QC@UCI first became an official UCI club during Fall 2019.
The idea of QC@UCI was born in the Summer of 2019 when Tony Tong and Omar Costa Hamido met in Switzerland at the Quantum Information for Developers summer school at ETH, Zürich.
Diptanshu Sikdar
Diptanshu is a third-year computer science student at UC Irvine. He is interested in quantum machine learning algorithms and has over four years of experience in the quantum software field.
President
Computer Science
Stewart Smith
Stewart is a a fourth-year computer science major. He is interested in the algorithmic and theoretical side of quantum computing.
Vice President
Computer Science
Krishna Vempati
Krishna is a third-year computer science major. He is passionate about AI applications, especially through the use of quantum and classical algorithms.
Treasurer
Computer Science
Hokulani Topping
Hokulani Topping is a junior studying Informatics who’s excited about quantum computing and how its algorithms work. As a member of the Quantum Computing Club, she enjoys exploring cool ways quantum technology could shape the future!
Co-Marketing Chief
Informatics
Nicole Ying
Nicole Ying is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science and Quantitative Economics. She is particularly interested in applying quantum algorithms to solve complex problems and connecting with others who share the same curiosity
Co-Marketing Chief
Computer Science
Professor Sandy Irani
Professor Irani, a Computer Science professor at UC Irvine, has been researching Quantum Computation with a special focus on Quantum Complexity Theory.
Advisor
Shion Fukuzawa
Shion is a PhD student in computer science at UC Irvine. He is interested in theoretical computer science, specifically computational geometry and quantum computing. In his free time, he enjoys playing video games, baking, and taking walks.
