Dr. Alexey Melnikov

Principal Investigator and Visiting Assistant Professor,
Quantum Machine Learning Group Leader

Terra Quantum AG
Rorschach, St. Gallen
Switzerland

My contact details are at the bottom of the page
email: alexey at melnikov dot info

Background

I am a quantum physicist and machine learning scientist working at Terra Quantum on quantum machine learning. My current interests are designing machine learning techniques for developing new quantum technologies and studying the advantages of near-term quantum devices.

Research directions

Quantum machine learning
Blockchain and cryptography
Artificial intelligence in physics
Physics-inspired reinforcement learning
Quantum walk based algorithms
Quantum optimization implementation

Positions

2020 - present

Terra Quantum AG, Switzerland

Principal Investigator

2019-2020

University of Basel, Switzerland

Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Department of Physics

Quantum Optics Theory Group

2018-2019

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Institute for Theoretical Physics

Quantum Information & Computation Group

2015-2018

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Ph.D. Researcher and Lecturer
Institute for Theoretical Physics

Quantum Information & Computation Group

2013-2015

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Ph.D. Researcher
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Quantum Information & Computation Group

2012-2013

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

Graduate Student Researcher

Department of Theoretical Physics

2009

VTB Capital, Russia

Quantitative Analyst

Research Department

Part-time Positions

2021 - present

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Visiting Assistant Professor

2011 - present

Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Part-time Research Fellow

2018-2020

ITMO University, Russia

Part-time Research Fellow
Department of Information Technology

Laboratory of Quantum Cognition and Intelligent Systems

Education

2018

Doctor of Philosophy

in Physics
University of Innsbruck, Austria

2013

Master of Science

in Applied Mathematics and Physics
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

2011

Bachelor of Science

in Applied Mathematics and Physics
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

Selected Publications

All Publications

2020

Setting up experimental Bell tests with reinforcement learning

Physical Review Letters 125 (16), 160401 (2020)
Alexey A. Melnikov, Pavel Sekatski, Nicolas Sangouard

Journal articles

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Machine learning for long-distance quantum communication

PRX Quantum 1 (1), 010301 (2020)
Julius Wallnöfer, Alexey A. Melnikov, Wolfgang Dür, Hans J. Briegel

Journal articles

Publisher's website BibTeX

Machine learning transfer efficiencies for noisy quantum walks

Advanced Quantum Technologies 3 (4), 1900115 (2020)
Alexey A. Melnikov, Leonid E. Fedichkin, Ray-Kuang Lee, Alexander Alodjants

Journal articles

Publisher's website BibTeX

2019

Predicting quantum advantage by quantum walk with convolutional neural networks

New Journal of Physics 21 (12), 125002 (2019)
Alexey A. Melnikov, Leonid E. Fedichkin, Alexander Alodjants

Journal articles

Publisher's website BibTeX

2018

Active learning machine learns to create new quantum experiments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (6), 1221–1226 (2018)
Alexey A. Melnikov, Hendrik Poulsen Nautrup, Mario Krenn, Vedran Dunjko, Markus Tiersch, Anton Zeilinger, Hans J. Briegel

Journal articles

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Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships

2019

Cozzarelli Prize 2018 in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, the U.S.A. National Academy of Sciences

The annual Cozzarelli Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to the scientific disciplines represented by the U.S.A. National Academy of Sciences, acknowledges papers that reflect scientific excellence and originality.

Announcement of the National Academy of Sciences

2018

Performance-based Scholarship at the University of Innsbruck

2013

Award of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation: Best Master’s Thesis

2013

The Dynasty Foundation Scholarship

2012-2013

The Enhanced State Academic Scholarship

2011

Financial support from Universität Würzburg

2010

The Second International Olympiad in Mathematical Physics: III Prize

2010

Dr. Alexey Melnikov

Background

Research directions

Positions

Terra Quantum AG, Switzerland

University of Basel, Switzerland

University of Innsbruck, Austria

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

VTB Capital, Russia

Part-time Positions

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

ITMO University, Russia

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Science

Bachelor of Science

Selected Publications

Setting up experimental Bell tests with reinforcement learning

Machine learning for long-distance quantum communication

Machine learning transfer efficiencies for noisy quantum walks

Predicting quantum advantage by quantum walk with convolutional neural networks

Active learning machine learns to create new quantum experiments

Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships

Cozzarelli Prize 2018 in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, the U.S.A. National Academy of Sciences

Performance-based Scholarship at the University of Innsbruck

Award of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation: Best Master’s Thesis

The Dynasty Foundation Scholarship

The Enhanced State Academic Scholarship

Financial support from Universität Würzburg

The Second International Olympiad in Mathematical Physics: III Prize

All-Russian Student Olympiad in Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling: III Prize