Head of Applications and Software
ORCA Computing
William Clements is Head of Applications and Software at ORCA Computing, a leading UK-based photonic quantum computing company. His work focuses on developing hybrid quantum/classical algorithms and use cases for photonic quantum computers, with a particular focus on machine learning. He has co-authored over 20 publications in machine learning and quantum computing and has a physics PhD from the University of Oxford. Before joining ORCA, he worked in roles spanning basic research to product engineering in leading AI deeptech startups