Prof. Dr. Sevag Gharibian

Head - Professor

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+49 5251 60-4331

E-mail:

sevag.gharibian(at)upb(dot)de

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O4.225

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Pohlweg 51
33098 Paderborn

Categorized

Chronological

Science Career
Since 01.10.2021	Professor (W2) Paderborn University, Germany
01/2018 - 30.09.2021	Junior Professor (W1) University of Paderborn, Germany
08/2014 - 12/2018	Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A.
01/2013 - 08/2014	NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow (1 of only 6 awardees Canada-wide in Natural Sciences) Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Advisor: Umesh Vazirani.
01/2014 - 05/2014	Simons Postdoctoral Fellow Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Advisor: Umesh Vazirani.
08/2012 - 12/2012	Visiting Lecturer Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A.
Training
31.08.2012	Doctorate D. Phil., Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. Supervisor: Prof. Richard Cleve
2006 - 2008	Degree programme M. Math, University of Waterloo, Canada
2000 - 2005	Degree programme B. Sc. Computer Science (Co-op), University of Waterloo, Canada
Supporting Activities
Since 2015	Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases Doctorates Completed doctorates: 0, ongoing doctorates: 4 Distinguished students Avantika Agarwal, DAAD Wise Undergraduate Research Intern from IIT Delhi, 2022 Dorian Rudolph, Masters 2020, Paderborn University Outstanding Thesis Award Justin Yirka, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015 – 2018): now PhD at UT Austin with Scott Aaronson
Recognitions
2020	Good Practices Digital Teaching Distinction, Paderborn University
2017	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Faculty Mentor Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
2017	Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
2016	Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
2012	Achievement Award for outstanding research, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada
2010 - 2012	NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, Canada
Scientific Engagement
Organization of Scientific Events
Since 2021	Invited Talks 2023: (Keynote) Frontiers of near-term quantum computing workshop, Chalmers University, Sweden 2023: 18th Central European Quantum Information Processing workshop (CEQIP), Slovakia 2022: Workshop on The Multiple Facets of Quantum Proofs, STOC 2022, Italy 2022: Quantum & Lattices Reunion Workshop, Simons Institute for Theory of Computing, UC Berkeley, USA 2022: (Plenary) Matter and Light for Quantum Computing Conference, Germany 2022: Workshop on semidefinite and polynomial optimization, CWI, Netherlands 2022: Bad Honnef Physics School on Quantum Computing, Germany 2022: Workshop on Quantum Information, Saarland University, Germany 2021: German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, USA
Since 2015	Program Committee Member: QIP 2023, TQC 2023/2016/2015, ICALP 2022, ISAAC 2017, AQIS 2017
Since 2013	Outreach YouTube Channel on Quantum Computing. 33.326 views, 837 subscribers https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WKNe_LK9JQkuinaLA_orQ
2022 - 2023	Chair, Local Organising Committee, 50th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 2023)
2021	Chair, Organising Committee, Dagstuhl Seminar 20311: Quantum Complexity: Theory and Application
2016 - 2018	Board of Trustees, Computational Complexity Conference (CCC)
Expert Activities
Since 2016	Funding Reviewer: ANR France, DAAD Germany, FWF Austria, NSF USA, SC Armenia
Editorial
Since 2016	Founding Editor and Coordinating Editor (2021 - present), Quantum

Since 01.10.2021	Professor (W2) Paderborn University, Germany Science Career
Since 2021	Invited Talks 2023: (Keynote) Frontiers of near-term quantum computing workshop, Chalmers University, Sweden 2023: 18th Central European Quantum Information Processing workshop (CEQIP), Slovakia 2022: Workshop on The Multiple Facets of Quantum Proofs, STOC 2022, Italy 2022: Quantum & Lattices Reunion Workshop, Simons Institute for Theory of Computing, UC Berkeley, USA 2022: (Plenary) Matter and Light for Quantum Computing Conference, Germany 2022: Workshop on semidefinite and polynomial optimization, CWI, Netherlands 2022: Bad Honnef Physics School on Quantum Computing, Germany 2022: Workshop on Quantum Information, Saarland University, Germany 2021: German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, USA Organization of Scientific Events
Since 2016	Founding Editor and Coordinating Editor (2021 - present), Quantum Editorial
Since 2016	Funding Reviewer: ANR France, DAAD Germany, FWF Austria, NSF USA, SC Armenia Expert Activities
Since 2015	Program Committee Member: QIP 2023, TQC 2023/2016/2015, ICALP 2022, ISAAC 2017, AQIS 2017 Organization of Scientific Events
Since 2015	Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases Doctorates Completed doctorates: 0, ongoing doctorates: 4 Distinguished students Avantika Agarwal, DAAD Wise Undergraduate Research Intern from IIT Delhi, 2022 Dorian Rudolph, Masters 2020, Paderborn University Outstanding Thesis Award Justin Yirka, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015 – 2018): now PhD at UT Austin with Scott Aaronson Supporting Activities
Since 2013	Outreach YouTube Channel on Quantum Computing. 33.326 views, 837 subscribers https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WKNe_LK9JQkuinaLA_orQ Organization of Scientific Events
2022 - 2023	Chair, Local Organising Committee, 50th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 2023) Organization of Scientific Events
01/2018 - 30.09.2021	Junior Professor (W1) University of Paderborn, Germany Science Career
2021	Chair, Organising Committee, Dagstuhl Seminar 20311: Quantum Complexity: Theory and Application Organization of Scientific Events
2020	Good Practices Digital Teaching Distinction, Paderborn University Recognitions
08/2014 - 12/2018	Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A. Science Career
2016 - 2018	Board of Trustees, Computational Complexity Conference (CCC) Organization of Scientific Events
2017	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Faculty Mentor Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Recognitions
2017	Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Recognitions
2016	Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Recognitions
01/2013 - 08/2014	NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow (1 of only 6 awardees Canada-wide in Natural Sciences) Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Advisor: Umesh Vazirani. Science Career
01/2014 - 05/2014	Simons Postdoctoral Fellow Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Advisor: Umesh Vazirani. Science Career
08/2012 - 12/2012	Visiting Lecturer Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A. Science Career
31.08.2012	Doctorate D. Phil., Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. Supervisor: Prof. Richard Cleve Training
2012	Achievement Award for outstanding research, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada Recognitions
2010 - 2012	NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, Canada Recognitions
2006 - 2008	Degree programme M. Math, University of Waterloo, Canada Training
2000 - 2005	Degree programme B. Sc. Computer Science (Co-op), University of Waterloo, Canada Training

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News

PhD Position in project PhoQuant available

12/19/2022 | PhD position available in quantum algorithms/complexity theory/photonics! Deadline: January 10, 2023.

Two announcements

12/05/2022 | Paper accepted to STACS 2023, and Postdoc position available

11/25/2022 | Papers accepted to QIP 2023: "Optimizing the depth of variational quantum algorithms is strongly QCMA-hard to approximate" (joint work with L. Bittel, M. Kliesch) and "Improved Hardness Results for the Guided Local Hamiltonian Problem" (joint work…

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