academics
Associate Professor
School of Computer Science
Centre for Quantum Software and Information
University of Technology Sydney
PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia
research
Publications
Bibliometric information can be found on my Google Scholar profile page and all my papers are up-to-date on arXiv.
Research in the group spans the topics of quantum machine learning, quantum estimation, and quantum control theory.
research group members
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr Clara Javeherian (Scholar profile)
Dr Christina Giarmatzi (Scholar profile)
Dr Madhav Krishnan Vijayan(Scholar profile)
students
Elija Perrier (Scholar profile)
Nishikanta Mohanty
Yidong Liao (Scholar profile)
Lirandë Pira
Afham (Scholar profile)
past members
Dr Akram Youssry (Scholar profile)
Dr Maria Quadeer (Scholar profile)
teaching
Current
Introduction to Quantum Computing (University of Technology Sydney 41170).
past
Computer Science Studio 2 (University of Technology Sydney, 2019)
Computer Science Studio 1 (University of Technology Sydney, 2018-2019)
Quantum Physics (University of Sydney PHYS 2912), 2016.
Calculus I for Engineering (University of Waterloo MATH 117), 2012.
Advanced Quantum Theory (University of Waterloo AMATH 473 / PHYS 454 / AMATH 673), 2011. The course website is still available here for posterity.
brief CV
Positions
Associate Professor, Centre for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney, 10 Jan 2020 – current.
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Feb 2017 – 10 Jan 2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Engineer Quantum Systems, University of Sydney, 1 Jan 2015 – 14 Feb 2017.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Quantum Information and Control, University of New Mexico, 1 Jan 2013 – 31 Dec 2014.
Awards
Australian Institute of Physics NSW Branch Community Outreach to Physics Award, 2020.
Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 2017.
University of Technology Sydney Chancellor‘s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2017.
Gold medal for the 2017 "Humies" Awards at the Gecco conference: http://www.human-competitive.org/awards.
Certificate of Recognition (Referee award), New Journal of Physics, 2014.
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada—Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 2013-2015.
Outstanding Referee Award, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2013.
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Nanofellowship, University of Waterloo, 2011.
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada—Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2008-2011.
President’s Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2007-2011.
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada—Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2007.
Education
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2008–2012.
MMath in Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2006–2008.
BMath in Mathematical Physics (Co-op program) With Distinction—Dean’s Honour List, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2001–2006.