I'm Victor Drouin-Touchette, a Staff Researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke in Québec, Canada. I work in the Departement of Electrical and Computer Engineering (GEGI) within the QQR project, working with Pr Yves Bérubé-Lauzière, as well as in the Department of Physics, working with Pr Stefanos Kourtis within the QAI project. I am also a Quantum Application Scientist at Pasqal. My research focus is on the development of new quantum algorithms to tackle industry-relevant problems in optimization or in machine learning using analog neutral atoms quantum computers. I use tools from many-body theory, quantum information, operations research and machine learning to address practical problems. More broadly, I also dip into the issue of quantum simulations of frustrated spin systems, as the insight gained there helps further understand capabilities of current quantum computers. If these subjects are interesting to you, contact me, I am always looking for new and inventive collaborators.
Prior to this position, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Ananda Roy's group at Rutgers University, with a focus on applying many-body perspectives to quantum computing. I obtained my Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics in July 2022 at Rutgers University under the supervision of Prof. Piers Coleman . During my studies, I worked on analytical and numerical approaches of competing phases in many-body physics.
