Olivia Di Matteo

Olivia Di Matteo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of British Columbia. She joined the department in January 2022. Her research interests include quantum computing: compilation, circuits and algorithms; tomography and characterization; open-source quantum software; and education. She holds a BSc from Lakehead University, an MSc from the University of Waterloo, and a PhD from the University of Waterloo and Institute for Quantum Computing in Physics (Quantum Information). Prior to joining UBC, she worked as a Quantum Information Science Associate at TRIUMF and as a Quantum Computing Educator and Researcher at Xanadu, a Toronto-based quantum startup.

Olivia Di Matteo is a researcher at the University of British Columbia, specializing in Quantum Computing. Her work focuses on the development of quantum algorithms, quantum circuit synthesis, and the application of quantum computing to problems in quantum chemistry and optimization. She has contributed to the advancement of hybrid quantum-classical computations, quantum random-access memories, and quantum compilation techniques. Her research also explores the use of quantum computing in predicting nuclear properties and improving quantum program debugging. Di Matteo's work emphasizes the integration of quantum mechanics with computational methods to solve complex scientific problems.