BRANDON BARTON
MS Program, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Brandon Barton
MS Program, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
The Quantum Engineering NRT Fellowship provides an excellent opportunity to perform interdisciplinary research. With the support of my wonderful faculty advisors, I am excited to bring new results to the field. Throughout my time as an NRT fellow, I also look forward to further developing my technical research and science communication skills. Outside of my research projects, I enjoy the strong community at Mines surrounding the Quantum Engineering program. In my free time, I practice jiu-jitsu and ride my bike.
The Quantum Engineering NRT Fellowship provides an excellent opportunity to perform interdisciplinary research. With the support of my wonderful faculty advisors, I am excited to bring new results to the field. Throughout my time as an NRT fellow, I also look forward to further developing my technical research and science communication skills. Outside of my research projects, I enjoy the strong community at Mines surrounding the Quantum Engineering program. In my free time, I practice jiu-jitsu and ride my bike.
Education
- MS, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Colorado School of Mines, 2024
- BS, Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines, 2022
Research Interests
- Complex systems (complex networks)
- Quantum many-body physics
- Machine learning
- Quantum information
- Mathematical physics
Current Project
My current work investigates the use of variational neural network methods for ground state prediction of quantum many-body Hamiltonians. In particular, I am interested in how to interpret the parameters of the model over quantum phase transitions. This work aims to provide a connection between the physics of the underlying model, and the parameters of the neural network.
Publications
Mentors
- Cecilia Diniz Behn, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Lincoln Carr, Physics
- Zhexuan Gong, Physics
Future Plans
Upon graduating from Mines in the spring of 2024, I will be a graduate intern at the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Quantum Physics in the summer of 2024. Following this, I look forward to starting my PhD in Physics at ETH Zurich in the fall of 2024.