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Alaina Green

University of Maryland

RQS Senior Investigator
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Contact Information

amgreen@umd.edu
Office Phone:
x57617
Lab:
Atlantic B0223

Additional Information

Bio

Alaina Green is an experimental atomic physicist specializing in applications on programmable quantum devices. Her research encompasses quantum simulation of various physical systems, experimental quantum computer science and quantum control of trapped ions.

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Recent News

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    Researchers Explore How Quantum Computers—and Their Errors—May Enhance AI

    July 24, 2026

    Alaina Green, Norbert Linke and Victor Galitski are part of a collaboration exploring how running neural networks on various quantum computers—and leveraging intentional quantum randomness—can improve machine learning performance.

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    Alaina Green Wants to Build an Error-Creating Quantum Computer

    March 5, 2025

    She plans to leverage quantum simulation to test error correction protocols, applying the power of quantum computers to studying quantum computing itself.