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Assistant Professor · Computer Science · Virginia Tech

Atul Mantri

Atul Mantri

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Virginia Tech · atulmantri@vt.edu · www.atulmantri.com

Career

2023 – Present
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
2020 – 2023
Research Associate, University of Maryland (QuICS)
2019
Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
2014 – 2019
Ph.D., Quantum Computing, SUTD & CQT, NUS

Advised by Joseph Fitzsimons.

2009 – 2014
B.S.–M.S., Physics, IISER Mohali

Research

Quantum computation and quantum information, with a focus on quantum cryptography: secure protocols for the quantum setting, and classical cryptography resilient to quantum computers. Centered on delegated quantum computation and multi-party computation.

Selected Publications

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

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

    Physical Review Letters 132(15), 150604, 2024 — PRL 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

    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 list 17 publications — atulmantri.com/publications

Awards & Funding

Awards Outstanding Graduate Research Award, SUTD FIRST Industry Workshop (2020); President's Graduate Fellowship, Singapore (2014–19); Inspire Fellowship, DST India (2009)

Funding PI, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative — $50,000 (2024–25); Co-PI, RTX/Raytheon — $57,000 (Fall 2024); College of Engineering pilot-study award — $20,000 (2025)

Service & Advising

Service Editor, Quantum (2025–); Steering Committee, DeCompute (2023–25); Moderator, Quantum Protocol Zoo (2020–)

Advising 3 Ph.D. students (Bhateja, Cochran, Esmaili); previously postdoc Chen Bai (2024–26, VT Presidential Fellow)