Kfir Sulimany

Kfir Sulimany

Incoming Assistant Professor, Technion ECE

MIT, Research Laboratory for Electronics

Technion, Viterbi Faculty of ECE

Professional Summary

Kfir Sulimany is an incoming Assistant Professor at the Technion’s Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, where he is building the Quantum Machine Intelligence Lab. He currently leads the Quantum Perception team at MIT’s Research Laboratory for Electronics, working with Prof. Dirk Englund. He received his PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under Prof. Yaron Bromberg. His multidisciplinary background spanning quantum information science, photonics, and artificial intelligence drives his research at the intersection of quantum optics and machine intelligence on physical platforms.

Education

PhD in Physics

2017
2023

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

MSc in Physics

2014
2017

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

BSc in Physics and Mathematics

2008
2011

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Talpiot)

Diploma in Computer Science for BSc Graduates

2013
2016

Open University of Israel

Interests

Quantum Technology In-Physics Computing AI for Science Integrated Photonics

Join the Quantum Machine Intelligence Lab

We are building a new research lab at the Technion’s ECE faculty. We are hiring PhD and MSc students to work on quantum technology, in-physics computing, and AI for science, with a unique opportunity of a ~1 year funded visit to MIT as part of their studies.
Research Highlights

Quantum Technology

Quantum cryptography, secure quantum computation, and quantum machine learning, from provably secure quantum cryptography to information-theoretically secure deep learning.

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In-Physics Computing

Optical and RF neural networks that perform machine learning directly in the physical domain, and the fundamental energy limits of computation.

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AI for Science

Coupling LLMs with proof assistants for machine-checked scientific discovery. We build multi-agent theorem provers in Lean, formalize quantum information theory, and design benchmarks that measure real progress.

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Recent Publications
Latest News
Popular science article on quantum-secured AI (מדע גדול בקטנה) featured image

Popular science article on quantum-secured AI (מדע גדול בקטנה)

בינה מלאכותית מאובטחת קוונטית. An article about using quantum optics to guarantee privacy in cloud-based AI computation.

Paper on RF in-physics computing published in Science Advances featured image

Paper on RF in-physics computing published in Science Advances

Our paper on disaggregated machine learning via in-physics computing at radio frequency is published in Science Advances. [Read the paper](https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz0817).

Joining the Technion as Assistant Professor featured image

Joining the Technion as Assistant Professor

Excited to announce that I will be joining the Technion's Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering as an Assistant Professor. I'm building a new lab and …

Quantum-Secure Deep Learning published in Physical Review X featured image

Quantum-Secure Deep Learning published in Physical Review X

Our paper on quantum-secure multiparty deep learning is published in Physical Review X. We show how quantum mechanics can provide information-theoretic security for cloud-based AI …

MIT News covers our quantum security work featured image

MIT News covers our quantum security work

Our work on quantum-secure deep learning was featured by [MIT News](https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-security-protocol-shields-data-during-cloud-based-computation-0926), [Tech …