Akshay Vishwanathan

PhD Thesis Defense

Date & Time: Venue:	2023-05-17 12:54:05 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Bolshoi Boulevard, bld. 1, Room E-R2-2026
Candidate:	Akshay Vishwanathan
PhD Program:	Computational and Data Science and Engineering
Thesis Title:	On the performance of quantum approximate optimization
Supervisor:	Professor Jacob Daniel Biamonte
PhD Defense Jury Reports:	Professor Ivan Oseledets, Skoltech (Chairman): report Assistant Professor Vladimir Palyulin, Skoltech: report Dr. Evgeniy Kiktenko, Leading Research Scientist, Russian Quantum Center, Russia: report Dr. Zoltan Zimboras, Group Leader, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary: report Associate Professor Tim Byrnes, NYU Shanghai, China: report Thesis Changes Log
PhD Defense Outcome:	The thesis is accepted “as is.” The candidate is awarded the Skoltech PhD degree.