Prateek P. Kulkarni

About me

I am a Walmart Predoctoral Fellow in CSA at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), where I am advised by Prof. Sumit K. Mandal. I am also affiliated with the Walmart Center for Tech Excellence at IISc.

I work on quantum computer systems, particularly compilers, runtimes, resource management, and hardware-software co-design for scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computing.

I will be a visiting researcher at the Fields Institute in Fall 2026, for the thematic program on quantum algorithms for differentiable equations.

Research

I am broadly interested in computer systems and architectures for quantum computing. My current research focuses on:

  • Quantum compiler and runtime systems
  • Fault-tolerant quantum computing
  • Quantum error-correction-aware compilation and mapping
  • Resource management and scheduling
  • Architecture–compiler co-design

Selected Publications

Experience

Indian Institute of Science
Walmart Predoctoral Fellow
with Prof. Sumit K. Mandal
Jul. 2026 – Present
University of Cambridge
Research Assistant
with Prof. Prakash Murali
Apr. 2026 – Present
Fujitsu Research India
Research Intern
with Dr. Aritra Sarkar and Harshkumar Oza
Summer 2026

Selected Awards

  • 3rd Prize, ACM Student Research Competition, MICRO 2025
  • SPARKS Predoctoral Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, 2025
  • INAE Mentee, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2026