Krysta Svore
{{Short description|American computer scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Krysta M. Svore
| birth_name = Krysta Marie Svore
| image = File:Krysta Svore.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1979}}
| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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| nationality = American
| field = Computer science, Quantum computing
| work_institution = Microsoft
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
| thesis_title = Software Tools and Failure Thresholds for Reliable, Scalable, Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation
| thesis_year = 2006
| doctoral_advisor = Al Aho,
Joseph F. Traub{{MathGenealogy |id=82019 |title=Alfred Vaino Aho}}
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
- Quantum computing
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| prizes = {{Plainlist|
- AAAS Fellow (2021)
- 39 Most Powerful Female Engineers (2018){{r|bizinsider}}
- Kavli Fellow
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Krysta Marie Svore (born 1979){{r|born}} is an American computer scientist specializing in quantum computing. She is the Technical Fellow and Vice President of advanced quantum development for Microsoft Azure Quantum.{{Cite web |title=Microsoft unveils new quantum computing hybrid solution in Azure |url=https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2024/09/microsoft-unveils-new-quantum-computing-hybrid-solution-azure/399407/ |date=10 Sep 2024 |last1=Kelley |first1=Alexandra |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Nextgov |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Quantinuum updates product roadmap; announces two industry firsts in collaboration with Microsoft |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/quantinuum-updates-product-roadmap-announces-two-industry-firsts-in-collaboration-with-microsoft/ |date=12 Sep 2024 |last1=Trueman |first1=Charlotte |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Data Center Dynamics |language=en-US}}
She previously led the Azure Quantum{{r|aq}} software team (formerly the Quantum Architectures and Computation group at Microsoft Research) for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, developing Azure Quantum and bringing the first quantum computers to the Microsoft Azure cloud.{{Cite web |title=Microsoft’s Azure Quantum platform is now in public preview |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/01/microsofts-azure-quantum-platform-is-now-in-public-preview/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGv2dOaBFw2Sh8PfTjkPZ1J92ZkmQkO9zqO8Q2PkQpPq-ThUf4eD8BGlu3lpBnvJQSCUpaE_fLsAbBcBzC8kYJjBlp8ETFmp4YusGWnlVBMw6jHjuy3CzD115RFRvyt3BDJZ2iTZCqL62i8Gl3uO5R2nmL4QybcN1jefZqQZuhYA |date=1 Feb 2021 |last1=Lardinois |first1=Frederic |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}
Formerly she served as the Distinguished Engineer and Vice President of Quantum Software.{{r|ms|qi}} Beyond quantum computing, she has also worked on research in machine learning.{{r|future}}
Education and career
Svore is originally from the Seattle, Washington area. She majored in mathematics at Princeton University,{{r|cubio}} and became intrigued by the possibilities of quantum computing through a junior-year seminar on cryptography given by Andrew Wiles, in which she learned of the ability of quantum computers using Shor's algorithm to break the RSA cryptosystem.{{r|future}}
She completed her Ph.D. in 2006 at Columbia University, with highest distinction, under the joint supervision of Alfred Aho and Joseph F. Traub. Her dissertation was Software Tools and Failure Thresholds for Reliable, Scalable, Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation.{{r|mg}}
She joined Microsoft Research in 2006, initially working on problems in machine learning but later focusing more heavily on her work with quantum computing.{{r|future}}
Svore also serves on the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee and the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee for U.S. Department of Energy.{{Cite web |title=National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC) |url=https://www.quantum.gov/about/nqiac/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Quantum.gov |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) 2024 Membership |url=https://science.osti.gov/ascr/ascac/Members |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |language=en-US}}
Recognition
Svore was named to the 2021 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.{{r|aaas}} She was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2023, "for advancing the development of software architectures and empowering quantum scientists through leadership to design practical and impactful algorithms".{{r|faps}}
In 2022, Svore was elected as a fellow of the Washington State Academy of Sciences for "advancing the field of computing through the development of new programming languages and algorithms for quantum computing, including pioneering work on arithmetic and machine learning operations on quantum computers, and for foundational contributions to the integration of machine learning into the development of scalable methods for web search."{{Cite web |title=25 New Members Elected to WSAS |url=https://washacad.org/2022-new-members-elected-to-wsas/ |date=15 Jul 2022 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Washington State Academy of Sciences |language=en-US}}
She was named one of the 39 Most Powerful female engineers by Business Insider in 2018.{{r|bizinsider}}
References
External links
- {{Google Scholar id|FlY-U3kAAAAJ}}
{{Microsoft Research}}
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Category:American computer scientists
Category:American women computer scientists
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Microsoft Research people
Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science