Hybrid Post-Quantum and Classical Key Exchange
Performance evaluation of hybrid cryptographic approaches using liboqs.
QUANTUM SOFTWARE DEVELOPER · RESEARCHER
I'm Shams Ul Arefin Nibir — a quantum software developer, researcher and international speaker working across quantum error correction, post-quantum cryptography, FPGA systems, variational algorithms and hybrid quantum-classical computing.
01
Quantum
Researcher
Researcher
10+
International
Webinars
Webinars
#8
FLIQ Global
Hackathon
Hackathon
300+
Teams at
MIT iQuHack
MIT iQuHack
01 / ABOUT
A developer working beyond the conventional stack.
My work sits between quantum algorithms, hardware-aware computing, cryptography and practical software engineering.
I work with quantum frameworks, FPGA architectures, machine learning and full-stack systems to explore how emerging computational models can become practical, verifiable and useful.
Explore my experience →
Focus
Quantum Computing
Research
Quantum Error Correction
Security
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Hardware
FPGA & Quantum Systems
02 / RESEARCH
Research that connects theory with implementation.
Topology Aware FPGA-Accelerated Quantum Error Correction with RL-Based Decoding
Research focused on hardware-accelerated quantum error correction, topology-aware decoding and reinforcement learning based approaches for quantum systems.
View research repository ↗
QEC
FPGA
RL
OpenVQA & Variational Quantum Algorithms
Contributions, benchmarking and verification workflows for open-source quantum algorithm development.
03 / PROJECTS
Selected work.
A collection of quantum computing, software, AI, robotics and hardware projects.
04 / EXPERIENCE
Where I've worked and contributed.
2025 — PRESENT
Quantum Software Engineer
WYW · ParisContributing to post-quantum cryptography, hybrid quantum-classical cryptographic approaches, benchmarking, technical documentation and research collaboration.
2025 — PRESENT
Foundation Member & Technical Contributor
OpenVQA HubContributing to an international open-source initiative focused on variational quantum algorithms, benchmarking, black-box verification and applied quantum computing.
2024 — 2025
Research Collaborator
Quantum Rings Inc.Collaborated on quantum chip design, fault-tolerant architecture research, topology-aware QEC simulations and hardware-aware design for NISQ devices.
2023 — 2025
Lead App Developer & Secretary
Uddhar · BangladeshLed a five-person team building an AI-powered emergency response application with SOS, shelter information, real-time notifications and scalable backend systems.
2022 — 2024
Programming Instructor
QEC AcademyDesigned and delivered a four-month Python cohort covering programming fundamentals, data structures, practical projects, assessments and code reviews.
05 / RECOGNITION
Selected achievements.
01
Princeton University
Invited flash talk speaker at the Princeton University Graduate Summer School on quantum computing.
02
FLIQ Hackathon
Global Rank #8 at the Future Leaders in Quantum Hackathon.
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MIT iQuHack 2025
Competed against 300+ teams from 40+ countries on IBM Quantum hardware.
04
International Speaking
Speaker and presenter at 10+ international webinars covering quantum computing, VQA, QEC and PQC.
06 / STACK
Tools I work with.
QUANTUM
Qiskit · Cirq · PennyLane · OpenVQA · Quantum Development Kit
PROGRAMMING
Python · C/C++ · Verilog/VHDL · JavaScript · Dart/Flutter · MATLAB · SQL
HARDWARE
FPGA · Xilinx Vivado · Digital Circuit Design · Quantum-Classical Interfaces
AI / ML
TensorFlow · PyTorch · PPO · DQN · Reinforcement Learning
SECURITY
Lattice-based · Code-based · Hash-based Signatures · QKD
DEVELOPMENT
Git · GitHub · Jupyter · VS Code · LaTeX · AWS · Azure · IBM Quantum
07 / CONTACT
Let's build something meaningful.
Interested in quantum computing, research, software engineering or collaboration? Feel free to reach out.
nibirarefin@gmail.com ↗