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We highlight William Marais, one of the top Computer Science Honours students at Stellenbosch University.
After completing his Honours degree with an impressive 84% average, William has continued into advanced research under the supervision of Francesco Petruccione.
His research lies at the intersection of quantum computing and machine learning, focusing on the use of evolutionary algorithms to evolve quantum feature maps for kernel-based classification methods. This work contributes to improving how quantum systems encode and classify complex data, a key challenge in quantum machine learning.
William’s work reflects the calibre of emerging researchers within the Quantum@SUN ecosystem, where strong theoretical foundations meet cutting-edge application.
