Kelly Stevens is a Principal Research Scientist with 20 years of experience in the field of Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing. Her expertise spans multiple hardware platforms, including quantum error correction solutions for trapped ions, neutral atoms, spin qubits, and superconducting architectures. Under the DARPA QBI program, she is part of the team ensuring each quantum computing company receives a rigorous high-quality evaluation in logical architecture design. As a principal investigator at GTRI, she has led research and development programs totaling more than $20 million in awards and has managed teams delivering both research-grade and commercial-grade software. Her current research interests include quantum error correction, logical architecture gate sets, and classical control chain design for utility scale quantum computing architectures.
DARPA QBI program