Spring 2022 Physics Careers Seminar Series Begins Feb. 3 with Dr. Hassan Shapourian From Cisco Research

The Spring 2022 Physics Careers Seminar series starts this Thursday, Feb. 3 with a virtual talk by alumnus Dr. Hassan Shapourian, who will talk about "Opportunities at Cisco Quantum Research" at 11:00 a.m. Details of Dr. Shapourian's seminar are given below.

Time: 11:00 a.m. Central Time on Thursday, February 3, 2022

Location: Virtual Event. The Zoom link was forwarded to the Illinois Physics Grad Student email list. For a copy of the link, please contact Lance Cooper (slcooper@illinois.edu).

Title: Opportunities at Cisco Quantum Research

Speaker: Dr. Hassan Shapourian, Quantum Scientist, Cisco Quantum Research

Abstract: Cisco Research has started an ambitious quantum research vision with an aim to develop hardware and software technologies for quantum computing, networking, and cryptography. Here at Cisco, we believe that quantum photonics can be a common workhorse technology for all three areas. In addition to in-house research, we are already conducting within Cisco’s Quantum Research team, we have initiated collaborations with several different universities on projects that are well-aligned with our research vision. In this talk, I will give an overview of research at Cisco and my experience so far as a scientist in industry.

Bio: Hassan started his PhD studies in Condensed Matter Theory at Urbana, and later moved to the University of Chicago with his advisor where he received his degree in Spring 2019. Since then he had worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard/MIT condensed matter theory group and Microsoft Station Q before joining Cisco as a senior quantum researcher. At Cisco, he leads a wide range of projects on photonic quantum computing from algorithms to architectures and hardware physics. He is a recipient of Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, John Bardeen Award from UIUC, and Harper Dissertation Fellowship from UChicago.

You can see the rest of the Spring 2022 Physics Careers Seminar series here: https://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers-seminar