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Research training through individualized quantum projects.
Graduate students work with research scientists on advanced R&D projects, often resulting in publications. Applications are freeform and accepted year-round.
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Universities represented by Academy participants
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Bari Polytechnic (Italy)
Binghamton University (United States)
Caltech (United States)
Carnegie Mellon University[4] (United States)
Columbia University (United States)
Cornell University[2] (United States)
De Anza College (United States)
Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
Harvard University[2] (United States)
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) (Spain)
Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (India)
Indiana University (United States)
Johns Hopkins University[2] (United States)
Michigan State University[2] (United States)
North Carolina State University (United States)
Ohio State University (United States)
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany)
Princeton University[3] (United States)
Purdue University (United States)
SISSA (Italy)
Stanford University[2] (United States)
Technical University of Munich (Germany)
UCLA[2] (United States)
University of California San Diego (United States)
University of California, Berkeley[3] (United States)
University of California, Santa Barbara (United States)
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
University of Chicago (United States)
University of Freiburg (Germany)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[8] (United States)
University of Maryland, College Park (United States)
University of Southern California[8] (United States)
University of Verona (Italy)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)
Williams College (United States)
Project
Advanced Adaptive and Probabilistic Ising Machines
Edoardo Piccolo · Bari Polytechnic
- Years
- 2025–2026
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Filip Maciejewski
Project
Stochastic Benchmark Software Application and Analysis to QAOA
Anurag Ramesh · Purdue University
- Years
- 2026
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, David Bernal Neira
Project
Dynamics of Kuramoto Model
Marcel Mordarski · Imperial College London
- Years
- 2025
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Filip Maciejewski, Gianni Mossi
No linked publication record
Project
Reservoir Computing on Superconducting and Neutral Atom Platforms
Antonio Sannia · IFISC (UIB-CSIC)
- Years
- 2025
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Filip Wudarski
Project
Application of DeepONets with Physics-Informed Aspects for Combination Optimization
Arsalan Taassob · North Carolina State University
- Years
- 2023–2024
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Davide Venturelli
Project
Decomposition methods for discrete optimization problems leveraging Ising solvers
Farshud Sorourifar · Ohio State University
- Years
- 2023–2024
- Mentor
- David Bernal Neira, Norman Tubman, Erik Gustafson, Filip Maciejewski
Project
Large-scale VQE simulations with Tensor Networks
Abid Khan · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2022–2023–2024
- Mentor
- M. Sohaib Alam, Norman Tubman, Erik Gustafson
Project
Quantum Speedups for Distributed Graph Algorithms in the CONGEST-CLIQUE Model
Phillip Kerger · Johns Hopkins University
- Years
- 2022–2023–2024
- Mentor
- David Bernal Neira, Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo
- Asymptotically Faster Quantum Distributed Algorithms for Approximate Steiner Trees and Directed Minimum Spanning Trees arXiv
- Quantum Image Denoising: A Framework via Boltzmann Machines, QUBO, and Quantum Annealing arXiv
- Mind the O~: Asymptotically Better, but Still Impractical, Quantum Distributed Algorithms Source
- Classical and Quantum Distributed Algorithms for the Survivable Network Design Problem arXiv
Project
Science Communication and Analysis of Quantum Machine Learning and Optimization Circuits
Sophie Block · UCLA
- Years
- 2023–2024
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Davide Venturelli, Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo
Project
Benchmarking Stochastic Parameterized Methods with Collective Autonomous Mobility Problems
Dan Zhao · Williams College
- Years
- 2022–2023
- Mentor
- Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo
No linked publication record
Project
Decomposition Methods for Discrete Optimization Problems Leveraging Ising Solver
Pratik Sathe · UCLA
- Years
- 2022–2023
- Mentor
- David Bernal Neira, Davide Venturelli, Filip Wudarski
Project
Efficient Implementation of Coherent Ising Machine using FPGA
Ari Kapelyan · Cornell University
- Years
- 2023
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Davide Venturelli
Project
Hardware-Accelerated Parallel Tempering and Non-Equilibrium Monte Carlo Methods
Muhammad Navid Anjum Aadit · University of California, Santa Barbara
- Years
- 2023
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott
Project
Integrative Research in Emerging Technologies
Thomas Burkle · Indiana University
- Years
- 2023
- Mentor
- Ata Akbari Asanjan
No linked publication record
Project
Neural Network Verification via Mixed-Integer Quadratic Optimization
Robin Brown · Stanford University
- Years
- 2021–2022–2023
- Mentor
- David Bernal Neira, Davide Venturelli, Filip Wudarski
- A Copositive Framework for Analysis of Hybrid Ising-Classical Algorithms DOIarXiv
- Neural Network Verification via Mixed-Integer Quadratic Optimization Source
- Benchmarking the Operation of Quantum Heuristics and Ising Machines: Scoring Parameter Setting Strategies on Optimization Applications DOIarXiv
- Stochastic Optimization Solvers Benchmark code repository Source
Project
NSF Expedition Science Communication and Software Development
Besart Mujeci · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2022–2023
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Davide Venturelli, Irina Hallinan Patrikeeva
No linked publication record
Project
Self-Consistent Quantum Truncation
Diana Chamaki · University of California, Berkeley
- Years
- 2021–2022–2023
- Mentor
- David Bernal Neira, Stuart Hadfield, Norman Tubman, Erik Gustafson, Filip Maciejewski
- Beyond MP2 initialization for unitary coupled cluster quantum circuits DOIarXiv
- Self-consistent Quantum Iteratively Sparsified Hamiltonian method (SQuISH): A new algorithm for efficient Hamiltonian simulation and compression arXiv
- Bayesian Optimization Priors for Efficient Variational Quantum Algorithms DOIarXiv
- Surrogate optimization of variational quantum circuits DOIarXiv
Project
Benchmarking Flight Anomaly Detection Models with Discrete Latent Spaces
Anthony Armenakas · Harvard University
- Years
- 2021–2022
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Ata Akbari Asanjan
Project
Benchmarking of Quantum and Classical Stochastic Solution Methods
Christopher Um · Cornell University
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
No linked publication record
Project
Benchmarking Tensor Network Classical Simulations of the Kitaev Model Against Quantum Circuit-Based Algorithms
Saavanth Velury · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2022
No linked publication record
Project
Energy-based machine learning models for wildfire detection
Ethan Ludwick · Johns Hopkins University
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Dr. Ata Akbari Asanjan
No linked publication record
Project
Improving QAOA with Ancilla Qubits
Reuben Tate · Georgia Institute of Technology
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield
No linked publication record
Project
Krylov subspace methods for Variational Quantum Eigensolvers
Mark Hirsbrunner · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Norman Tubman
Project
MIMO Detection on an all-FPGA Ising Machine
Parth Shah · Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
No linked publication record
Project
NSF Expeditions project RIACS Software Development
Jordan Tsao · Carnegie Mellon University
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Irina Hallinan
No linked publication record
Project
Numerical models for optimization hardware
Abhishek Kumar Singh · Princeton University
- Years
- 2020–2021–2022
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
Project
Quantum noise model and quantum error mitigation
Hong-Ye Hu · University of California San Diego
- Years
- 2021–2022
- Mentor
- Zhihui Wang, Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo, James Sud
Project
Resonant approach to transverse field Grover’s search
Pranav Rao · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2022
No linked publication record
Project
RIACS Quantum Software & Training
Nikesh Mishra · Stanford University
- Years
- 2022
- Mentor
- Aaron Lott, Irina Hallinan
No linked publication record
Project
Simulation of Fermi-Hubbard Models
Ryan Levy · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2021–2022
- Mentor
- Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo, Zhihui Wang, Jeffrey Marshall, Filip Wudarski
Project
Simulation of Non-Unitary Transformation
Joseph Barreto · Delft University of Technology
- Years
- 2021–2022
- Mentor
- Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo, Zhihui Wang, Jeffrey Marshall, Filip Wudarski, Nishchay Suri, Stuart Hadfield
Project
Error Mitigation for Gate-Model Quantum Computing
Amy Brown · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2021
Project
Extensions to QAOA
Kunal Marwaha · University of Chicago
- Years
- 2021
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield
Project
Implementation of the Mixer Phaser Ansatz
Benjamin Hall · Michigan State University
- Years
- 2021
- Mentor
- Filip Maciejewski, Stuart Hadfield, James Sud, M. Sohaib Alam, Zhihui Wang, Aaron Lott, Davide Venturelli
Project
Investigation of Unitary Techniques for Open Systems
Nishchay Suri · Carnegie Mellon University
- Years
- 2021
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield, Filip Wudarski, Jeffrey Marshall
Project
Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz and Constrained Quantum Annealing
Hannes Leipold · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2021
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield
Project
Algorithm-specific benchmarking and error mitigation techniques
Jahan Claes · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2020
- Mentor
- Zhihui Wang
Project
Benchmarking Quantum Computers for Wireless Networks Applications
Minsung Kim · Princeton University
- Years
- 2019–2020
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
Project
Benchmarking the Coherent Ising Machine
Matthew Kowalsky · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2020
Project
Code development for quantum algorithm on quantum hardware
James Sud · University of California, Berkeley
- Years
- 2020
- Mentor
- Zhihui Wang, Stuart Hadfield, Norman Tubman
Project
Extending QAOA to solid state and molecular systems
Mao Lin · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2020
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield, Norm Tubman
No linked publication record
Project
Hardware efficient Quantum Algorithms
Ryan La Rose · Michigan State University
- Years
- 2019–2020
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
Project
Noise in quantum optimization circuits
Matias Jonsson · Carnegie Mellon University
- Years
- 2020
No linked publication record
Project
Online Quantum Workforce Development Courses and Training
Sebastian Bodine · De Anza College
- Years
- 2020
No linked publication record
Project
Research in quantum time dynamics
Vladimir Kremenetski · University of California, Berkeley
- Years
- 2019–2020
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield, Norman Tubman, Norm Tubman
Project
Studying noise in QAOA
Marti Vives · Princeton University
- Years
- 2020
- Mentor
- Jeff Marshall
No linked publication record
Project
Algebraic Geometrical Methods for Compilation of Algorithms in Quantum Devices
David Bernal · Carnegie Mellon University
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Kyle Booth
Project
Generative learning with the quantum approximate optimization algorithm
Andrea Skolik · Technical University of Munich
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
Project
Influence of noise on QAOA with XY mixers
Michael Streif · University of Freiburg
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Filip Wudarski, Zhihui Wang, Davide Venturelli
Project
Parameter Setting for D-Wave Quantum Annealers
Rachel Stromsworld · Binghamton University
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Max Wilson, Filip Wudarski, Stuart Hadfield, Norman Tubman, Silvano Colombano
Project
Performance of a Quantum Annealer for Ising Ground State Computations on Chimera Graphs
Elisabeth Lobe · Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- Years
- 2019
Project
Population transfer in combinatorial optimization
Tommaso Parolini · SISSA
- Years
- 2019
Project
Quantum annealing approaches to graph connectivity problems
Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Stuart Hadfield, Jeffrey Marshall, Zhihui Wang, Filip Wudarski
Project
Resource and performance estimates for applications of quantum computing
Lindsay Bassman · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Norman Tubman
No linked publication record
Project
Resource estimates and bounds for quantum state preparation
Sathyawageeswar Subramanian · University of Cambridge
- Years
- 2019
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield
No linked publication record
Project
A flexible high-performance simulator for verifying and benchmarking quantum circuits implemented on real hardware
Benjamin Villalonga Correa · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Years
- 2018
- Mentor
- Salvatore Mandra
Project
Compiling a Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm Solver
Sasha Nanda · Caltech
- Years
- 2018
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
Project
Improvements on calibration of superconducting qubits
Zhenyi Qi · University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Years
- 2018
- Mentor
- Kostyantyn Kechedzhi
No linked publication record
Project
Mathematical investigation of QAOA
Aniruddha Bapat · University of Maryland, College Park
- Years
- 2018
- Mentor
- Stuart Hadfield
No linked publication record
Project
Power of Pausing: Advancing Understanding of Thermalization in Experimental Quantum Annealers
Jeffrey Marshall · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2018
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Zoe Gonzalez Izquierdo, Stuart Hadfield, Zhihui Wang, Filip Wudarski, Nishchay Suri
- Power of pausing: Advancing understanding of thermalization in experimental quantum annealers Source
- Ferromagnetically shifting the power of pausing DOIarXiv
- Towards solving the Fermi-Hubbard model via tailored quantum annealers arXiv
- Two-Unitary Decomposition Algorithm and Open Quantum System Simulation DOIarXiv
Project
Quantum annealing mappings and implementation of Steiner Tree problems
Riccardo Mengoni · University of Verona
- Years
- 2018
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
No linked publication record
Project
From the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm to a Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz
Stuart Hadfield · Columbia University
- Years
- 2017
- Mentor
- Zhihui Wang, Davide Venturelli, Eleanor Rieffel
Project
Inter-generational comparison of quantum annealers in solving hard scheduling problems
Bibek Pokharel · University of Southern California
- Years
- 2016
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli
Project
Noise amplification at spin-glass bottlenecks of quantum annealing: a solvable model
David Roberts · Harvard University
- Years
- 2016
- Mentor
- Davide Venturelli, Sergey Knysh