Notes

Working explanations.

Field reports, technical notes, and reflections. Some record a result. Others preserve the path that made the result understandable.

Oct 2026reflection
The NISQ Era, Revisited: How Far Have We Come Since 2018
A retrospective on John Preskill's vision for noisy quantum computers, the progress that followed, and the challenges that remain.
12 min readQuantum Computing Research CSE
Aug 2026reflection
A first year of changing direction
A reflection on entering IIT Gandhinagar in Mechanical Engineering, moving into CSE, and finding direction through research, projects, and people.
10 min readExperiences CSE IIT Gandhinagar Research
Jul 2026field-report
My SRIP Experience: Unravelling the Enigma
A reflection on my IIT Gandhinagar SRIP research experience studying the mathematics of the Enigma machine, Rejewski's work, and combinatorial games.
4 min readSRIP Research Cryptanalysis Python

The NISQ Era, Revisited: How Far Have We Come Since 2018