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Basics

Name Benjamin MacLellan
Label Scientist
Url https://benjimaclellan.github.io
Summary A scientist working at the intersections of quantum information science, machine learning, and photonics.

Work

Education

  • 2021 - Present

    Waterloo, Canada

    Ph.D.
    University of Waterloo
    Physics, Quantum Information
  • 2018 - 2021

    Montreal, Canada

    M.Sc.
    L'Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Energy & Materials
  • 2013 - 2018

    Waterloo, Canada

    B.Sc.
    University of Waterloo
    Physics, Co-op, Minor in Biophysics

Awards

  • 2022.04
    Vanier CGS
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada
    The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada's ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.
  • 2018.08
    Lionel-Boulet Scholarship
    L'Insitut National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • 2018.08
    Canadian Graduate Scholarships - Masters
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada

Skills

Physics
Quantum many-body systems
Quantum information
Quantum metrology
Quantum computing
Quantum networking
Photonics
Nonlinear optics
Photonic simulation
Photonic design
Machine learning
Machine learning for physics
Inverse design
Interpretable neural networks
Programming
Python
Julia
C/C++
Networking stacks

Volunteer

  • 2019.08 - 2020.08

    Montreal, Canada

    President
    OSA/SPIE Student Chapter

Languages

English
Native speaker
French
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