Prateek P. Kulkarni's Homepage

I am a Predoctoral Fellow (SPARKS) in the Department of Computer Science and Automation at the Indian Institute of Science, advised by Prof. Sumit K. Mandal. I am concurrently pursuing a B.Tech. in ECE (Quantum Technology track) at PES University (Class of 2026).

My research centers on quantum complexity theory and the algorithmic aspects of near-term quantum computation. At IISc, I use tools from theoretical computer science to analyze and inform better quantum hardware design, particularly around qubit connectivity and circuit compilation. Our work on coupling map design received the ACM SRC Bronze Medal at MICRO 2025 (UG category).

Publications

Entanglement-Dependent Error Bounds for Hamiltonian Simulation
Prateek P. Kulkarni · TQC 2026 · arXiv:2602.00555

Quantum Algorithms for Approximate Graph Isomorphism Testing
Prateek P. Kulkarni · QCTiP 2026 · arXiv:2603.02656

Talks

Quantum Communication Exponentially Speeds-up Circuit Synthesis
2nd Workshop on Automata and Games for Synthesis (WAG@FSTTCS), December 2025. Short contributed talk.

Multi-Core Quantum Computing with Superconducting Qubits
Systems Day 2025, CSA, IISc, January 2025. Poster (selected among ~20 nationwide).

Service & Teaching

Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
Teaching Assistant, Quantum Transport and Logic Gates, PES University, Spring 2025

Education

B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering (VLSI & Quantum Technology), PES University, 2022–2026

Contact

p[my-last-name]2425 [at] gmail <.> com
CSA A358, Dept. of Computer Science and Automation
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012