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