Helen Propson
I am a first-year physics PhD student at EPFL, where I am fortunate to be advised by Yihui Quek.
I am broadly interested in theoretical computer science, with a particular focus on quantum computation.
I received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in computer science from MIT.
As an undergraduate, I conducted research in the Theory of Computation Group, advised by Vinod Vaikuntanathan, and the Engineering Quantum Systems Group, advised by Will Oliver.
Research
Post-Quantum Verifiable Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions
Helen Propson
Efficient Distributed Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions from LWE
SuperUROP Showcase, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 2023
Optimizing single-qubit control with Floquet theory [slides]
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2022
Teaching
6.1910 Computation Structures, Graduate TA, Fall 2023
6.1800 Computer Systems Engineering, LA & Grader, Spring 2023
MIT Momentum Leader, Summer 2022
6.0001/2 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science, LA, Spring 2022