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Ph.D. candidate in Computer Engineering at NC State University, specializing in quantum error mitigation, correction, and machine learning.
Contact Information
| Name | Hrushikesh Pramod Patil |
| Professional Title | Ph.D. Candidate, Quantum Computing |
| hpatil2@ncsu.edu | |
| Location | , Raleigh, North Carolina |
Professional Summary
Ph.D. candidate in Computer Engineering specializing in quantum information science, with expertise in quantum algorithms and applications, quantum error correction, mitigation and machine learning. Skilled in Python and C++, high-performance numerical simulation, and object-oriented software development for quantum and hybrid quantum-classical workflows.
Experience
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2025 - 2025 Menlo Park, CA
Quantum Benchmarking Intern
SRI
Developed the Quantum Reinforcement Learning benchmark for the QED-C Application Oriented Benchmark suite.
- Demonstrated the need for co-development of high performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing control systems stacks for hybrid algorithms.
- Collaborated on methods to benchmark dynamic (mid-circuit measurement) circuits and applications. Pre-print available.
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2024 - 2024 Los Alamos, NM
Fellowship Student
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Collaborated on QAOA-based Quantum Linear System Problem warm-start optimizations on JuliQAOA.
- Reduced runtime of QAOA Quantum Linear System Problem by 33% by instrumenting warm-started global optimization.
Education
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2021 - 2026 Raleigh, NC
Ph.D.
North Carolina State University
Computer Engineering, Specialization in Quantum Computing
- Expected May 2026.
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2019 - 2021 Stony Brook, NY
M.S.
Stony Brook University
Electrical Engineering
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2014 - 2018 Pune, India
B.E.
Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Electronics and Telecommunications
Research Experience
Publications
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2025 Q-Cluster: Quantum Error Mitigation Through Noise-Aware Unsupervised Learning
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)
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2025 Benchmarking Fidelity Metrics of Quantum Computers
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)
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2025 Platform-Agnostic Modular Architecture for Quantum Benchmarking
arXiv
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2024 Qubit-Wise Majority Vote: Maximum Likelihood Quantum Error Mitigation for Algorithms with a Single Correct Output
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)
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2023 Enhancing Virtual Distillation with Circuit Cutting for Quantum Error Mitigation
IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD)
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2023 Folding-Free ZNE: A Comprehensive Quantum Zero-Noise Extrapolation Approach for Mitigating Depolarizing and Decoherence Noise
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)
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2022 Variational Quantum Linear Solver with a Dynamic Ansatz
Physical Review A
Projects
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Implementing Steane Code and Quantum Reed-Muller Code in Deltakit
Extending the CSS code framework for the Steane code and qRM code as part of an open-source contribution at NCSU.
- Code in progress: github.com/Deltakit/deltakit/issues/132
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Quantum Kernel Methods for Graph-Structured Data
Implemented a Quantum Evolving Kernel for graph classification in drug discovery for neutral-atom qubit arrays. Winner, QHack 2023 Amazon Braket Challenge.
- Utilized CAFQA initialization for accelerated convergence.
- Featured on the AWS blog.
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CUDA Implementation of Quantum Gates
Simulated quantum gates using CUDA as a course project at NCSU.
- Observed 5x performance improvement using cudaMalloc/cudaMemcpy versus cudaMallocManaged.
- Code: github.com/hrushikesh890/Cuda_Quantum_Gate
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Acceleration of LRCN Networks Using FPGA
Achieved 8x acceleration of LRCN networks via firmware development on the miniZed FPGA as a course project at Stony Brook University.
- Designed the hardware and software algorithm to accelerate the LSTM part of the LRCN network.
Skills
Activities
References
- Dr. Huiyang Zhou
hzhou@ncsu.edu
- Dr. Dror Baron
dzbaron@ncsu.edu
- Dr. Siyuan Niu
siyuan.niu@ucf.edu
- Dr. Manas Sajjan
msajjan@ncsu.edu