The A-Team

Hemanadhan Myneni
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland

Joseph Xavier Arnold (2024 - Present)
PhD student, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland
(Co-supervised with Profs. Morris Riedel, Gabriele Cavallaro)
Research topics: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, remote sensing, and high-performance computing.

Negar Ekrami  (2025 - Present)
PhD student, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland
(Co-supervised with Prof Haraldur Ólafsson and Dr. Jian-Wen Bao)
Research topics: Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) climate prediction, Arctic climate variability and temperature persistence, AI and machine learning for weather and climate science, atmospheric boundary-layer processes, and climate data analysis.

Mathias Hans Stenlund (2024 - 2026)
Former PhD student, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland
(Co-supervised with Profs. Morris Riedel, Hafsteinn Einarsson)
Research topics: Large language models, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing.
Transitioned to industry.

Kristófer Darri Finnsson ( 2024 – 2026 )
MS Student, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland
Master's thesis (60 ECTS): “Data-Driven Decoding of Quantum Surface Codes using Recurrent Neural Networks” (2026) [ Link ]
Research topics: Quantum error correction, quantum surface codes, recurrent neural networks, machine learning, and quantum computing.

Sigurdur Detlef Jonsson
MS Student, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland
Master's thesis (60 ECTS): “Design and Implementation of Simplified HPC access to the Icelandic Research e-Infrastructure using Jupyter” (2026) [ Link ]
Research topics: High-performance computing, Jupyter-based research workflows, scientific computing infrastructure, and research e-infrastructure.

Aridaman Singh Chauhan (Summer 2025),
Summer student, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi (third year student; pursuing Engineering Physics)
Worked on QEC, QKD

Bjarni Bjarnason (May 27, 2021 - August 20, 2021)
Summer student, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS), Reykjavík, Iceland
Worked on a project with me and Hannes Jonsson. Bjarni took on the challenge of rewriting the SCME Fortran code in C++. It has since become the foundation for further development within the group.