantum error correction. Sometimes works, but when they don't you can't explain why and are being instructed to try harder.