Mahdi Chehimi

Bio

Mahdi Chehimi is a PhD candidate in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Mahdi received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering with honors from Kuwait University in 2018 and his M.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2020 with a focus on communications, radio frequency, and physical layer security. His research interests include quantum communications, quantum networking, and quantum machine learning (QML) with applications to communication networks. Mahdi received the best paper award at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) for his work on the scalability of quantum repeater networks. His seminal work on quantum federated learning (QFL) introduced its inaugural framework using quantum data, which pioneered one of the first open-source quantum federated datasets in literature. In 2022, Mahdi was a visiting scholar in the ACQuIRe Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In addition, Mahdi held a research stay in summer 2023 at Ingenii Inc. as a quantum scientist, where his work focused on practical QML applications in drug discovery and medical imaging. Mahdi was the lead organizer of the first Quantum Information Summit in Lebanon held at the American University of Beirut. He served as a technical committee member in multiple QML workshops at flagship IEEE conferences, and is a frequent reviewer at several IEEE journals. Mahdi is a Quantum Formalism fellow, by Zaiku Group in the United Kingdom, where he received multiple grants to support his research on distributed QML applications and QFL.

Education

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Aug. 2020 - Present

Master's of Engineering Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, 2020

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University, 2018

News & Activities

[Sep. 22, 2023] I am honored to announce that my work on the "scaling limits of quantum repeater networks" won the Best Paper Award - Quantum Communications and Networking Track in the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE23) during the IEEE Quantum Week. More here.

[July 17, 2023] I am honored to announce that I will be organizing the first Quantum Information Summit in Lebanon this summer in collaboration with the American University of Beirut. It is a two-day event taking place on July 22 and 23. The event will host multiple distinguished speakers from around the world to discuss the different areas of quantum information, in addition to a hands-on workshop on writing your first quantum program. More here.

[July 5, 2023] I presented our most recent work on "The Roadmap Towards a Quantum Enabled Wireless Metaverse: Beyond the Classical Limits" at the Fifth International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications (ACTEA 2023) at the Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU), Lebanon. More here.

[May 13, 2023] I gave a talk about "Exploring Quantum Communication Networks with Physics Lens" at the Washington DC/Toronto Quantum Computing Meetup. More here.

[Apr. 22, 2023] I am beyond excited to share that I have accepted an offer for a summer intern position as a Quantum Scientist at Ingenii I will be working on quantum machine learning and their applications to nedical imaging. More here.

[Apr. 13, 2023] I am thrilled to share that I received my very first grant/funding for my research in the cutting-edge field of "Quantum Federated Learning"! A huge shoutout to our partners at Quantum Formalism - Zaiku Group Ltd from the UK for their unwavering trust. More here.

[Feb. 10, 2023] My book chapter on "Quantum Technologies for The Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges" has been accepted for publication, and should be made public in the first quarter of 2023.

[Feb. 1, 2023] I finished my research visit to the lab of Prof. Don Towsley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I established multiple collaborations and engaged in several research projects, Stay tuned for more! More details here.

[Jan. 20, 2023] I collaborated with Quantum Formalism by Zaiku Group in the UK and gave an online webinar on "Physics-Informed Quantum Communication Networks: A Vision Towards The Quantum Internet". The recording of the talk can be found here.

[Dec. 30, 2022] I visited the physics department at Harvard University, where I explored the recent advances in the labs of 2D materials and NV centers in diamond. More details here.

[Oct. 28, 2022] I started a 3-month research visit to the lab of Prof. Don Towsley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) to conduct research on quantum networking. More here.

[Sep 22, 2022] I presented his recent work on "Entanglement Rate Optimization in Heterogenous Quantum Communication Networks" at the NSF CQN/UMass Quantum Network Science Seminar . The recording of the talk can be found here.

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