QUANTUM INFORMATION AND QUANTUM SIMULATIONS | IMSc
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C. M. CHANDRASHEKAR

Optics & Quantum Information Group
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
(Autonomous Inst. under DAE, Govt. of India)
IV Cross Road, CIT Campus, Taramani
Chennai - 600113, India
Phone:+91-44-22543321

chandru(at)imsc.res.in
chandru(at)physics.oxon.org


Chandrashekar

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  Education and Previous Affiliations


  1. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
  2. University College Cork, Ireland
  3. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
  4. Institute for Quantum Computing, Canada
  5. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK
  6. New College, University of Oxford, UK
  7. National College - Jayanagar, Bangalore, India
       

I am a quantum physicst working broadly in the area of Quantum Information and Quantum Computation
. Current affiliations :

  1. Faculty member (2015 - ), The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
  2. Affiliate Member (2017 - ), Institute For Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada.
  3. Adjunct Faculty (2020 -), Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru.

Research group at IMSc works on some of the theoretical aspects of quantum information, quantum simulation and quantum computation and research group at IISc works on some of the experimental aspects of photon based quantum information processing and quantum optics.

  Research Interests


Research interest of our group are broadly in the area of Quantum Information and Quantum Computation with particular interest in topics related to :
  1. Quantum algorithms, quantum walks and quantum simulations
  2. Photonic quantum computation
  3. Quantum communication and quantum networks
  4. Relativistic quantum physics and particle physics using qubits
  5. Open quantum systems


  Notable Scholarships / Fellowships / Recognitions


  1. Member The National Academy of Sciences, India
  2. Ramanujan Fellowship - 2015 -2020 (availed only research grants)
    Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
  3. Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Fellowship - 2007-2009
    Institute for Quantum Computing, Waterloo, Canada
  4. Rhodes Scholarship - 2002-2005; University of Oxford, UK