Ashwin Kumar Karnad
Quantum Software Engineer at Forschungszentrum Jülich
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolAshwin Kumar Karnad is a Quantum Software Engineer with seven years of multidisciplinary experience bridging physics, electronics, and scientific software engineering. Currently at Forschungszentrum Jülich after a research-software role at MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, he builds quantum-focused tooling and contributes backend package maintenance to prominent open-source ecosystems like spack, improving build compatibility for scientific codes. His background combines an integrated MSc in Physics and BE in Electronics & Instrumentation from BITS Pilani with hands-on projects in cryogenics, BMS simulation for EVs, and blockchain-enabled energy fintech, reflecting a practical bent for applied research. Comfortable working across low-level instrument interfacing and high-level software stacks, he brings an uncommon mix of lab instrumentation know-how and production-grade package management experience to quantum software development.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceVVS GJ PU college
Github Skills (12)
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build-tools10
package-manager10
package-management10
scientific-computing10
python9
hpc9
autotools8
cmake7
fortran6
c-language6
cprogramming-language6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Package Maintainer
Back-end Developer / Package MaintainerContributions:15 reviews, 4 commits, 32 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ashwin's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the `spack/spack` repository, which is a package manager. The commits demonstrate a focus on updating and refining package definitions for various scientific computing software packages, including `etsf-io`, `octopus`, `flexiblas`, and `bigdft-suite`. These updates involved fixing compilation issues, adding new versions, adjusting dependencies, and incorporating new features or variants within the package definitions, contributing to improved functionality and compatibility within the package manager ecosystem.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
iamashwin99/CV_lyx
Apr 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:65 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 9 months
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