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Hello :) I’m Brandon, a doctorate student in physics. I work in Juan Carrasquilla’s research group in the Insititute for Theoretical Physics at ETH Zürich. Previously, I completed my mater’s thesis work with Lincoln Carr at the Colorado School of Mines.

My work is focused on computational methods for quantum physics. In particular, I enjoy developing new classical and quantum algorithms for various problems in physics and other domains.

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Publications

Iterative quantum optimization of spin glass problems with rapidly oscillating transverse fields. **B Barton**, J Sagal, S Feeney, G Grattan, P Patnaik, V Oganesyan, LD Carr, E Kapit

On the approximability of random-hypergraph MAX-3-XORSAT problems with quantum algorithms. E Kapit, **B Barton**, S Feeney, G Grattan, P Patnaik, J Sagal, LD Carr, V Oganesyan

Exponential acceleration of macroscopic quantum tunneling in a Floquet Ising model. G Grattan, **B Barton**, S Feeney, G Mossi, P Patnaik, J Sagal, LD Carr, V Oganesyan, E Kapit

Updates

I successfully defended my M.Sc. thesis! - April 11, 2024

New arXiv pre-print on approximation hardness with quantum algorithms - December 11, 2023

New arXiv pre-print on macroscopic quantum tunneling - November 29, 2023

I am a visiting graduate student at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM). - August 1, 2023

Awarded the NSF Quantum Engineering National Research Traineeship (QENRT) fellowship. - December 1, 2022