Milad Marvian

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico and also a member of the Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC). My research interests include the theoretical aspects of quantum computation, with a focus on quantum error correction and algorithms. I am also interested in exploring the connections to quantum optimal control and open quantum systems. Prior to joining UNM in 2020, I was a postdoctoral associate at MIT, and before that, I completed my Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California in 2018. I am a recipient of the DOE Early Career Research Award (2025) and the NSF CAREER Award (2023). I currently serve as an editor for Quantum journal.

Email: mmarvian at unm.edu
Office: ECE 235D

Research interests: Quantum computing, Quantum error correction, Open quantum systems

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October 2025 update: My group has openings for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers. If you're interested, please email your CV along with a brief overview of your research interests.

Group members:
  Current:
    Francisco U. Riberi (postdoctoral associate; Fall 25-)
    Benjamin Anker (PhD student; Fall 21-)
    Leeseok Kim (PhD student; Fall 21-)
    Evan Borras (PhD student; Fall 23-)
    Kevin Baca (PhD student; Fall 24-)
    Ethan Egger (PhD student; Fall 25-)
    Chaithanya Rayudu (PhD student; co-advised with Ojas Parekh; Fall 22-)
    Dayeon Yoo (Master's student; Fall 25-)
  Former:
    Graduated PhD students:
    Changhao Yi (Our group first graduated PhD student! Now postdoc at Fudan University)
      Thesis: Resource Estimation for Quantum Simulation Algorithms
      PhD Defense: June 2022.
    Conor Smith ( Now postdoc at Flatiron Institute)
      Thesis: Ab-Initio Phase Discovery with Neural Quantum States
      PhD Defense: May 2025.
    Undergraduate students:
    Dayeon Yoo (Undergraduate student; Summer 25)
    David Fernandez Vega (Undergraduate student; Summer 25)
    Maximilian Starceski (Undergraduate student; Summer 23-Fall 23)
    Bonnie Morales Ugarte (Undergraduate student; Summer 24-Fall 24)

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Teaching:

• Quantum Error Correction,
      Course number: ECE547/PHYS581; Spring 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021. (Syllabus)
  
• Introduction to Quantum information Science,
      Course number: ECE445/545-PHYS480/581; Fall 2025, 2024. (Syllabus)
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics,
      Course number: ECE300; Fall 2023, 2022, 2021. (Syllabus)
(Access through UNM's Canvas.)

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Publications:
(also see Google Scholar and arXiv)

• Universal Fault Tolerance with Non-Transversal Clifford Gates,
  Benjamin Anker, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• Compressing Syndrome Measurement Sequences,
  Benjamin Anker, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum algorithms based on quantum trajectories,
  Evan Borras, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• Faster Randomized Dynamical Decoupling,
  Changhao Yi, Leeseok Kim, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• A quantum algorithm to simulate Lindblad master equations,
  Evan Borras, Milad Marvian
  Phys. Rev. Research 7, 023076 (2025).
  [arXiv]
  
• Flag Gadgets based on Classical Codes,
  Benjamin Anker, Milad Marvian,
  PRX Quantum 5, 040340 (2024).
  [arXiv]
  
• Fault-tolerant quantum computation using large spin cat-codes,
  S. Omanakuttan, V. Buchemmavari, J. A. Gross, I. H. Deutsch, M. Marvian
  PRX Quantum 5, 020355 (2024).
  [arXiv]
  
• Hamiltonian Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks,
  Leeseok Kim, Seth Lloyd, Milad Marvian,
  Phys. Rev. Research 6, 033019 (2024).
  [arXiv]
  
• Improving the speed of variational quantum algorithms for quantum error correction,
  F. Zoratti, G.De Palma, B. Kiani, Q. T. Nguyen, M. Marvian, S. Lloyd, V. Giovannetti
  Phys. Rev. A 108, 022611 (2023).
  [arXiv]
  
• Limitations of variational quantum algorithms: a quantum optimal transport approach,
  G. De Palma, M. Marvian, C. Rouzé, D. Stilck França,
  PRX Quantum 4, 010309 (2023).
  [arXiv]
  
• Hamiltonian singular value transformation and inverse block encoding,
  S. Lloyd, B. Kiani, D. Arvidsson-Shukur, S. Bosch, G. De Palma, W. Kaminsky, Z. Liu,
  M. Marvian,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum Earth Mover's Distance: A New Approach to Learning Quantum Data,
  B. Kiani, G. De Palma, M. Marvian, ZW. Liu, S. Lloyd,
  Quantum Science and Technology 7, no. 4 (2022): 045002.
  [arXiv]
  
• Error mitigation via stabilizer measurement emulation,
  A. Greene, M. Kjaergaard, M. E. Schwartz, G. O. Samach, A. Bengtsson, M. O'Keeffe, D. K. Kim, M. Marvian, A. Melville, B. M. Niedzielski, A. Vepsalainen, R. Winik, J. Yoder, D. Rosenberg, S. Lloyd, T. P. Orlando, I. Marvian, S. Gustavsson, W. D. Oliver,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum algorithm for nonlinear differential equations,
  S. Lloyd, G. De Palma, C. Gokler, B. Kiani, Z. Liu, M. Marvian, F. Tennie, T. Palmer,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum advantage for differential equation analysis,
  B. Kiani, G. De Palma, D. Englund, W. Kaminsky, M. Marvian, S. Lloyd,
  Physical Review A, 105(2), p.022415.
  [arXiv]
  
• The quantum Wasserstein distance of order 1,
  G. De Palma, M. Marvian, D. Trevisan, S. Lloyd,
  IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (2021).
  24th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP), Munich, Germany, February 1-5, 2021.
  16th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptogra- phy (TQC 2021), July 5 to 8, 2021.
  [arXiv]
  
• Sign-curing local Hamiltonians: termwise versus global stoquasticity and the use of Clifford transformations ,
  M. Ioannou, S. Piddock, M. Marvian, J. Klassen, B. M. Terhal,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum polar decomposition algorithm,
  S. Lloyd, S. Bosch, G. De Palma, B. Kiani, Z. Liu, M. Marvian, P. Rebentrost, D. Arvidsson-Shukur,
  [arXiv]
  
• Robust universal Hamiltonian quantum computing using two-body interaction,
  M. Marvian and S. Lloyd,
  [arXiv]
  
• A quantum instruction set implemented on a superconducting quantum processor,
  M. Kjaergaard, M. E. Schwartz, A. Greene, G. O. Samach, A. Bengtsson, M. O'Keeffe, C. M. McNally, J. Braumüller, D. K. Kim, P. Krantz, M. Marvian, A. Melville, B. M. Niedzielski, Y. Sung, R. Winik, J. Yoder, D. Rosenberg, K. Obenland, S. Lloyd, T. P. Orlando, I. Marvian, S. Gustavsson, W. D. Oliver,
  Physical Review X 12, no. 1 (2022): 011005.
  [arXiv]
  
• Hardness and ease of curing the sign problem for two-Local qubit Hamiltonians,
  J. Klassen*, M. Marvian*, S. Piddock, M. Ioannou, I. Hen, and B. Terhal,
  SIAM Journal on Computing 49, no. 6 (2020): 1332-1362.
  [arXiv]
  
• On the computational complexity of curing non-stoquastic Hamiltonians​,
  M. Marvian, , D. A. Lidar, and I. Hen,
  Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (2019): 1571.
  [arXiv] [Presentation at QIP 2019]
  
• Suppression of effective noise in Hamiltonian simulations,
  M. Marvian, T. Brun, and D. A. Lidar,
  Physical Review A 96.5 (2017): 052328.
  [arXiv]
  
• Relaxation versus adiabatic quantum steady-state preparation,
  L. Venuti, T. Albash, M. Marvian, D. A. Lidar, P. Zanardi,
  Physical Review A 95.4 (2017): 042302.
  [arXiv]
  
• Error suppression for Hamiltonian quantum computing in Markovian environments,
  M. Marvian and D. A. Lidar,
  Physical Review A 95.3 (2017): 032302,
  [arXiv]
  
• Error suppression for Hamiltonian-based quantum computation using subsystem codes,
  M. Marvian and D. A. Lidar,
  Physical Review Letters 118.3 (2017): 030504.
  [arXiv]
  
• Fluctuation theorems for quantum processes,
  T. Albash, D. A. Lidar, M. Marvian, and P. Zanardi,
  Physical Review E 88.3 (2013): 032146,
  [arXiv]
  
• Secure quantum carriers for quantum state sharing,
  V. Karimipour and M. Marvian,
  International Journal of Quantum Information 10.02 (2012): 1250018.
  [arXiv]

Last update: Oct 2025