S.fariya@hw.ac.uk

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University, Centre for Logistics and Sustainability. Founder/CEO of qatalyst-quantum.co.uk Research focus: quantum optimisation for freight and energy infrastructure. Hands-on D-Wave quantum annealing experience, ORCA Computing through QTAP Digital catapult-UK. QUBO formulations benchmarked against classical solvers.