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Person Info
First Name
Daniel
Last Name
Spencer
Organization Role / Title
Current Title
Graduate Student
QuICS Title
Graduate Student
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Contact Information
Email
djspence@umd.edu
Office Address

ATL 2132

QuICS Contact Info
Email
djspence@umd.edu
Office Address

2132 Atlantic Building

RQS Affiliation
About
QuICS Bio

Dan is a graduate student in physics with a Joint Quantum Institute Fellowship working in quantum information science with an interest in applying quantum algorithms to problems in fundamental physics, chemistry, and finance. He is advised by Alexey Gorshkov.

RQS Bio

My research is focused on two fields of quantum information science: quantum algorithms and quantum sensing. On the quantum algorithms front, I am mostly interested in NISQ applications to problems involving classical data, most notably mathematical finance, where I have worked on things like portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, and the prediction of financial crashes. I am also interested in cryptographic applications to finance and using the tools of quantum information to better understand markets. On the quantum sensing front, I have mostly worked on encrypted sensing but am also broadly interested in sensor networks and their various applications.

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