Kanav Setia
Co-founder And CEO at qBraid
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKanav Setia is a physicist-turned-founder with eight years of technical experience, currently CEO and co-founder of qBraid and a PhD-trained researcher in quantum information from Dartmouth. He specializes in mapping fermionic many-body Hamiltonians to qubit representations, advancing and generalizing the Bravyi-Kitaev superfast encoding with demonstrated error-mitigation properties. His background blends hands-on quantum research at IBM and the Simons Institute with practical engineering roots—earlier roles include MEMS design at ISRO and app development for small businesses. That mix of deep theoretical insight and product-focused engineering informs his approach to building accessible quantum computing tools and exploring collaborative research avenues.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantum Information and Quantum Simulation, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantum Information and Quantum Simulation at Dartmouth CollegeBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Space Technology-Aerospace Engineering, with a minor degree in Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Space Technology-Aerospace Engineering, with a minor degree in Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Hindi, Punjabi, English
Github Skills (30)
simulation10
simulator10
sdk10
jupyter-notebook10
noise10
quantum-algorithms9
python9
high-performance9
quantum-computing9
quantum-programming-language8
gpu8
quantum-chemistry8
notebook8
algorithms8
qiskit8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kanavsetia/pgs
May 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 1 push in 1 year 11 months
qBraid/QCHack-2021
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
For submitting projects
Contributions:29 commits, 24 PRs, 26 pushes in 6 months
nodejs
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