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About Me
About Me
I'm a postdoc at the Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (NYU Abu Dhabi), working under Hisham Sati and Urs Schreiber.
Broadly, my research interests lie at the interface between quantum theory and mathematics, with connections to algebra, topology, quantum information and condensed matter.
sachin [dot] valera [at] nyu [dot] edu
Path
Path
Postdoc (September 2022 - Present) New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
PhD (November 2016 - August 2021) University of Bergen, Norway
MMath (October 2012 - June 2016) University of Durham, UK
Research
Research
You can find a list of my papers (including drop-down summaries) here.
Grants
Grants
My doctoral work was supported by an NFR (Norwegian Research Council) fellowship.
Summary (by institution) in drop-down list below, arranged in chronological order with most recent at the top.
Other links: rough notes repository
New York University Abu Dhabi
Mentoring for bachelor's dissertation in mathematics ('24/'25, '23/'24)
Teaching assistant for CS-UH 3211 (Quantum Computing), spring semester '24
University of Bergen
Lecturer for INF241 (Quantum Information and Quantum Computing), spring semester 2021
Lecturer for INF242 (Information Theory), autumn semester 2019.
Past / Future Events
Past / Future Events
BIREP Summer School on Finite Tensor Categories, Universität Bielefeld, Germany (2025)
Quantum Matter and Quantum Computing, NYU (2025)
Quantum Groups, Tensor Categories and Quantum Field Theory, University of Oslo (2025)
Bicategories, Categorification and Quantum Theory, University of Leeds, UK (2022)
Joint Mathematics Meetings, [online] (2022)
Boolean Functions and Their Applications VI , Rosendal, Norway (2020)
Fusion Categories and Tensor Networks, [online] (2021)
Boolean Functions and Their Applications V , Loen, Norway (2020)
Tensor Categories and TQFTs , [online] (2020)
Summer Research Program on Quantum Symmetries, Ohio State University, USA (2019)
Knots and Braids in Norway, NTNU, Trondheim (2019)
Quantum Computation and Information Workshop, Texas A&M University, USA (2018)
Geometry, Quantum Topology and Asymptotics, Geneva,(2018)
Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning Verona, Italy (2017)
Reach me at : sachin [dot] valera [at] nyu [dot] edu
Past / Upcoming Talks
Past / Upcoming Talks
University of Oslo, Quantum Groups, Tensor Categories and Quantum Field Theory (January 2025): Momentum-Space Braiding and Topological Order
University of Bristol (December 2023) : Topological Quantum Teleportation Without Braiding
NYU Abu Dhabi, Quantum Colloquium (October 2023) : Topological Quantum Teleportation Without Braiding
NYU Abu Dhabi, Quantum Colloquium (September 2022) : A Quick Introduction to the Algebraic Theory of Anyons (slides)
Ernst Selmer International Workshop (August 2022) : Quantum Key Distribution -- A Quick Tutorial
University of Paris 8, Discrete Mathematics, Codes and Cryptography Seminar, (May 2022) : Doughnuts and Topological Quantum Memory
AMS Special Session on Fusion Categories and Their Applications in Physics, (April 2022) : Fusion Structure from Exchange Symmetry in (2+1)-Dimensions.
University of Leeds, Algebra Seminar (November 2021) : Exploring Certain Families of Fusion Rules in Unitary Fusion Categories
Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM), (March 2021) : Hiding Quantum Information in Flatland
Ohio State University, Quantum Symmetries Student Seminar (March 2021) (Note: slides etc. at hyperlinked address)
University of Iowa, Topology Seminar (October 2020) : Skein-Theoretic Methods for Unitary Fusion Categories
5th International Workshop on Boolean Functions and Their Applications (Sep 2020) : Surface Codes and Quantum Memories
Ohio State University, Quantum Symmetries Student Seminar (August 2020) : Skein-Theoretic Methods for Unitary Fusion Categories
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