Chinmay Nirkhe

Chinmay Nirkhe is a research staff scientist with IBM Quantum at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, primarily focusing on the intersection of computational complexity theory and quantum computation. Some of his research interests include error correction, hardness of approximation, and demonstrations of quantum/classical separations. His favorite open questions are the quantum PCP conjecture and whether QCMA equals QMA. He received his PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and his BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Caltech.

Program Visits

Quantum Algorithms, Complexity, and Fault Tolerance, Spring 2024, Visiting Scientist

Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing, Summer 2023, Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer

Summer Cluster in Quantum Computation, Summer 2021, Visiting Graduate Student

Probability, Geometry, and Computation in High Dimensions, Fall 2020, Visiting Graduate Student

Summer Cluster: Challenges in Quantum Computation, Summer 2018, Visiting Graduate Student