Lilly Palackal, M.Sc.

Technical University of Munich

TUM School of CIT
Department of Computer Science
Boltzmannstrasse 3
85748 Garching
Germany

Office: MI 02.05.033 
Mail: lilly.palackal (at) tum.de

Background

  • 2021-Present: External PhD candidate, Technical University of Munich and Infineon Technologies AG
  • 2018-2021: Mathematics MSc, Faculty of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Master Thesis on Robust Interactive Quantum Communication in multi-party networks
  • 2014-2018: Mathematics BSc, Faculty of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Bachelor Thesis on Quantum Error Correcting Codes for single deletions at unkown positions

Research interests

  • Quantum Algorithms for Optimization Problems
  • Co-Design of Quantum Software and Hardware
  • Quantum Error Correction and Mitigation

Open and Running Student Projects

Running Student Projects

  • Aubrey Coffey: Quantum Algorithm based on Graph States for the Travelling Salesperson Probelm, Master Thesis, TUM Fakultät Mathematik and Infineon Technologies AG, Mathematics, since November 2021
  • Ruben Pfeiffer: Iterative Heuristic Solver for QUBO problems and Quantum Annealing for the Knapsack Problem, Intern and Working Student, TUM Fakultät Informatik and Infineon Technologies AG, Games Engineering, since August 2021
  • Annarita Ricci: Pulse Control for Spin Phase Encoding of Qubits using NV-centers to solve Semiconductor Supply Chain Problems, Master Thesis, TUM Fakultät Physik and Walter-Schottky Institute and Infineon Technologies AG, Physics, since November 2022
  • Leonhard Richter: Mixers for the Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz for the Flexible Job-Shop Problem, Intern and Working Student,  LU Hannover Fakultät Physik and Infineon Technologies AG, Physics, since November 2021
  • Maximilian Schinke: Quantum Annealing Solutions to the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem, Intern and Working Student, TUM Fakultät Mathematik and Infineon Technologies AG, Mathematics, since September 2022
  • Tammo Sievers: QAOA for the Travelling Salesperson Problem and various topics on Quantum Computing Hardware, Intern and Working Student, TUM Fakultät Physik and Infineon Technologies AG, Physics, since April 2021
  • Matthias Wulff: Variational Quantum Algorithms, Pulse Control and Error Mitigation, Intern and Working Student, TUM/LMU and Infineon Technologies AG, Quantum Science and Technology, since August 2021 

Finished Student Projects

Finished Student Projects

  • Ruben Pfeiffer: Solving Matching Problems with Quantum Annealing, Bachelor Thesis, TUM Fakultät Informatik and Infineon Technologies AG, Games Engineering, completed August 2021
  • Marc Wanner: On solving Job-Shop Scheduling with Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithms, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zürich and Infineon Technologies AG, Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), completed February 2022