At Zurich Airport Cafetaria

  Pranab Sen

    Professor
    School of Technology and Computer Science
    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India

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Education

I finished my Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay , India in 1994, and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in Computer Science from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India in 2001.

Research

My main research interest is quantum computation and quantum information. I am also broadly interested in computational complexity theory. My scientific writings are available here.

Experience

Professor:   School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (2021-).

Visiting Research Professor:   Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore (2019-).

Associate Professor:   School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (2013-2020).

Visiting Professor:   School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2009-2012).

Reader:   School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (2006-2012).

Research Staff Member:   NEC Laboratories, Princeton, U.S.A. (2005-2006).

Postdoctoral Researcher:   Institute of Quantum Computing, Univerity of Waterloo, Canada (2003-2005).

Postdoctoral Researcher:   Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Universite Paris-Saclay, (then Universite Paris-Sud), Orsay, France (2001-2002).

Fun fact

I learnt about this organisation some time after a family trekking trip to Dzukou Valley, near Kohima, Nagaland, that almost went wrong.