Vincent Russo

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Contact:
vp + “last name” AT umich.edu
v + "last name" AT wayne.edu

Research:

My main research focus is in the field of quantum information. I am specifically interested in quantum algorithms, quantum communication, and quantum complexity theory.

My background is in computer science, and as one may expect, I am very passionate about programming. Many of my projects focus on quantum computing, such as PyQu. Recently I have been creating and collecting useful Python scripts for quantum information and quantum computation. These scripts have a focus on quantum communication channels and may be useful for those wishing to perform on the fly calculations.

In addition, I also enjoy delving into various branches of mathematics and working on interesting problems with a relation to aspects of quantum information. In the past I have worked for the Aerospace Engineering department at Michigan as an intern researcher and programmer.

Professional Documents:

·         CV

Selected Publications:

·         Beatty Sequences, Fibonacci Numbers, and the Golden Ratio

Fibonacci Quarterly, Volume 49, (2011).

 

·         GPU Accelerated Monte Carlo Simulations In the Gibbs and Canonical Ensembles (Joint work)

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, (2011).

Teaching:

·         CSC 1501 Discrete Mathematics, Wayne State University, (Winter 2012).

·         CSC 2111 Data Structures and Abstraction, Wayne State University, (Fall 2011).

·         CSC 1101 Computer Science I, Wayne State University, (Winter 2011).

·         Tutor for all undergraduate math courses, and all undergraduate and graduate computer science courses, Wayne State University, (Fall 2009, Winter 2009, Fall 2010, Winter 2010, Fall 2011).

Awards:

·         Graduate Professional Scholarship (Full year graduate tuition), Wayne State University, 2011.

·         WSU Quantum Computing Group Travel Award, Wayne State University, 2011.

·         IT Communities of Practice Award (Full semester funding), General Motors, 2010.

·         IT Communities of Practice Award (Full semester funding), National Science Foundation, 2009.

Quantum Computing:

·         Contributing member of University of Michigan’s Quantum Information Reading Group.

·         Founder and president of Wayne State University’s Quantum Computing Group.

·         Programmer for PyQu, a quantum computational emulator written in Python. Emulator has been publicly acknowledged here.

·         Compiled a list of especially helpful resources for developing a deeper understanding of everything pertaining to quantum computing (updated regularly).

·         I had the privilege to work briefly with John Watrous at the Institute for Quantum Computing on topics of quantum complexity. Specifically quantum refereed games.

·         My thesis combined elements of theoretical computer science and quantum computation to form quantum Lindenmayer systems.

Presentations on Topics in Quantum Computation:

·         Analysis of Nonlocal Games, Strategies and Near-Optimal Bell Inequality Violations

Based on "Near-Optimal and Explicit Bell Inequality Violations" - H. Buhrman, O. Regev, G. Scarpa, R. Wolf",

 

·         Hyperbits

Based on "From Qubits to Hyperbits" - M. Pawlowski, A. Winter

 

Hobbies:

·         Thinking about all things quantum computing.

·         Finding solutions to unsolved problems (See # 9).

·         Programming. Specifically on projects with an academic or scientific focus.

·         Recording and making my own music.

·         Reading books on a number of different topics.