Overview
Background
Dr Shrapnel is an Associate Professor in Physics and Deputy Director at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, where she works on topics in Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Foundations. She is also a registered medical practitioner with over 20 years experience and currently leads the Quantum Technologies for Health Program for the Queensland Digital Health Centre. Her research combines theory, methodology, and applications across a broad range of disciplines.
Availability
- Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, Imperial College
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
Search Professor Sally Shrapnel’s works on UQ eSpace
2020
Journal Article
Quantum correlations in the Kerr Ising model
Kewming, Michael, Shrapnel, Sally and Milburn, Gerard (2020). Quantum correlations in the Kerr Ising model. New Journal of Physics, 22 (5) 053042, 053042. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab7255
2019
Conference Publication
Ignorance of the whole does not imply ignorance of the parts: qudit random access codes in spatial modes of light
Kewming, Michael J., Shrapnel, Sally, White, Andrew G. and Romero, Jacquiline (2019). Ignorance of the whole does not imply ignorance of the parts: qudit random access codes in spatial modes of light. Quantum Information and Measurement, QIM 2019, Rome, Italy, 4 - 6 April 2019. Washington, DC, United States: The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/QIM.2019.F5A.78
2019
Conference Publication
Deep neural network or dermatologist?
Young, Kyle, Booth, Gareth, Simpson, Becks, Dutton, Reuben and Shrapnel, Sally (2019). Deep neural network or dermatologist?. Second International Workshop, iMIMIC 2019, and 9th International Workshop, ML-CDS 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, 17 October 2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33850-3_6
2018
Journal Article
Quantum Markovianity as a supervised learning task
Shrapnel, Sally, Costa, Fabio and Milburn, Gerard (2018). Quantum Markovianity as a supervised learning task. International Journal of Quantum Information, 16 (8) 1840010, 1840010. doi: 10.1142/s0219749918400105
2018
Journal Article
Classical and quantum causal interventions
Milburn, Gerard and Shrapnel, Sally (2018). Classical and quantum causal interventions. Entropy, 20 (9) 687, 687. doi: 10.3390/e20090687
2018
Journal Article
Causation does not explain contextuality
Shrapnel, Sally and Costa, Fabio (2018). Causation does not explain contextuality. Quantum, 2 63, 63. doi: 10.22331/q-2018-05-18-63
2018
Journal Article
Updating the Born rule
Shrapnel, Sally, Costa, Fabio and Milburn, Gerard (2018). Updating the Born rule. New Journal of Physics, 20 (5) 053010, 053010. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aabe12
2017
Journal Article
Discovering quantum causal models
Shrapnel, Sally (2017). Discovering quantum causal models. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 70 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1093/bjps/axx044
2016
Other Outputs
Using interventions to discover quantum causal structure
Shrapnel, Sally (2016). Using interventions to discover quantum causal structure. PhD Thesis, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1102
2016
Journal Article
Quantum causal modelling
Costa, Fabio and Shrapnel, Sally (2016). Quantum causal modelling. New Journal of Physics, 18 (6) 063032, 063032. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/6/063032
2014
Journal Article
Quantum causal explanation: or, why birds fly south
Shrapnel, Sally (2014). Quantum causal explanation: or, why birds fly south. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Online First (3), 409-423. doi: 10.1007/s13194-014-0094-5
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel is:
- Available for supervision
Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.
Supervision history
Current supervision
-
Doctor Philosophy
Characterising the impact of noise in quantum machine learning.
Principal Advisor
-
Doctor Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Hospitals
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Clair Sullivan, Dr Oliver Canfell, Professor Jason Pole
-
Doctor Philosophy
Digital Health Methods for Evaluating Chronic Organ Injuries Resulting from Infectious Epidemics: Acute Kidney Injury post COVID-19 Omicron Surge as an Exemplar
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Pole
-
Doctor Philosophy
Care of patients with diabetes, in the digital hospital environment: From patient level to systems approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Anthony Russell, Professor Clair Sullivan
-
Doctor Philosophy
Predicting adverse diabetes events in hospitals using machine learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Clair Sullivan, Professor Jason Pole
Completed supervision
-
2024
Doctor Philosophy
Improving Kidney Disease Detection and Risk Prediction Across Diverse Regional and Socioeconomic Settings
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson
-
2024
Doctor Philosophy
The Wealth of Features: towards a coherent cooperative game theory for feature importance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ian Wood, Professor Geoffrey McLachlan
-
2021
Doctor Philosophy
High-Dimensional Quantum Information
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gerard Milburn, Professor Andrew White, Associate Professor Jacqui Romero
Media
Enquiries
For media enquiries about Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel's areas of expertise, story ideas and help finding experts, contact our Media team: