Elija Perrier

Elija Perrier

Research Affiliate

Elija Perrier is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Quantum Software and Information at the University of Technology Sydney. Elija's doctoral research focuses on the field of quantum machine learning, including quantum algorithm design, geometric and statistical learning theory and quantum control. Elija has a multi-disciplinary background, holding an LLB / BA (Hons) (English/Cultural & Communication Studies) from Murdoch University along with a BSc (Physics/Mathematics) (Hons) & BA (Economics/Philosophy) from the University of Sydney. Elija works as a research assistant in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney, as a practising lawyer, tutor in constitutional law and jurisprudence at Macquarie University and as a data scientist focusing on political science. Elija has published research on computer science, public policy and a range of other topics and has presented research at a number of conferences nationally and internationally.

Elija is a long-standing collaborator of Seth Lazar’s, with a shared interest in complexity and ethics. They worked together on the WEF’s ethics and governance of quantum computing principles (which Elija co-authored), and Elija is now a postdoc on the ARC Linkage project on insurance and AI.