Quantum computing · Cryptography · Coding theory

Research interests in quantum computing, cryptography, and coding theory.

My interests lie in the mathematical foundations of quantum computing and cryptography, and in the role that coding theory plays across both areas. I am interested in quantum error correction, post-quantum cryptography, cryptographic proof systems, and related questions in algebra and theoretical computer science.

My current work studies stabilizer codes for heterogeneous quantum systems and develops finite-field distance analyses and encoder benchmarks for RA, RAA, and EA codes used in cryptographic proof systems.

Research

Mixed-register stabilizer codes

Quantum error correction over heterogeneous qudit systems and non-Abelian Pauli subgroup structure.

With Prof. Lane G. Gunderman

Preprint · 2026

Encode-accumulate codes over finite fields

A modular distance-analysis framework for RA, RAA, and EA codes over arbitrary finite fields, with concrete guarantees, asymptotic RA bounds, and encoder benchmarks.

With Prof. Alex R. Block

Manuscript in preparation

Publications and presentations

Preprints, publications, posters, and talks.

Google Scholar profile

  1. 2026

    Mixed-register Stabilizer Codes: A Coding-theoretic Perspective

    arXiv:2603.28459 [quant-ph]

    Preprint
  2. 2026

    Mixed-register Stabilizer Codes: A Coding-theoretic Perspective

    QEC26, Santa Barbara, CA

    Poster
  3. 2025

    Uffd-monitor: A Userspace Code Execution Monitor for Smarter Security-enhanced Software Runtime

    UIC Undergraduate Research Forum, Chicago, IL

    Poster

Background

Education

M.S. Computer Science, UIC

Expected Spring 2027 · GPA 4.00/4.00

B.S. Computer Science, UIC

Minors in Mathematics and Physics · Honors College · summa cum laude · GPA 3.92/4.00

Earlier research

Security-enhanced software runtime

Undergraduate research with Prof. Xiaoguang Wang reduced executable in-memory footprint by 40% by serving and evicting code pages on demand in userspace, and trained an 80M-parameter autoregressive transformer on 1.7B execution tokens for anomalous control-flow detection.

Honors capstone.

Teaching

Teaching assistant for courses in programming languages, theory of computation, discrete mathematics, computing ethics, and TA pedagogy. Supported more than 200 students through discussions, office hours, assessment, and mentorship.

Guest lecturer for Artificial Intelligence II (CS 511), presenting Partially Observable Monte-Carlo Planning and a utility-based agent implementation for partially observable Wumpus World. Slides Project report