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Finley Alexander Quinton

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Finley Alexander Quinton

PhD Candidate
Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management

quinton.f.alexander@ntnu.no
+4799076777 943 Sentralbygg 1 Gløshaugen, Trondheim
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About

I am a PhD Candidate at the department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT). I obtained my MSc in physics, and am now working on quantum optimization and machine learning applications in the energy sector. The main focus lies here on algorithm designs and tackling hard optimization problems in the energy domain.

Research

Quantum optimisation with annealing and gate-based quantum computers. Hybrid quantum optimisation algorithms with a focus on their potential for energy systems. 

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2025

  • Quinton, Finley Alexander; Myhr, Per Arne Sevle; Barani, Mostafa; Granado, Pedro Andres Crespo del; Zhang, Hongyu. (2025) Quantum annealing applications, challenges and limitations for optimisation problems compared to classical solvers. Scientific Reports
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Journal publications

  • Quinton, Finley Alexander; Myhr, Per Arne Sevle; Barani, Mostafa; Granado, Pedro Andres Crespo del; Zhang, Hongyu. (2025) Quantum annealing applications, challenges and limitations for optimisation problems compared to classical solvers. Scientific Reports
    Academic article

Teaching

Autum 2022:

Teaching assistant for MSc Particle Physics at NTNU.

Supervision

Spring 2024:

BSc student working on variants of the Quantum Approximate Optimisation Algorithm (QAOA) applied to the Scandinavian power grid.

Autumn 2024:

2 MSc students in on quantum optimisation and one group on multi-agent RL for the Norwegian intraday market.

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