BeyondQuantum

I was selected for BeyondQuantum, a fully funded 12-week quantum computing and research programme. I was one of the top 60 out of 434 applicants, about 14%, after a three-stage assessment in maths, physics and computer science. I was accepted on 12 February, and the programme opened on 16 February. My mentor was David Chudozilov of TU Munich.

My project became the paper “Entanglement Entropy Scaling and MPS Simulability of Quantum Algorithms.” In it I studied when matrix product states can simulate quantum algorithms classically, and showed the compute limits of QAOA. I presented it at the BeyondQuantum Research Fair 2026 to 6+ speakers and more than 70 participants.