N. Daniel Kumar

Graduate Student
Department of Computer Science

341 Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Building
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175

ndkumar[at]cs.unc.edu
Office: (919) 962-1726
GVoice: (828) 675-8627

I am a grad student studying computer science/physics at UNC, advised by Prof Fabian Monrose and Prof Michael Reiter.

In the summer of 2013, I am returning to Google in Mountain View, CA.

I live in FB341.

Current Coursework

Fall 2012, UNC-CH

MATH 548: Combinatorics
MATH 653: Introductory Analysis
PHYS 341: Thermal Physics
PHYS 521: Applications of Quantum Mechanics
PHYS 543: Nuclear and Particle Physics
PHYS 721: Quantum Mechanics I

Spring 2013, UNC-CH

ASTR 701: Stellar Atmospheres and Interiors
ASTR 703: Galactic Dynamics and Interstellar Medium
MATH 681: Introductory Topology*
PHYS 312: Electromagnetism II*
PHYS 415: Optics
PHYS 722: Quantum Mechanics II

*audit

Teaching

At St Thomas More Academy in Raleigh, NC (Jan 2011-May 2012):

At UNC (Jan 2010-Dec 2010):

COMP 590-078: Introduction to Quantum Computer Science

COMP 590-096: Artificial Intelligence

Lana Lazebnik

Industry

In summer 2012, I interned with the Video Inventory Analytics team at Google in Mountain View, CA.
During the academic year 2011-12, I interned with Lockheed Martin's Virtual World Labs in Cary, NC.
In summer 2011, I interned with the NAS Performance Engineering Team at EMC in RTP, NC.

Previous Research

In the summer of 2010, I visited Prof Michele Mosca, Prof Norbert Lütkenhaus, and others at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo.

In the academic years 2008-10, I was a research assistant in the computer security group at UNC, working with Prof Fabian Monrose and Prof Michael Reiter.

As an undergraduate/MSc student, I had interests in astrophysics, and did some work with Prof Daniel Reichart at UNC.

'practical' quantum key distribution
scheduling for active network measurements
machine learning for large sky survey science
modeling of gamma-ray bursts

Conference Paper

Towards optimized probe scheduling for active measurement studies, N. D. Kumar, F. Monrose, and M. K. Reiter. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection (ICIMP), 26-31, March 2011. (Best Paper Award)

Publications

Machine learning techniques for astrophysical modelling and photometric redshift estimation of quasars in optical sky surveys, N. D. Kumar (2008). Master�s dissertation, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, UK, 116 pp; arXiv:0811.0520v2 [astro-ph].
A photometric redshift of z = 6.39 � 0.12 for GRB 050904, J. B. Haislip, M. C. Nysewander, D. E. Reichart et al. 2006, Nature, 440, 181-183.

Poster

Key generation across an untrusted entanglement-free quantum key distribution network, N. D. Kumar. Submitted to the 1st Annual Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCRYPT), ETH Zürich, September 2011.

Seminars/Talks Given

Towards a real-world use case for quantum key distribution
- Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, 27 September 2011.
Quantum cryptography and one-time pads in the presence of trust: Is the quantum mechanic's briefcase bigger than the trusted courier's?
- Laboratory for Theoretical and Quantum Informatics, Université de Montréal, 4 August 2011.

Professional Service

Program Committee
- ICIMP 2012-13: 7th-8th International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection
External Reviewer
- ACM CoNEXT 2011: 7th International Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies
- AQIS 2010: 10th Asian Conference on Quantum Information Science

CV (pdf) | Brief CV (txt)

Coursework/Other Interests

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2012