Ph.D. Computer Science (2020-2024)
University of Sydney
Advisor: Dr. Leon Song
About Me
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Technology Sydney. My research focuses on architecture aware quantum compilation, benchmarking quantum algorithms, quantum error correction and characterising noise on quantum systems.
Education
M.Phil. (Science). Physics (2017-2019)
University of Sydney
Masters Advisor: A. Prof Steven Flammia
B.Sc (Hons.) (Physics) / B. Eng (Hons.) (Software) (2012-2016)
University of Sydney
Physics Honours Advisor: Prof. Steven Flammia
Software Engineering Honours Advisor: Dr. Christopher Granade
Publications
- sQueeze: Accelerated Quantum Pulse Schedules
Lilian Hunt, Alan Robertson, 2023 - Mitigating Coupling Map Constrained Correlated Measurement Errors on Quantum Devices
Alan Robertson, Shuaiwen Leon Song, Supercomputing 2023 - Quantum Von Neumann Architectural Modeling for Algorithm Analysis
Alan Robertson, Shuaiwen Leon Song, YArch 2021 - Tailored Codes for Small Quantum Memories
Alan Robertson, Christopher Granade, Stephen D. Bartlett and Steven T. Flammia.
Physical Review Applied, December 2017, Editors Suggestion
Workshops
- Workshop Presenter at the Young Architect Workshop 2021 (Yarch)
- Organising Committee member and presenter for the __equs__.Python workshop 2019-2022 ,
- Workshop Presenter at the International Conference for Computer Aided Design 2018 - Second International Workshop on Quantum Compilation
Committees
- Committee Member for the EQUS Mentoring and Career Development Committee 2020-2022
Teaching
Casual Lecturer
University of New South Wales
Distributed Finance (2023)
Casual Lecturer
University of Sydney
Cybersecurity (2019-2021)
Computer and Network Organisation (2019)
Guest Lecturer
University of Sydney
Computer and Network Security (2019)
University of Technology Sydney
Security Fundamentals (2018)
Course Development
University of Sydney
Computer and Network Security
Principles of Security Engineering
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Systems Programming
Introduction to Programming (Advanced)
Introduction to Programming
Teaching Assistant
University of Sydney
Cybersecurity (2016-2020)
Computer and Network Security (2018-2021)
Introduction to Programming (Advanced) (2018-2020, 2023)
Principles of Security Engineering (2019)
Empirical Security Analysis and Engineering (2019)
Tutoring
University of Sydney
Computer and Network Security (2018-2021)
Usability and Security (2018-2020)
Empirical Security Analysis and Engineering (2019)
Principles of Security Engineering (2019)
Systems Programming (2018-2020)
Concurrency for Software Development (2020-2021)
Introduction to Programming (Advanced) (2018-2021)
Data Structures (2017)
Operating Systems and Machine Principles (2016-2017)
Professional Engineering (2017)
Introduction to Physics (2017)
Introduction to Programming (2016-2017)
University of Technology Sydney
Security Fundamentals (2017)
Scholarships
- Australian Government Research Training Program - University of Sydney
- Scholarship in Characterising Quantum Errors - University of Sydney - 2018