About Me

I am a CS Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, advised by Prof. Swamit Tannu in the QUEST Lab. I work on problems in quantum architecture and quantum compilation.

Research Interests

Quantum memory hierarchies
Circuit compilation for FTQC

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D. in Computer Sciences

Sep 2023 - Present

University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.S. in Computer Sciences

Sep 2023 - May 2025

BITS Pilani, Goa Campus

B.E. in Computer Science
Minor in Physics

Aug 2019 - May 2023

Conferences

Pauli Network Circuit Synthesis with Reinforcement Learning ☍

Ayushi Dubal, David Kremer, Simon Martiel, Victor Villar, Derek Wang, Juan Cruz-Benito

QSim 2025 · Poster · New York City, NY · Aug 2025

Reinforcement Learning-based Pauli Network circuit synthesis ☍

David Kremer, Ayushi Dubal, Simon Martiel, Victor Villar

APS Global Physics Summit (March Meeting 2025), Session L35 · Anaheim, CA · Mar 2025

Recent Experience

IBM Research

Yorktown Heights, NY

May 2025 - Aug 2025

Quantum Backend Developer Intern

Developed a reinforcement learning pipeline to compile Pauli-based computation circuits for qLDPC operations.

IBM Research

Yorktown Heights, NY

May 2024 - Aug 2024

Quantum Backend Developer Intern

Developed single-pass reinforcement learning transpilation pass for quantum circuits.
Paper preprint: arXiv:2503.14448 ☍

Teaching Experience

Cognition in Health and Society

TA · Dept of Psychology, UW‑Madison · Spring ’24

Quantum Information and Computing

TA · Dept of Physics, BITS Goa · Spring ’22

Quantum Information and Security

Course Instructor · Centre for Technical Education, BITS Goa · Spring ’21

Selected Awards

Mantra Award for Outstanding Leadership ☍

BITS Alumni Association · February 2023

APAC Google Women Techmakers Scholar ☍

Google · June 2020

Volunteering

Mentor, WACM Mentorship Program ☍

Mentored four undergraduate women in CDIS for academic, professional, and personal development.

Founder and Coordinator, qBITS ☍

Started BITS Pilani’s first quantum tech club.

Coordinator, BITS Goa Women in Tech ☍

Organized a community of underrepresented genders in tech on campus, providing mentorship and opportunities.