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(917) 679 9206 n [email protected] David Roberts (917) 679 9206 n [email protected] Career and Research Interests Technology Inspired by Mathematics and Physics Proven success in research and driving innovative application of mathematics in advanced technology Fellowship experience at NASA’s premier laboratory for quantum information research Discovery of noise amplification in a one-dimensional simulated “Kitaev” chain Track record in successfully establishing and leading a team of software engineers Advisors: Bertrand Halperin and Clifford Taubes (Harvard) Education HARVARD UNIVERSITY – Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012 – 2016 A.B. Cum Laude in Mathematics and Physics (Concentration GPA: 3.80) Honors Thesis (Supervisor: Clifford Taubes): Enumerated the groundstates of two-dimensional BCS models on surfaces with non-zero net magnetic flux. Monopole-Enriched Groundstates of Two-Dimensional Bose-Condensed BCS Models is available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01892 Graduate Level Coursework: Physics: Topological Phases of Matter & Quantum Phase Transitions (Physics 268ar, 268br), Quantum Field Theory (Physics 253a), Quantum Theory of Solids (Physics 295a), Mathematics: Algebraic Topology, Vector Bundles & K-theory (Math 231a, 231br), Advanced Differential Geometry (Math 230a, 230br) COLLEGIATE SCHOOL – New York, New York 2012 High School Diploma, Cum Laude Society HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE SUMMER STUDIES IN MATHEMATICS – Amherst, Massachusetts 2011 Experience NASA Ames Research Center (Contact: Andre Petukhov, Senior Scientist) Quantum Academy Fellow at Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) (June 2016 – Present) One of two Quantum Academy fellows. Evaluated the Kitaev chain as a topological memory, demonstrating that the noise strength for the topological qubit formed by a chain of superconducting qubits diverges as the square-root of the number of physical qubits. Result is being prepared for submission to Physical Review Letters. Noise Amplification in a One-Dimensional Topological Memory is available online at https://dphystech.wordpress.com Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. (Contact: Dirk Ahlborn, CEO) Hypermaster, Route Simulation Team May 2014 – September 2015 Proposed to the CEO a dynamic-programming algorithm for optimization of highly-curvature constrained Hyperloop routes. Formed and led a team of software engineers which successfully implemented this proposal. Numerically tested financial viability and safety of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop transportation concept using the dynamic-programming algorithm.
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(917) 679 9206 n [email protected]
David Roberts (917) 679 9206 n [email protected]
C a r e e r a n d R e s e a r c h I n t e r e s t s
Technology Inspired by Mathematics and Physics
Proven success in research and driving innovative application of mathematics in advanced technology Fellowship experience at NASA’s premier laboratory for quantum information research Discovery of noise amplification in a one-dimensional simulated “Kitaev” chain Track record in successfully establishing and leading a team of software engineers
Advisors: Bertrand Halperin and Clifford Taubes (Harvard)
Education HARVARD UNIVERSITY – Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012 – 2016 A.B. Cum Laude in Mathematics and Physics (Concentration GPA: 3.80) Honors Thesis (Supervisor: Clifford Taubes): Enumerated the groundstates of two-dimensional BCS models on surfaces with non-zero net magnetic flux. Monopole-Enriched Groundstates of Two-Dimensional Bose-Condensed BCS Models is available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01892 Graduate Level Coursework: Physics: Topological Phases of Matter & Quantum Phase Transitions (Physics 268ar, 268br), Quantum Field Theory (Physics 253a), Quantum Theory of Solids (Physics 295a), Mathematics: Algebraic Topology, Vector Bundles & K-theory (Math 231a, 231br), Advanced Differential Geometry (Math 230a, 230br) COLLEGIATE SCHOOL – New York, New York 2012 High School Diploma, Cum Laude Society HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE SUMMER STUDIES IN MATHEMATICS – Amherst, Massachusetts 2011
Experience NASA Ames Research Center (Contact: Andre Petukhov, Senior Scientist) Quantum Academy Fellow at Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) (June 2016 – Present)
One of two Quantum Academy fellows. Evaluated the Kitaev chain as a topological memory, demonstrating that the noise strength for the topological qubit formed by a chain of superconducting qubits diverges as the square-root of the number of physical qubits. Result is being prepared for submission to Physical Review Letters. Noise Amplification in a One-Dimensional Topological Memory is available online at https://dphystech.wordpress.com Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. (Contact: Dirk Ahlborn, CEO) Hypermaster, Route Simulation Team May 2014 – September 2015
Proposed to the CEO a dynamic-programming algorithm for optimization of highly-curvature constrained Hyperloop routes. Formed and led a team of software engineers which successfully implemented this proposal. Numerically tested financial viability and safety of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop transportation concept using the dynamic-programming algorithm.
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Invited to present work for TransportationCamp New England 2015 at MIT. Screenshots:
Harvard College Research Program (Contact: Dr. Robert Martinez, Advisor) Fellow, Summer 2014 – 2015 Designed and built a prototype of a low-cost cancer diagnostic device using the Intel Galileo™ microprocessor. Device was to use multilinear discriminant analysis to intelligently classify biological samples collected from patients.
Invited Talks and Conferences
1. The Science behind Hyperloop, @MIT Stata Center, New England TransportationCamp 2015 2. Computing Topological Degeneracy, @NASA Quantum AI Lab, Mountain View, CA. 3. Noise Amplification in Commercial Quantum Annealers @NASA Quantum AI Lab, Mountain View, CA. 4. Ames Research Center Affiliate @ Harvard, Jefferson Lab, 2016 Workshop on Quantum Information,
Subfactor Theory, and Quantum Field Theory.
Future Appearances
5. Noise Amplification in a One-Dimensional Topological Quantum Memory, 42nd Conference of the Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics (MECO42) @Ecole normale superieure. (Poster)
6. Noise Amplification in a One-Dimensional Topological Quantum Memory, Annual AAAS Meeting, Boston, MA. (Poster)
Other Skills
n Quantum Computer Skills: LIQUi|>, PyQuil, + experience with the D-Wave 2X n Classical Computer Skills: Python, Mathematica, Microsoft Office, LaTeX
Blog Noise Amplification in a One-Dimensional Topological Quantum Memory Quantum Statistical Mechanics IV: Quadratic Field Theories Quantum Statistical Mechanics II: Noninteracting Quantum Field Theories Topological Superconductors and Majorana Fermions (See my blog at https://dphystech.wordpress.com)
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Analysis of a One-Dimensional “Kitaev” Memory
(Pending submission to Physical Review Letters for publication)
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