Assistant Professor · Computer Science · Virginia Tech

Atul Mantri

Curriculum Vitae

Last updated August 2026

Dept. of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
atulmantri@vt.edu · www.atulmantri.com

Career

Aug '23 – Present
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Jan '23 – Jan '25
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Fellow, Southwest Virginia
Jan '20 – Jul '23
Research Associate, University of Maryland (QuICS)
Feb '19 – Dec '19
Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
Aug '14 – Feb '19
Ph.D. in Quantum Computing, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

Thesis: Secure Delegated Quantum Computing, advised by Joseph Fitzsimons. Visiting researcher at the Yukawa Institute, Kyoto (2018) and UPMC, Paris (2017); CQT summer research intern (2013–14).

Aug '09 – May '14
B.S.–M.S., Physics, IISER Mohali, India

Thesis: Study of Magnetic Traps and Radio Frequency Dressed State Potentials, advised by Mandip Singh.

Selected Publications

  1. Verifiable blind quantum computing with trapped ions and single photons

    P. Drmota, D. P. Nadlinger, D. Main, et al., A. Mantri, E. Kashefi, et al.

    Physical Review Letters 132(15), 150604, 2024 — selected for PRL's inaugural Collection of the Year

  2. Lattice-Based Quantum Advantage from Rotated Measurements

    Y. Alnawakhtha, A. Mantri, C. A. Miller, D. Wang

    Quantum 8, 1399, 2024

  3. Security Limitations of Classical-Client Delegated Quantum Computing

    C. Badertscher, A. Cojocaru, L. Colisson, E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, A. Mantri, P. Wallden

    Advances in Cryptology — ASIACRYPT 2020

  4. Flow ambiguity: A path towards classically driven blind quantum computation

    A. Mantri, T. F. Demarie, N. C. Menicucci, J. F. Fitzsimons

    Physical Review X 7, 031004, 2017

  5. Optimal blind quantum computation

    A. Mantri, C. A. Pérez-Delgado, J. F. Fitzsimons

    Physical Review Letters 111, 230502, 2013

Full publication list (17) →

Awards, Honors, and Fellowships

2020
Outstanding Graduate Research Award, SUTD FIRST Industry Workshop
2014 – 2019
President's Graduate Fellowship, Singapore
2009
Inspire Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India

Funding & Service

Funding
PI, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Virginia Node — $50,000 (2024–25)

Also: Co-PI, RTX (Raytheon) GRA support — $57,000 (Fall 2024, with Travis Morrison); College of Engineering pilot-study donation award — $20,000 (2025), supporting a hands-on, hardware- and programming-focused redesign of CS 4134.

Organizing
Co-organizer, Distributed Quantum Computing and Cryptography workshop, CCI (Jun 2024)
Service
Editor, Quantum (2025–Present); Steering Committee, DeCompute (2023–25); Moderator, The Quantum Protocol Zoo (2020–Present)

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