About Me
I am interested in theoretical computer science with particular focus on quantum computing, optimization and sampling algorithms.
Currently I work as a quantum computing researcher at JPMorgan Chase.
My resume.
See also: Google Scholar, Linkedin.
E-mail: guneykanozgul@gmail.com
Publications and Preprints
- Quantum Speedups for Group Relaxations of Integer Linear Programs. Brandon Augustino, Dylan Herman, Guneykan Ozgul, Jacob Watkins, Atithi Acharya, Enrico Fontana, Junhyung Lyle Kim, Shouvanik Chakrabarti. Preprint 2026.
- Dylan Herman, Guneykan Ozgul, Anuj Apt, Junhyung Lyle Kim, Anupam Prakash, Jiayu Shen, Shouvanik Chakrabarti. Mechanisms for Quantum Advantage in Global Optimization of Nonconvex Functions (QIP 2026, APS 2026).
- Guneykan Ozgul, Xiantao Li, Mehrdad Mahdavi, Chunhao Wang. Quantum Speedups for Sampling and Non-convex Optimization with Stochastic Oracles (TQC 2026).
- Shouvanik Chakrabarti, Dylan Herman, Guneykan Ozgul, Shuchen Zhu, Brandon Augustino, Tianyi Hao, Zichang He, Ruslan Shaydulin, Marco Pistoia. Generalized Short Path Algorithms: Towards Super-Quadratic Speedup over Markov Chain Search for Combinatorial Optimization. (TQC 2025, APS 2025)
- Guneykan Ozgul, Xiantao Li, Mehrdad Mahdavi, Chunhao Wang. Stochastic quantum sampling for non-logconcave distributions and estimating partition functions. (ICML 2024)
Education
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2021-2025
- Advisors: Mehrdad Mahdavi, Chunhao Wang
- Dissertation: Quantum Algorithms for Markov Chain Methods In Machine Learning and Optimization (link)
B.S. Computer Engineering / Physics (Double Major), Boğaziçi University, 2012-2018