Amir Kalev

Amir Kalev is a Lead Quantum Scientist at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California (USC) and an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at USC. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Physics from Tel-Aviv University.

His research explores multidisciplinary topics in quantum information science, including:

• Quantum simulations and optimization
• Quantum machine learning algorithms
• Quantum system characterization and verification
• Quantum signal processing and compressed sensing
• Foundations of quantum measurement theory

His recent publications (15 most recent) demonstrate strong focus on quantum algorithms for practical applications, including Hamiltonian simulation, quantum machine learning, error mitigation, and quantum information processing. Theoretical and experimental works frequently intersect with statistical mechanics and computational physics.

Awards & Fellowships:

• Hartree Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Maryland)

Research Leadership:

• Leads quantum research team at ISI-USC with 2 research staff and 4+ graduate students
• Current advisees: Devika Mehra, Naman Jain; Alumni: Arnav Sharma, Chitra Vadlamani, Charu Jain, Aakash Ravindra

Active Grants:

• NSF PHY QIS: Solving Optimization Problems on NISQ Computers ($300K, 2020-2023)
• NSF CCF FET: Quantum information leakage detection ($200K, 2021-2023)
• NSF-BSF: Fast Quantum Optimal Control ($400K, 2022-2025)