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Yuri Alexeev

Computational Scientist

Yuri Alexeev focuses on the development of quantum computing algorithms, modeling quantum systems, and circuit simulators for high-performance supercomputers.

Biography

Dr. Yuri Alexeev is a Principal Project Specialist at the Argonne National Laboratory and a Senior Scientist in Department of Computer Science at University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering. He is a senior member of IEEE society and a member of Chicago Quantum Exchange. His research involves development of quantum computing algorithms, error correction/mitigation techniques, and numerical simulator of quantum systems using high-performance computing on next-generation high-performance supercomputers. The recent projects include development of quantum chemistry and combinatorial optimization quantum algorithms for NISQ quantum computers.

Dr. Alexeev received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Iowa State University while a graduate student in Mark Gordon’s quantum chemistry group. After graduation, Dr. Alexeev became a postdoctoral fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and worked in the NWChem group led by Dr. Theresa Windus; later, he joined the Nobel Prize winner Dr. Martin Karplus’ group at Harvard University and Université de Strasbourg.

Research Interests:
Quantum Algorithms
Quantum Chemistry Algorithms
Quantum Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms
Classical And Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum Simulators
High Performance Computing And Parallel Computing