VOL. III  ·  ISSUE 04  ·  CHENNAI  ·  MAY 2026
PORTFOLIO  /  LAB JOURNAL  /  CV
⟨φ| Sricharan Suresh |φ⟩  ·  aspiring quantum engineer

SRICHARAN
SURESH

|ψ⟩ = α|research⟩ + β|production⟩
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“I build at the boundary of quantum theory and shipped software — Ising Hamiltonians, blind-signature protocols, NFC campus systems.”

B.Tech CSE + Quantum Computing (Honors) · SRM IST Vadapalani
↳ READING
Vaswani et al., Attention Is All You Need (2017)
↳ BUILDING
lindblad — C++23 quantum simulator suite
↳ REVIEW
Merit-Order State Preparation for Budget-Efficient MA-QAOA (preprint rs-9533781)
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§ I
About
§ V
Contact
§ IAbout / Hypothesisfig. 1.0 — 1.4
↳ ABSTRACT

Computer Science undergraduate at SRM IST Vadapalani specialising in Quantum Computing. I work at the intersection of research and production software — Ising/QUBO optimization, quantum K-means, and cross-platform campus systems with NFC, OCR and real-time sync. I care about technically serious work that is reproducible, usable, and privacy-respecting.

NOTE 1.  I prefer technically serious work that ships. Reproducibility is not optional.

9.31/10
B.Tech CSE — CGPA
10.00/10
Quantum (Hons) — CGPA
3
Papers (incl. under review)
15+
Public repositories
↳ EDUCATION
01
B.Tech CSE
SRM IST Vadapalani · 2023 — present
CGPA 9.31
02
B.Tech (Honors), Quantum Computing
SRM IST Vadapalani · 2025 — present
CGPA 10.00
↳ AFFILIATIONS
01
CSI Club
Head of PR & Outreach
Jul 2025 — present
02
SYNC Community
President
Apr 2026 — present
03
SYNC Community
Head of Operations
Aug 2024 — Apr 2026
↳ LANGUAGES · by lines across all repos
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§ IIResearch / Publications3 entries · sorted by recency
  1. 01
    Jan 2026 — May 2026
    under review

    Merit-Order State Preparation for Budget-Efficient MA-QAOA: A Factorial Study of Initialisation, Training, and Noise Resilience in Power Systems Unit Commitment

    Full factorial benchmark of 44 MA-QAOA variants across budget tiers and problem sizes. Novel contributions: Merit-Order State Preparation (QSP), physics-informed and inverse-physics-informed mixer weights, Power Orbits, and Layerwise-Progressive training — applied to the Unit Commitment problem in power systems.

    Ĥ = −J Σᵢⱼ σᵢᶻσⱼᶻ − Γ Σᵢ σᵢˣ
    · C++23· Python· Qiskit· lindblad· QAOA
  2. 02
    2025
    published

    Comparative Analysis of Classical and Quantum K-Means Clustering

    Genuine quantum K-Means using SWAP-test fidelity as the distance metric. Validated on the ENB2012 dataset (n=768) and an expanded 4,998-sample high-dimensional set.

    F(|φ⟩,|ψ⟩) = |⟨φ|ψ⟩|² via SWAP test
    · Python· Qiskit· Scikit-learn· NumPy
  3. 03
    2025
    seeking venue

    Automated Industrial Surface Defect Classification System

    17-model study across 4 deep-learning architectures and 9 classical baselines. ResNet-50 (GPU) reached 89.03% accuracy at 3.02 ms latency (331 FPS).

    argmin_θ 𝔼[ℓ(f_θ(x), y)] with transfer init
    · PyTorch· EfficientNet· ResNet-50· ROCm
    ↳ venue
    seeking venue
    github.com/verycareful/DL4SDD →
§ II·aPatent / Filed Application1 entry
↳ APPLICATION №
IN202541069649
filed July 2025  ·  Indian Patent Office
pending examination
↳ TITLE

A System of Ergonomic Assistive Writing Using a Pressure-Sensitive Digital Pen

An assistive writing device that responds to grip pressure and stroke dynamics, designed for users with fine-motor limitations.

§ IIIProjects / Selected Works3 featured · 15 indexed
fig. 01  ·  Systems

MAD

Minimum Ascent Descent — multi-minimum optimizer

Four-phase C++ optimizer that exhaustively finds all global minima of a differentiable 2D loss function. Standard gradient descent collapses to one minimum; MAD uses minimum-ascent trajectories, pass-point stacking, and directional exclusion sets to systematically escape and catalogue every basin. Validated on Himmelblau, Rastrigin, Ackley, and Beale. Collaborations welcome — reach out if this direction interests you.

· C++17· CMake· Python
min₁min₂θ₀↓ descent↗ ascent
fig. 01 — schematic, not to scale
fig. 02  ·  Quantum

lindblad

C++23 quantum computing framework

Exact and approximate simulators (statevector, density, Clifford, MPS), transpiler passes, noise modelling, and variational primitives (VQE, QAOA, Grover). Self-driven; long-term systems bet.

· C++23· CMake· Eigen· OpenMP
HRZX|q₀⟩|q₁⟩|q₂⟩⟨M⟩⟨M⟩⟨M⟩
fig. 02 — schematic, not to scale
fig. 03  ·  Quantum

uc-quantum

Factorial quantum study of Unit Commitment in power systems

Full factorial benchmark of 44 MA-QAOA variants. Novel contributions include Merit-Order State Preparation, physics-informed mixer weights, Power Orbits, and Layerwise-Progressive training. Preprint under review.

· C++23· Python· Qiskit· lindblad v2.3.2
⟨H⟩γ, β paramsmin
fig. 03 — schematic, not to scale
↳ INDEX · all other works
№ProjectCategoryStackYearStatusLinks
01MAD OptimizerSystemsC++17 · CMake · Python2026activerepo ↗
02NotBigBrotherw/ zParikPrivacyNode.js · RSA blind sigs2024liverepo ↗
03Quantum K-MeansQuantumPython · Qiskit2025publishedrepo ↗doi ↗
04Industrial Defect ClassifierSystemsPyTorch · ROCm2025seeking venuerepo ↗
05StEAM (Android)MultiplatformKotlin · Compose · ML Kit2025completerepo ↗
06StEAM (.NET MAUI)MultiplatformC# · MAUI · NFC2024completerepo ↗
07ResearchSyncMultiplatformC# · MAUI · SQLite2025archivedrepo ↗
08MapStrategyGameSystemsC# · Avalonia2025wiprepo ↗
09Latecomers WebWebReact · TS · Supabase2024completerepo ↗
10ODappMultiplatformMAUI · Supabase2024completerepo ↗
11Sports ShopWebReact · Vite · Supabase2024completerepo ↗
12Smart Doorbell AlertIoTESP8266 · Arduino2024complete—
13ODSiteWebNext.js · Supabase2024completerepo ↗
14Task Management SystemSystemsJava · Maven · FlatLaf2023completerepo ↗
15PGP Sentence LabSystemsPython · Flask2025wiprepo ↗
§ IVLab Notebook / Currentlyfield journal · raw thoughts
↳ CURRENTLY
WORKING ON
lindblad roadmap (simulator + transpiler hardening); portfolio curation
READING
Vaswani et al. — Attention Is All You Need (2017)
THINKING
German TV shows
LOCATED
Chennai, India · SRM IST Vadapalani
↳ PATENT
A System of Ergonomic Assistive Writing Using a Pressure-Sensitive Digital Pen
IN202541069649 · filed July 2025 · Indian Patent Office
↳ FIELD JOURNAL
May 2026
↳ ENGINEERING

AI replaces coders. It won't replace engineers.

Coding is translating a known solution into syntax. Software engineering is figuring out what the solution should even be — requirements that contradict, systems that fail in unexpected ways, tradeoffs nobody documented. AI is very good at the first thing. The second thing requires judgment built from shipping and being wrong.

Apr 2026
↳ ACADEMIC

Fast-track semester 7 — best or worst decision

Compressing a semester changes the texture of learning entirely. Either everything clicks faster under pressure, or nothing sticks because there's no time for it to settle. I genuinely don't know which one this is yet.

Mar 2026
↳ QUANTUM

lindblad exists because I hit the Qiskit wall

I needed to simulate more qubits than what was realistically possible in my Qiskit workflow. lindblad is now directly tied to my MA-QAOA energy-grid direction — better simulator control changes what experiments I can actually run.

Mar 2026
↳ QUANTUM

Barren plateaus are genuinely terrifying

The deeper the QAOA circuit, the flatter the gradient landscape. Layerwise Freezing helps but I'm not convinced it fully solves the problem at scale. Need to re-read Cerezo et al.

Mar 2026
↳ PRIVACY

NotBigBrother might actually matter

Most age-verification systems are surveillance pipelines with a legal cover story. Blind signatures decouple identity verification from activity tracking. The math is sound. The hard part is getting anyone to care.

Feb 2026
↳ ML

Why did ResNet-50 beat EfficientNet on defect classification?

EfficientNet is supposed to be more parameter-efficient but ResNet-50 GPU hit 89.03% vs EfficientNet-B0's 84.95%. Hypothesis: ResNet's skip connections handle low-level texture features in defect images better.

Jan 2026
↳ SYSTEMS

NFC + Camera on Android is a nightmare

On Samsung devices, CameraService actively suppresses NFC polling while a CameraCaptureSession is open. Took 3 days to figure out. Fixed it with a custom MauiCameraViewHandler and explicit CAMERA_STATE_CLOSED sync.

Mar 2026
↳ SYSTEMS

Good software feels different when the process is real

ResearchSync reminded me how rewarding properly developed software feels. Following a structured SDLC made the project calmer to build, easier to reason about, and far more maintainable.

§ IV·aCoursework / Certifications23 entries
001
Quantum Mechanics
Coursera · UCB · May 2026
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General Formulation of Quantum Information
IBM · Apr 2026
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Introduction to Natural Language Processing
upGrad · Apr 2026
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Cybersecurity Essentials
FutureSkills Prime · Mar 2026
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Basics of Quantum Information
IBM · Mar 2026
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Fundamentals of Network Security and Cryptography
Coursera · Packt · Mar 2026
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007
Compiler Design
Academy Europe Open University · Mar 2026
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008
Data Processing and Visualisation
FutureSkills Prime · Mar 2026
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Data Science for Beginners
FutureSkills Prime · Mar 2026
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Software Engineering Fundamentals — Software Development and Testing
Infosys Springboard · Feb 2026
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Certificate Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
FutureSkills Prime · Nov 2025
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Quantum Computing For Everyone — An Introduction
Coursera · Fractal Analytics · Oct 2025
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Demystifying Networking
NPTEL · Aug 2025
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Introduction to MongoDB
MongoDB · Jun 2025
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MongoDB Basics for Students
MongoDB · Jun 2025
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Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms
Coursera · Stanford University · Apr 2025
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Data Base Management System
NPTEL · Mar 2025
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Geodata Processing using Python and Machine Learning
IIRS · ISRO · Feb 2025
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Linux for Beginners
Infosys Springboard · Oct 2024
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Introduction to Unix
Infosys Springboard · Oct 2024
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Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms using Python
NPTEL · Sep 2024
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Design Thinking — A Primer
NPTEL · Aug 2024
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C for Beginners
Great Learning
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§ VCorrespondence / Colophonend of issue

Want to collaborate?

I read every message. Research collaborations, internships, or projects with a clear technical thesis — those especially.

↳ COLOPHON

Set in IBM Plex Mono, Inter Tight, and Newsreader. Hand-built in Next.js + TypeScript. Quantum sketches drawn in <canvas> with mouse-driven entanglement repulsion.

© 2026 Sricharan Suresh. Some rights reserved.
Last revised May 2026 · Vol. III, Issue 04.

NOTE †.  You can collapse the qubits in the masthead. Click one. They actually pick a basis state.