Applied Quantum Computing II: Hardware

Pramey Upadhyaya is a distinguished Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, whose academic journey includes a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur (2009), followed by MS (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees from UCLA, where he worked as a resident theorist in Prof. Kang Wang's Device Research Laboratory. Following his doctoral studies, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA's Physics and Astronomy Department under Prof. Yaroslav Tserkovnyak. His groundbreaking research in quantum physics and spintronics has led to pioneering demonstrations of current-induced room-temperature skyrmion manipulations, spin torque switching using topological surface states, and NV-center probing of spin-caloritronics. His work has resulted in over 30 publications in prestigious journals including Science, Physical Review Letters, and Nature Nanotechnology, achieving an H-index of 24. His exceptional contributions to the field have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including an NSF Career Award (2020), Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (2013), and Intel Summer Fellowship (2011), while his current research at Purdue focuses on advancing quantum phenomena and material science for next-generation computing applications.