Ish Dhand
CEO And Co-Founder at QC Design
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolIsh Dhand is the CEO and co-founder of QC Design, leading efforts to architect fault-tolerant, scalable quantum computers and translate quantum optics research into practical hardware designs. With 11 years of experience bridging academic research and industry, he previously headed Xanadu’s Architecture team where he designed architectures for continuous-variable, fault-tolerant photonic quantum computing and advanced tensor-network simulation techniques. Trained as a physicist with a PhD, his work spans quantum computing, simulation, and photonics, and he has published and developed open-source tooling—contributing to Strawberry Fields by improving key decompositions and test coverage for CV optical circuit simulation. He combines hands-on algorithmic and back-end engineering experience with strategic leadership, uniquely positioning him to shepherd long-horizon, physics-constrained product development. Based in Ulm, Germany, he also holds an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and a forthcoming introductory book on quantum foundations, signaling a commitment to both rigorous research and accessible education. Colleagues know him for turning deep theoretical insights into robust, hardware-aware software and architecture decisions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology KanpurHigh School, High School at Ajit Karam Singh Internation Public School (AKSIPS)Secondary School, Secondary School at St. John's High School, ChandigarhDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics at University of Calgary
Github Skills (9)
quantum-computing10
quantum-algorithms10
python10
numpy10
testing10
unit-testing9
photonics8
tensorflow6
machine-learning5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
XanaduAI/strawberryfields
Jan 2019 - May 2019
Strawberry Fields is a full-stack Python library for designing, simulating, and optimizing continuous variable (CV) quantum optical circuits.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:15 commits, 3 PRs, 9 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ish primarily focused on improving the `strawberryfields` library's decomposition and testing capabilities. Their contributions included fixing a bug related to the Bloch-Messiah decomposition, addressing edge cases, and adding a test suite for random degenerate symplectic matrices. They also implemented a triangular decomposition and expanded support for the Clements decomposition. The user's work demonstrates a strong understanding of the underlying mathematical principles and algorithms used in quantum optics circuit simulation.
pythoncircuitstensorflowoptimizingquantum-computing
ishdhand/ishdhand.github.com
Feb 2015 - Sep 2024
Personal homepage
Contributions:11 PRs, 195 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 8 months
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