Daanish Arya

Daanish Arya has worked in a variety of roles since 2015. In 2015, they were a Sales Associate at EB Games Australia, where they provided a smooth and comfortable customer experience by sharing knowledge of the product, providing recommendations, and promoting upcoming releases and services. In 2016, they were an Intern at IBM Infrastructure Services & Technology, and was a PASS Leader at Monash University. In 2017, they were a PASS Leader and Summer Research Assistant at Monash University. In 2018, they were an Autonomous Systems Engineer at Monash Motorsport, where they designed a steering and acceleration control system and performed integration of computing and actuation control systems used in an autonomous formula student (FSAE) car. In 2020, they were a Laboratory Demonstrator at The University of Western Australia, assisting 1st and 3rd year UWA physics students with experiments in electromagnetism, fluids, quantum mechanics, and other fields of physics. In 2021, they were a Freelance Software Developer, developing a Python-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) for a Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) signal generator. Currently, they are a Quantum Applications Engineer and Junior Quantum Developer at Quantum Brilliance, developing and implementing novel quantum algorithms for solving classically hard problems, emulating quantum algorithms using C++ and Python on classical computing infrastructure, developing a custom GPU-accelerated tensor network backend, and implementing a noise model for the XACC backend.

Daanish Arya began their educational journey in 2013, when they completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate) at John Monash Science School. From 2015 to 2019, Daanish attended Monash University and earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering. In 2018, Daanish participated in an exchange program at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, where they earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours). Currently, Daanish is studying for a Master of Physics (MPhys) at The University of Western Australia, with a focus on Computational Physics.