Krysta Svore

Krysta Marie Svore (born 1979)[3] is an American computer scientist specializing in quantum computing. She leads the Azure Quantum[4] software team (formerly the Quantum Architectures and Computation group at Microsoft Research) for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, where she is Distinguished Scientist and Vice President of Quantum Software.[5][6] Beyond quantum computing, she has also worked on research in machine learning.[7]

Krysta M. Svore
Born
Krysta Marie Svore

Seattle, WA, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known for
  • Quantum computing
Awards
  • AAAS Fellow (2021)
  • 39 Most Powerful Female Engineers (2018)[1]
  • Kavli Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, Quantum computing
InstitutionsMicrosoft
ThesisSoftware Tools and Failure Thresholds for Reliable, Scalable, Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation (2006)
Doctoral advisorAl Aho,
Joseph F. Traub[2]

Education and career

Svore is originally from the Seattle, Washington area. She majored in mathematics at Princeton University,[8] 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.[7]

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.[9]

She joined Microsoft Research in 2006, initially working on problems in machine learning but later focusing more heavily on her work with quantum computing.[7]

Recognition

Svore was named to the 2021 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[10] 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".[11]

She was named one of the 39 Most Powerful female engineers by Business Insider in 2018.[1]

References
  1. 39 Most Powerful Female Engineers 2018, Business Insider, 21 June 2018
  2. Alfred Vaino Aho at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. Birth year from WorldCat identities, retrieved 2022-01-28
  4. Azure Quantum
  5. "Krysta M. Svore: General Manager", Research people, Microsoft, retrieved 2022-01-28
  6. Dargan, James (24 February 2020), "12 Women Pioneering The World Of Quantum Computing", The Quantum Insider
  7. "The Future is Quantum with Dr. Krysta Svore", Microsoft Research Podcast, Microsoft, 17 January 2018, retrieved 2022-01-28
  8. "Biography", Krysta Marie Svore, Columbia University Computer Science, retrieved 2022-01-28
  9. Krysta Svore at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  10. 2021 Fellows, American Association for the Advancement of Science, retrieved 2022-01-28
  11. "2023 Fellows", APS Fellow Archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2023-10-19
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