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Dr. Stefan Hillmich is a senior researcher for Software Science with a focus on quantum computing and design automation.

Research Interests

• Efficient Classical Simulation of Quantum Circuits
• Compact Representation of Information in Decision Diagrams
• Developing High-Performance Software

Key Facts

• Completed his PhD in 2022
• IBM Qiskit Advocate
• Serves as Reviewer in various international Conferences and Journals
• ISTQB Certified Tester, ACM and IEEE Member
• Recurring Mentor for the NYU Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Honours and Awards

• Invitation to the 11th NYUAD Hackathon as mentor (the mentored team received the “Audience Choice Award”), April 2023
• Best Video Award in the DAC Young Fellow program at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), July 2022
• Invitation to the 10th NYUAD Hackathon as mentor, March 2022
• Participated in the IBM Quantum Challenge Africa 2021 and successfully solved all posed problem (over 900 people participated), September 2021
• Acceptance into the IBM Qiskit Advocate Program, August 2021
• Participated in the IBM Quantum Challenge 2021 and attained the best possible score (over 1400 people participated), May 2021
• Best Poster Award for the Young Student Fellow Program presentation “Decision Diagrams for Quantum Computing” at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), July 2020 Acceptance into the Young Student Fellow Program at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), July 2020
• Winner at “Vote Your Prof 2.0” from student’s association party “Meine AG” for the teaching of Computer Architecture 2020 (officially awarded to Prof. Robert Wille), June 2020
• Invitation to the IBM Qiskit Camp in the USA (postponed due to COVID-19), March 2020
• Winner of SRC@ICCAD the ACM Student Research Competition at International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), November 2019
• Invitation to the IBM Qiskit Camp Asia 2019, November 2019
• 3rd place at the IBM Quantum Challenge 2019, October 2019
• Invited Talk on “Advanced EDA for Quantum computing” at the IIT Kharagpur (India), May 2019
• PROMOS scholarship funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the semester abroad in New Zealand, July 2016