Daan Camps

Postdoctoral scholar in computational mathematics

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Biography

I am a Postdoctoral researcher working in the Scalable Solvers Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on matrix and tensor decomposition techniques for quantum computing.

I obtained my PhD in Computer Science from KU Leuven where I worked on pole swapping methods for eigenvalue problems.

Interests

Numerical Linear Algebra
Quantum Computing
Complex Network Analysis

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 2019

KU Leuven
MSc in Mathematical Engineering, 2013

KU Leuven
MSc in Astronomy, 2011

KU Leuven
BSc in Physics, 2010

UHasselt

Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sep 2019 – Present Berkeley, California

Researching numerical (multi)linear algebra for quantum computing

PhD Researcher

KU Leuven, Department of Computer Science

Sep 2015 – Sep 2019 Leuven, Belgium

Dissertation: Pole swapping methods for the eigenvalue problem — Rational QR algorithms

Researched rational Krylov methods for (generalized) eigenvalue problems
Supervised exercise sessions on numerical mathematics for BSc in Engineering students