Shelby Kimmel

** ************* ***. *-*** Cambridge, MA 02139

617-***-**** abqce0@r.postjobfree.com

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA

Ph.D. Candidate Physics. Advised by Eddie Farhi

Thesis Title: Characterizing Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Processes

Graduate Teaching Certificate Program, 2010-2011

2009-present

Williams College, Williamstown, MA

B.A. in Astrophysics. Advised by William Wootters.

Thesis: Quantifying the Entanglement Cost of Nonlocal Measurements.

2004-2008

Research Experience

2009-2012 Graduate Research. MIT. Cambridge, MA

Created new quantum algorithms for classes of Boolean formula evaluation problems.

Summer 2012 Internship. Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA

Designed and analyzed new procedures for robust quantum process characterization. Implemented

procedures on superconducting qubit system

Summer 2011 Internship. Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Advised by Andrew Childs. Worked to develop quantum algorithms for Boolean functions

Teaching Experience

Spring 2012 Writing Assistant, Undergraduate 3rd Semester Quantum Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute

of Technology.

Guided 15 students through the process of writing an academic style research report

Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Electricity and Magnetism, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology.

Taught weekly problem solving sessions for undergrad Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism to

45 students. Participated in weekly active learning lessons; led students through concept questions

and experiments.

2008-2009 Fulbright Korea: English Teaching Assistant. Gochangbuk High School, Gochang, S. Korea

Planned and taught lessons in conversational English at a rural Korean high school and middle school

to ~500 students a week

2005-2008 Writing Tutor, Williams College.

Worked one-on-one with ~4 different undergrads each week to help them brainstorm, organize and

edit papers.

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Leadership and Service

2012-present Graduate Women in Physics, MIT, Cambridge MA

Oversaw bi-weekly dinners, organized networking seminar for the group.

2012 Referee for Soda 2013

2009-present Graduate/Undergrad Women in Physics Mentoring Program, MIT, Cambridge MA

Coordinate graduate-undergraduate women in physics mentoring program with undergraduate liaison.

Mentor 2 undergraduate women each year. Discuss finding research advisors, time manage ment, and

applying to graduate school.

2010-2012 Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Co-organized mentoring program for graduate women: recruited ~200 alumni, professors, and

graduate students to the program, match participants through surveys, plan bi-yearly dinners, and

manage a committee of 8 people. Arranged speakers, advertised, and hosted the Online Personal

Branding Event at the GWAMIT Empowerment Conference (2010). GWAMIT physics liaison: inform

the MIT Women in Physics group of various GWAMIT events

2012 Referee for ESA 2012

Publications

A. Childs, S. Kimmel, R. Kothari. The quantum query complexity of read-many formulas.

Proceedings of ESA 2013, pp 337-348.

S. Kimmel. Quantum adversary (upper) bound. Proceedings of ICALP. 2012 pp 557-568

B. Zhan, S. Kimmel, A. Hassidim. Super-polynomial quantum speed-ups for boolean

evaluation trees with hidden structure. Proceedings of ITCS, pp 249-265. 2012

S. Bandyopadhyay, G. Brassard, S. Kimmel, W. Wootters. Entanglement cost of nonlocal

measurements. Phys. Rev. A. vol 80, n 1, pp 012313. 2009

J. Pasachoff, S. Kimmel, M. Druckmuller, V. Rusin, M. Saniga. The April 8, 2005 eclipse

white-light corona. Solar Physics. vol 238, n 2, pp 261-270. 2006

Awards

2012 Best Student Paper Track A (1 of 2) ICALP, 2012

2012 Best Scientific Poster (1 of 2) QIP, 2012

2011 Best Talk (1 of 3) Women in Physics Canada, 2011

2009 American Physical Society Apker Award Finalist, 2009

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Talks

Spring 2012 The quantum query complexity of read many formulas. UC Berkeley

Summer 2011 Super-polynomial Quantum Speed-ups in Boolean Formulas. University of Waterloo

Skills and Interests

Computer Skills: Proficient in Matlab, Mathematica, Latex. Experience with C++, Illustrator

Language Skills:

Intermediate: Korean; (lived in South Korea for 1 year, took intermediate Korean at Harvard

University),

Advanced Beginner: Spanish (1-year college course) and French (6 years in middle and high school)

Interests: Korean drumming, playing the accordion, reading, hiking, and cooking

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