Undergraduate Senior Thesis

Since September 2019, I have been working in the Quantum Spin Lab researching quantum control problems and different approaches using reinforcement learning. As part of that research, I wrote an undergraduate senior thesis specifically focusing on Hamiltonian engineering in many-body spin systems. The full thesis can be found here. A recording of my presentation can be found here.

The research experience was frustrating yet intellectually stimulating, demoralizing but ultimately very rewarding. I don’t know if I would have stuck with it for as long as I did had I not had great mentors and collaborators. Many thanks to Sekhar, Linta, Ethan, Ben, and everyone else that contributed to the process.

Perhaps when I have more time, I’ll write more about what I learned. But that will have to wait.