Matthew Prest

Matthew Prest

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Physics PhD candidate at the City University of New York working on quantum information theory.

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publications

Cost-Effectiveness of Liquid Biopsy for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Patients Who Are Unscreened

Published in JAMA Network Open, 2023

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). Colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but only if people actually do it. We compared a new blood-based ‘liquid biopsy’ screen against the standard colonoscopy and stool tests. Even though the blood test would get more people screened, at today’s price the older colonoscopy still gives more years of life per dollar — so liquid biopsy isn’t yet cost-effective on its own.

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Optical and atomic decoherence in quantum nondemolition measurement induced atomic ensemble entanglement

Published in AVS Quantum Science, 2023

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). Two clouds of cold atoms can be made to share quantum-mechanical correlations (entanglement) by gently ‘measuring’ them with light without destroying the state. We worked out, with pen-and-paper math and Mathematica, how much of that entanglement survives the unavoidable noise from stray photons and atomic jitter — and showed the entanglement is robust enough that the technique remains one of the most promising recipes for entangling matter.

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Cost-effectiveness of POLE testing for high intermediate risk endometrial cancer

Published in Gynecologic Oncology, 2023

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). Endometrial (uterine-lining) cancer comes in several genetic flavors, and one of them — POLE-mutated — has a much better outlook than the others. We modelled whether testing for that mutation, then sparing those patients from extra radiation, is worth the extra lab cost. It turns out it is: the test pays for itself by avoiding unnecessary treatment.

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Quantifying the potential benefits of early detection for pancreatic cancer through a counterfactual simulation modeling analysis

Published in Nature Scientific Reports, 2023

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). Pancreatic cancer is usually caught too late — the 5-year survival rate is only 3%. We built a ‘what if?’ simulator that asks: how much earlier would we need to detect it for screening to actually save lives? The answer is a sweet spot of about 4–6 years before symptoms appear; pushing detection earlier than that gives diminishing returns, especially for fast-growing tumors.

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Association Among Individual Race, Hospital Racial Composition, and Access to Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy for Patients With Uterine Leiomyomas

Published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2024

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). Minimally invasive hysterectomy is gentler than open abdominal surgery — shorter recovery, fewer complications. Looking at almost 260,000 New York patients over 18 years, we found Black women, and women treated at hospitals serving a higher share of Black patients, were significantly less likely to receive the minimally invasive option. The gap is real, persistent, and getting wider.

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Excess morbidity and mortality associated with underuse of estrogen replacement therapy in premenopausal women who undergo surgical menopause

Published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). When younger women have their ovaries surgically removed, clinical guidelines say they should usually take estrogen replacement therapy until natural-menopause age. Many do not. We modelled the downstream consequences over 25 years and found this gap is associated with hundreds of avoidable cases of heart disease, stroke, and breast-cancer death — far more harm than the relatively small reduction in colorectal cancer.

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Trends in uterine cancer incidence in the United States: The contribution of age, period and cohort effects

Published in Gynecologic Oncology, 2024

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). Uterine cancer rates in the U.S. are rising, and not equally across groups. Using 28 years of registry data and an information-theory tool, we separated the trend into the contributions of age, calendar year, and birth-cohort. Age dominates, but a meaningful share comes from the birth cohort you happen to belong to — which points to long-acting risk factors changing across generations.

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Noise-Aware Detectable Byzantine Agreement for Consensus-based Distributed Quantum Computing

Published in IEEE QCNC, 2025

In plain English: Plain-language summary (draft — please review). When several quantum computers try to agree on a single answer, a few faulty or malicious machines can in principle derail the whole group — the classical ‘Byzantine Generals’ problem, but quantum. We layered two off-the-shelf noise-fighting tricks (readout error mitigation and dynamical decoupling) on top of an existing quantum-agreement protocol and ran it on real IBM hardware. The combination noticeably improves how often the honest machines reach the right consensus, even on today’s noisy devices.

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quantum_radar

Quantum Industry — 2026-08-25

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Daily public-market quantum company data, broad quantum ETFs, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-08-26

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Daily public-market quantum company data, broad quantum ETFs, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-08-28

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Daily public-market quantum company data, broad quantum ETFs, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-08-29

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Daily public-market quantum company data, broad quantum ETFs, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-08-30

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Daily public-market quantum company data, broad quantum ETFs, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-08-31

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Daily public-market quantum company data, broad quantum ETFs, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-01

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-01

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-02

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-03

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-04

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-04

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-05

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-06

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-07

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-07

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-08

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-09

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-10

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-10

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-11

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-12

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-13

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-13

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-14

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-15

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-16

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-16

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-17

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-18

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-19

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-19

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-20

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-21

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-22

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-22

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-23

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-24

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-25

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-25

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-26

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-27

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-09-28

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-28

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-29

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-09-30

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-10-01

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-01

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-02

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-03

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-10-04

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-04

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-05

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-06

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-10-07

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-07

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-08

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-09

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-10-10

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-10

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-11

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-12

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-10-13

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-13

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-14

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-15

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Conferences — 2026-10-16

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Upcoming quantum-adjacent academic conferences, industry conferences, and summits.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-16

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

Quantum Industry — 2026-10-17

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Daily public-market data, quantum funding awards, and directional quantum-industry investment and workforce estimates.

resources

Algorithms & Theory

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Canonical quantum algorithms and the references that explain them well.

Conferences & Community

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Annual conferences, workshops, and online communities for QC research.

Hardware & Providers

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Quantum hardware vendors and the cloud platforms that expose them.

Papers & Reading Lists

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Where to find good QC papers, plus a short canon I recommend to new students.

Software & Libraries

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Open-source frameworks for building, simulating, and running quantum programs.

talks

Imputation of SEER Data using Artificial Neural Networks

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This project was presented as a part of the CISNET Junior Investigator series. The goal of this work was to use neural networks to remedy known missing data issues in a series of SEER databases. The Multilayer Perceptron model was an excellent candidate for imputation over this dataset due to the high dimensionality of underlying data. Our results were later integrated into certain CISNET models.

CISNET Gastric Cancer Modeling

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This presentation encompassed the now complete, first generation gastric cancer microsimulation model. The goal of this talk was to demonstrate how well targets were being met and explain the decision-making that guided the model to its final structure.

Age-Period-Cohort Methods in Cancer Epidemiology

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This talk covers a new methodology we developed to assist model decision making through visualization and information-theoretic metrics. Many microsimulation models take into account multiple time based variables and choosing which approach best fits the underlying data was largely a process of guesswork. We aimed to put this procedure on more rigorous footing to better inform other CISNET groups.

Causal Discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease Research

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This project was inspired by recent graphical transformer machine-learning methods for causal discovery. The challenge for causal discovery benchmarking is the need for a known underlying causal structure to compare with. My colleague Dr. Jiheum Park found an excellent dataset on Alzheimer’s progression which has a known gold-standard causal structure. This was a useful way to test a novel AI-based methodology.

Quantum Zero-Knowledge Protocols

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This project was the final assessment of my graduate-level cryptography course with Dr. Rosario Gennaro. This course was instrumental in shaping my future research direction. It was my first theoretical computer science course, and it could not have happened at a better time for such an exciting emerging crossover between physics and cryptography.

Complex Network Analysis of Global Conflicts

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This project involved applying complex-network analysis metrics to a live dataset of global conflict events to explore the dynamics of formation and counter-formation in conflict zones. I partitioned the data into friend/enemy networks based on allegiances at particular conflict events and explored scaling, betweenness, clustering, and distance metrics to better understand how conflict propagates.

Multiple Hypothesis Tracking Using Neutral-Atom Quantum Computers

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As a part of the 2026 Niels Bohr Quantum Summer School, I took part in the student challenge. I was put into Group 7 (a.k.a The Secret Tigers), to work on a neutral atom analogue quantum computing problem. This was a lot fun with a great group of people and I learned a lot about the experimental side of things, check out my blog to learn more about my experience.