Stefanie Czischek

Dr. Stefanie Czischek is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa, leading the APRIQuOt research group focused on artificial and physically realizable intelligence for quantum applications. She joined uOttawa in 2022 after postdoctoral work at the University of Waterloo. Her research bridges quantum technologies and neural networks, with expertise in quantum simulation, neuromorphic computing, and machine learning applications in quantum physics.

Research Interests:

• Quantum computation/simulation using neural networks
• Neuromorphic hardware implementations
• Quantum many-body systems
• Machine learning for quantum control and tomography

Her publications demonstrate strong interdisciplinary focus, combining quantum physics with cutting-edge ML techniques. Recent works explore transformer models for quantum simulation, neural network quantum states, and quantum sensing applications. The research shows consistent evolution toward hardware-algorithm co-design for quantum problems.

Awards:
Springer Thesis Award (2020) for doctoral research on neural-network simulation of quantum systems.

Research Group & Advising:
Leads the APRIQuOt lab with 1 postdoc, 6 graduate students, and 1 undergraduate. Current projects include large language models for quantum states, quantum optimal control via reinforcement learning, and neuromorphic quantum simulations. The group collaborates with experimental teams and maintains strong industry-academia partnerships.