Dhanvi Bharadwaj

PhD student working on Quantum Computing Architecture

I'm a 2nd-year PhD student in CSE @ University of Michigan, advised by Dr. Gokul Ravi! My research combines Quantum Computing and High-Performance Computing (HPC) to push towards practical quantum advantage. I'm also a MICDE graduate fellow (2024 cohort).

I spent Summer 2024 at NVIDIA, where I worked on accelerating tensor network simulations for cuQuantum. Previously, I interned at the startup qBraid, profiling quantum circuits and benchmarking GPU-based simulations, and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, developing quantum machine learning models.

Focus

Fault-tolerant Architectures
Quantum Algorithms
High Performance Computing

Education

PhD in Computer Science
University of Michigan, 2024-Present
BS in Physics + Data Science (Minor)
UW-Madison, 2020-2024

Email: dhanvib [at] umich [dot] edu

Selected Publications

ASPLOS

TreeVQA: A Tree-Structured Execution Framework for Shot Reduction in Variational Quantum Algorithms

Yuewen Hou, Dhanvi Bharadwaj, Gokul Subramanian Ravi

ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, March 2026

Bib Pdf

:::bibtex
@inproceedings{tree_vqa,
    author = "Hou, Yuewen and Bharadwaj, Dhanvi and Subramanian Ravi, Gokul",
    title = "TreeVQA: A Tree-Structured Execution Framework for Shot Reduction in Variational Quantum Algorithms",
    booktitle = "ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems",
    year = "2026",
    month = "March",
    url = "https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12068"
}

QCE

Characterizing Quantum Classifier Utility in Natural Language Processing Workflows

Kathleen Hamilton, John Gounley, Dhanvi Bharadwaj, and 5 more authors

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, Sept. 2023

Bib Poster

:::bibtex
@inproceedings{osti_2397467,
    author = "Hamilton, Kathleen and Gounley, John and Bharadwaj, Dhanvi and Chandra Shekar, Mayanka and Date, Prasanna and Coello Perez, Antonio and Suh, In-Saeng and Tourassi, Georgia",
    title = "Characterizing Quantum Classifier Utility in Natural Language Processing Workflows",
    booktitle = "IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering",
    doi = "10.1109/QCE57702.2023.10286",
    url = "https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2397467",
    place = "United States",
    organization = "Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)",
    year = "2023",
    month = "Sept."
}

Talks

Aug 10, 2025

IEEE MWSCAS Quantum Architectures Workshop @ Lansing

A Resource-Efficient Framework for Variational Algorithms on NISQ and Fault-Tolerant devices

Mar 21, 2025

Building Bridges @ Indiana University Indianapolis

Designing Hybrid Systems to Achieve Quantum Advantage

Dec 13, 2024

Quantum Student Lunch Seminar @ University of Michigan

Overview of Clifford Simulation and Stabilizer Formalism for Quantum Circuits

Hobbies & Interests

Photography & Cinematography (Lightroom is my all-time favorite piece of software)
Sand Volleyball (My postgrad hobby pick)
I’m all about exploring music and catching live shows (My spotify)
Traveling (I've explored 17 countries and counting)