Stuart Wayland

Stuart Wayland

Optimization in Synthetic Quantum Systems.

PhD Student @ UCSC Founder @ Krv Labs

Research

Currently pursuing a PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz under Prof. Alexandra Kolla.

My work sits at the intersection of spectral graph theory, constraint satisfaction problems, and variational quantum algorithms. I focus on developing robust rounding algorithms for SDP relaxations in the context of Local Hamiltonian Problems.

Krv Labs

Founder of Krv Labs, the clinical trial platform for AI models.

We stress-test healthcare algorithms before deployment to ensure safety, reliability, and FDA compliance. Backed by NVIDIA Inception and Berkeley SkyDeck.

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science

    UC Santa Cruz | 2022 — Present

  • B.S. Mathematics & Computer Science

    UC Santa Barbara | 2018 — 2022

    Minor in Music

Core Stack

Python QISKIT Mathematica Spectral Theory

Beyond the Lab

When I'm not in front of a terminal, you can find me surfing, climbing, or making music.