{"id":16150,"date":"2023-08-10T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ieeecsqce.wpengine.com\/2023\/?page_id=16150"},"modified":"2023-09-14T00:10:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T00:10:11","slug":"student-industry-mentorship-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/home\/about\/student-industry-mentorship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Mentorship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16150\" class=\"elementor elementor-16150\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a893b84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a893b84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a501e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a501e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Student Industry Mentorship Program<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"145af50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Student attendees are invited to participate in a mentoring session on <strong>Monday, 18 September<\/strong>, starting with breakfast at 9:30am PDT and the full program running from 10:00 &#8211; 11:00am, during which you may ask questions and advice from industry experts from a variety of companies. <\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This is your opportunity to get expert insights on career next steps, career choices, and working in the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Space is limited for this session, so be sure to register in advance.<\/strong><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This session is sponsored by<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5907\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/IEEE-CS-700x350x72-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"IEEE Computer Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/IEEE-CS-700x350x72-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/IEEE-CS-700x350x72.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0eee33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0eee33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abb96f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cc3a95\" data-id=\"8cc3a95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783412b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"783412b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20573 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/Yuval-Baum-100.jpg\" alt=\"Yuval Baum\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Dr. Yuval Baum<\/strong> is Head of Quantum Control Research, at Q-CTRL. Leveraging his expertise in quantum physics, machine learning and control theory, Yuval has led the development of AI-driven methods and tools that were repeatedly tested on real quantum computers leading up to 9000X improvement in algorithmic performance. Prior to joining Q-CTRL, he was a research fellow at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) were he studied different aspects of quantum dynamics and applications of machine learning in quantum physics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6213e32\" data-id=\"6213e32\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a241837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a241837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20575 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/kortny-100.jpg\" alt=\"Kortny Rolston-Duce\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Kortny Rolston-Duce<\/strong> is the Director of Marketing Communications at Atom Computing. Her job is to help grow the quantum ecosystem and develop collaborations with industry, academia, government agencies, and other organizations. Before joining Atom, she was Director of Global Communications and Engagement at Quantinuum; and led communications and engagement efforts for national energy initiatives at Idaho National Laboratory and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Nuclear Energy.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edb57a5\" data-id=\"edb57a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2890cec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2890cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20574 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/FOKKO_DE_VRIES-QBLOX-100.jpg\" alt=\"Fokko de Vries\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Fokko de Vries<\/strong> joined Qblox after pursuing a PhD and postdoc in experimental condensed matter physics. As a roadmap leader he is part of Qblox\u2019s strategic team that takes care of the product planning and management. Within this role he is responsible for business development as well as engaging with the scientific community. He specializes in the quantum network area, for example through leading the development of the Qblox quantum control stacks within the European Quantum Internet Alliance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6dbadd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6dbadd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9cc32a\" data-id=\"e9cc32a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5d4c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5d4c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20615 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/KellyBest-100.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly Best\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Kelly Best<\/strong> is Vice President of Operations, External Relations, and Revenue at the Quantum Algorithms Institute. Kelly&#8217;s career has spanned from working in communications with Parks Canada to leading policy and programs in economic development with the B.C. Government, to leading research strategy and partnerships at UBC to her current role in strategic leadership at the Quantum Algorithms Institute.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db51b9a\" data-id=\"db51b9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea25f7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea25f7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20618 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Anurag-roy-100.png\" alt=\"Anurag Saha Roy\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Anurag Saha Roy<\/strong> is the Chief Product Officer at Qruise where he leads the product strategy and development of Qruise&#8217;s portfolio of ML-assisted quantum device calibration and characterization modules. An electrical engineer by training, Anurag has extensive experience in the research and development of full stack control software and hardware for various quantum technology platforms, both in the industry and in academia. He is also an experienced deep-tech entrepreneur, having previously founded machine learning and climate tech startups.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19a7246\" data-id=\"19a7246\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab7276b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab7276b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20609 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/Erik_Garcell-100.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Garcell\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Dr. Erik Garcell<\/strong> is Technical Marketing Manager at Classiq. He was previously innovation product manager for IP.com and an innovation research scientist at Kodak Alaris. He has a doctorate in physics from the University of Rochester and a Master of Science in Technical Entrepreneurship &amp; Management from the University of Rochester\u2019s Simon School of Business.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06c6ea1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06c6ea1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40671e7\" data-id=\"40671e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ff8da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39ff8da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20632 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/Matt-Zanner-100.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Zanner\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Matt Zanner<\/strong> is a Principal Program Manager on Microsoft\u2019s Azure Quantum engineering team.\u00a0 A common theme throughout his decades long technology career is helping demystify emerging technologies. He\u2019s extremely passionate about the prospect of commercially viable scalable quantum computing and is currently focused on leveraging generative AI models to accelerate exploration and scientific discovery in the field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-177664d\" data-id=\"177664d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f01927b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f01927b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b id=\"m_6691117232642837128docs-internal-guid-a84f7bf1-7fff-b623-aa20-4323ed1a5cb8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20657 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/hayato-ushijima-mwesigwa-100.jpg\" alt=\"Hayato Ushijima-Mwesigwa\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Dr. Hayato Ushijima-Mwesigwa<\/b><\/strong> is currently a Principal Researcher at Fujitsu Research of America, Inc., where he is a key contributor to Fujitsu Research&#8217;s worldwide quantum laboratory. In his role as a research member, Hayato specializes in exploring the practical applications of quantum computing across diverse domains within computer science and mathematics, encompassing fields such as machine learning, optimization, and finance. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and his MS in Mathematical Sciences from Clemson University.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1443c8\" data-id=\"a1443c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409acc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"409acc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20665 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/natalie_hawkins-100.jpg\" alt=\"Natalie Hawkins\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>Natalie Hawkins<\/strong> founded the Seattle Quantum Computing Meetup, is a Qiskit Advocate and Certified Developer, and has completed many IBM Quantum Challenges. She is actively following the field and has worked in research as a software developer in an AI\/NLP lab in Computer Science at the University of Washington and as a biostatistician\/data scientist at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle. 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