Alexander
(Sascha)
Schmidhuber

Ph.D. Student
MIT
alexsc (at) mit (dot) edu


About Me

I am a first-year PhD student at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, co-advised by Aram Harrow and Seth Lloyd. I am broadly interested in the intersection of physics and theoretical computer science, with a focus on quantum algorithms and complexity theory.

I obtained a Bachelor's and Master's degree from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where I studied physics and mathematics. Before joining MIT, I spent a year at Google Quantum AI in Los Angeles.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023 -

Ph.D. in Physics. GPA 5.00/5.00.

ETH Zurich 2021 - 2022

M.Sc. in Physics. With Distinction.

ETH Zurich 2018 - 2021

B.Sc. in Physics. With Distinction. Ranked 1st in class.

Recent Publications

  1. Quartic quantum speedups for planted inference
    Alexander Schmidhuber, Ryan O'Donnell, Robin Kothari, Ryan Babbush
    Preprint (2024)

  2. Measurement events relative to temporal quantum reference frames
    Ladina Hausmann, Alexander Schmidhuber, Esteban Castro-Ruiz
    Preprint (2023)
    Abstract PDF

  3. Complexity-theoretic limitations on quantum algorithms for topological data analysis
    Alexander Schmidhuber, Seth Lloyd
    PRX Quantum 4, 040349 (2023)
    Abstract PDF