معرفی
Prof. Dr. Kristel Michielsen is a Professor of Quantum Information Processing at RWTH Aachen University and holds leadership roles at Forschungszentrum Jülich. She leads the division HPC for Quantum Systems and heads the Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ). As Group Leader of the Research Group Quantum Information Processing, her work focuses on quantum annealing, quantum simulation, and modular hybrid HPC-quantum computing. She is also Spokesperson of the Helmholtz Information Program 1 and a Principal Investigator in Topics 1 and 2.
- Affiliations: RWTH Aachen University, Forschungszentrum Jülich (IAS/JSC), JUNIQ
- Key Roles: Head of HPC for Quantum Systems, JUNIQ Director, Quantum Information Processing Group Leader
Her research emphasizes quantum computing applications in optimization, benchmarking, and hybrid supercomputing-quantum systems. She pioneers quantum-annealing solutions for real-world problems like power grid partitioning and transportation logistics. Recent work explores error mitigation, noise modeling in D-Wave systems, and quantum-classical workflows.
