J. Lyle Kim
Quantum Computing Research Scientist
Global Technology Applied Research, JPMorganChase
Biography
My legal name is Junhyung Kim (김준형) but I usually go by Lyle. I am a Quantum Computing Research Scientist — Sr. Associate at JPMorganChase, Global Technology Applied Research. I obtained a Ph.D in Computer Science from Rice University, where I was advised by Prof. Anastasios Kyrillidis. I also worked closely with Prof. César A. Uribe and Prof. Nai-Hui Chia.
During graduate school, I interned at JPMorganChase hosted by Dr. Marco Pistoia, at MILA – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute hosted by Prof. Gauthier Gidel and Prof. Ioannis Mitliagkas, and at Meta (Fundamental AI Research) hosted by Dr. Aaron Defazio.
Before joining Rice, I was a research professional at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business supervised by Prof. Panos Toulis, after receiving bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Chicago.
Here is my CV, and Google Scholar.
Interests
- Optimization
- Quantum computing / algorithms
- Machine learning
Education
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Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2019 - 2024
Rice University
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B.A. in Mathematics; B.A. in Statistics, 2017
University of Chicago