Staff directory

KASHEFI Elham

Director of research
Team : QI

Sorbonne Université - LIP6

+33 1 44 27 71 33
Elham.Kashefi (at) nulllip6.fr
https://perso.lip6.fr/Elham.Kashefi

Seven PhD Students (Supervision / Co-supervision)

MAMON Eliott : Quantum Machine Learning.
MHIRI Hela : Caractérisation des algorithmes quantiques variationnels et exploration de leur potentiel pour l'avantage quantique.
MONBROUSSOU Leo : No title.
RAJ Snehal : Algorithmes d'apprentissage par renforcement quantique.
SEDRAKYAN Tigran : Optical Quantum Machine Learning; Architectures and Applications.
THOMAS Hugo : Avantage du calcul quantique photonique dans le cadre de l'apprentissage automatique.
YANG Bo : Robust and Scalable Noise Mitigation for Quantum Computing.

Two Postdocs at Sorbonne University (Supervision)

GUSTIANI Cica : No title.
LIAO Yidong : No title.

Eight past PhD Students (2020 - 2024) at Sorbonne University

Five past Postdoc (2016 - 2024) at Sorbonne University

2017-2025 Publications

2025
- L. Monbroussou, J. Landman, L. Wang, A. Grilo, E. Kashefi : “Subspace preserving quantum convolutional neural network architectures”, Quantum Science and Technology, (IOP Science) (2025)
2024
- B. Polacchi, D. Leichtle, G. Carvacho, G. Milani, N. Spagnolo, M. Kaplan, E. Kashefi, F. Sciarrino : “Experimental verifiable multi-client blind quantum computing on a Qline architecture”, (2024)
- C. Gustiani, D. Leichtle, J. Miller, R. Grassie, D. Mills, E. Kashefi : “On-Chip Verified Quantum Computation with an Ion-Trap Quantum Processing Unit”, (2024)
- Ch. Wadhwa, L. Lewis, E. Kashefi, M. Doosti : “Agnostic Process Tomography”, (2024)
- H. Thomas, P.‑E. Emériau, E. Kashefi, H. Ollivier, U. Chabaud : “On the role of coherence for quantum computational advantage”, (2024)
- L. Monbroussou, Eliott Z. Mamon, H. Thomas, V. Yacoub, U. Chabaud, E. Kashefi : “Towards quantum advantage with photonic state injection”, (2024)
- B. Yang, E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, H. Ollivier : “Quantum Error Suppression with Subgroup Stabilisation”, Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC), Okinawa, Japan (2024)
- M. Mehrani, K. Masoudi, R. Mezher, E. Kashefi, D. Sadhukhan : “Restricted Randomized Benchmarking with Universal Gates of Fixed Sequence Length”, (2024)
- A. Bredariol Grilo, E. Kashefi, D. Markham, M. De Oliveira : “The power of shallow-depth Toffoli and qudit quantum circuits”, (2024)
- J. Frank, E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, M. De Oliveira : “Heuristic-free Verification-inspired Quantum Benchmarking”, (2024)
- P. Drmota, D. P. Nadlinger, D. Main, B. C. Nichol, E. M. Ainley, D. Leichtle, A. Mantri, E. Kashefi, R. Srinivas, G. Araneda, C. J. Ballance, D. M. Lucas : “Verifiable Blind Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions and Single Photons”, Physical Review Letters, vol. 132 (15), pp. 150604, (American Physical Society) (2024)
- E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, L. Music, H. Ollivier : “Verification of Quantum Computations without Trusted Preparations or Measurements”, Quantum Computing Theory in Practice, Edinburgh (Ecosse), United Kingdom (2024)
- H. Mhiri, L. Monbroussou, M. Herrero‑Gonzalez, S. Thabet, E. Kashefi, J. Landman : “Constrained and Vanishing Expressivity of Quantum Fourier Models”, (2024)
2023
- B. Polacchi, D. Leichtle, L. Limongi, G. Carvacho, G. Milani, N. Spagnolo, M. Kaplan, F. Sciarrino, E. Kashefi : “Multi-client distributed blind quantum computation with the Qline architecture”, Nature Communications, vol. 14 (1), pp. 7743, (Nature Publishing Group) (2023)
- J. Mills, D. Sadhukhan, E. Kashefi : “Simplifying errors by symmetry and randomisation”, (2023)
- Sh. Singh, M. Doosti, N. Mathur, M. Delavar, A. Mantri, H. Ollivier, E. Kashefi : “Towards a Unified Quantum Protocol Framework: Classification, Implementation, and Use Cases”, (2023)
- L. Monbroussou, J. Landman, A. Bredariol Grilo, R. Kukla, E. Kashefi : “Trainability and Expressivity of Hamming-Weight Preserving Quantum Circuits for Machine Learning”, (2023)
- A. Angrisani, M. Doosti, E. Kashefi : “A unifying framework for differentially private quantum algorithms”, (2023)
- B. Polacchi, D. Leichtle, L. Limongi, G. Carvacho, G. Milani, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, E. Kashefi, M. Kaplan : “Multi-client distributed blind quantum computation with the Qline architecture”, (2023)
- J. Harris, E. Kashefi : “Exponential Quantum Error Mitigation of BQP Computations using Verification”, (2023)
- P. Drmota, D. P. Nadlinger, D. Main, B. C. Nichol, E. M. Ainley, D. Leichtle, A. Mantri, E. Kashefi, R. Srinivas, G. Araneda, C. J. Ballance, D. M. Lucas : “Verifiable blind quantum computing with trapped ions and single photons”, (2023)
- M. Doosti, L. Hanouz, A. Marin, E. Kashefi, M. Kaplan : “Establishing shared secret keys on quantum line networks: protocol and security”, (2023)
- Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, L. Music, H. Ollivier : “Asymmetric Quantum Secure Multi-Party Computation With Weak Clients Against Dishonest Majority”, (2023)
2022
- J. Landman, S. Thabet, C. Dalyac, H. Mhiri, E. Kashefi : “Classically Approximating Variational Quantum Machine Learning with Random Fourier Features”, (2022)
- K. Chakraborty, M. Doosti, Y. Ma, Ch. Wadhwa, M. Arapinis, E. Kashefi : “Quantum Lock: A Provable Quantum Communication Advantage”, (2022)
- A. Angrisani, M. Doosti, E. Kashefi : “Differential Privacy Amplification in Quantum and Quantum-inspired Algorithms”, (2022)
- Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, L. Music, H. Ollivier : “Unifying Quantum Verification and Error-Detection: Theory and Tools for Optimisations”, (2022)
- Y. Ma, E. Kashefi, M. Arapinis, K. Chakraborty, M. Kaplan : “QEnclave - A practical solution for secure quantum cloud computing”, npj Quantum Information, vol. 8 (1), pp. 128, (Nature) (2022)
- A. Angrisani, E. Kashefi : “Quantum Local Differential Privacy and Quantum Statistical Query Model”, (2022)
- L. Music, C. Chevalier, E. Kashefi : “Correction to: Dispelling myths on superposition attacks: formal security model and attack analyses”, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, vol. 90 (6), pp. 1535-1535, (Springer Verlag) (2022)
- L. Music, C. Chevalier, E. Kashefi : “Dispelling myths on superposition attacks: formal security model and attack analyses”, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, vol. 90 (4), pp. 881-920, (Springer Verlag) (2022)
- R. Barbosa, T. Douce, P.‑E. Emériau, E. Kashefi, Sh. Mansfield : “Continuous-variable nonlocality and contextuality”, Communications in Mathematical Physics, vol. 391, pp. 1047-1089, (Springer Verlag) (2022)
- A. Angrisani, B. Coyle, E. Kashefi : “Probably approximately correct quantum source coding”, (2022)
- N. Shettell, D. Markham, E. Kashefi : “Cryptographic approach to Quantum Metrology”, Physical Review Applied, (American Physical Society) (2022)
- Ch. Liao, S. Bahrani, F. Da Silva, E. Kashefi : “Benchmarking of quantum protocols”, Scientific Reports, vol. 12 (1), pp. 5298, (Nature Publishing Group) (2022)
- N. Jain, B. Coyle, E. Kashefi, N. Kumar : “Graph neural network initialisation of quantum approximate optimisation”, Quantum, vol. 6, pp. 861 (2022)
- M. Doosti, N. Kumar, E. Kashefi, K. Chakraborty : “On the connection between quantum pseudorandomness and quantum hardware assumptions”, Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 7 (3), pp. 035004, (IOP Science) (2022)
2021
- M. Doosti, M. Delavar, E. Kashefi, M. Arapinis : “A Unified Framework For Quantum Unforgeability”, (2021)
- N. Kumar, R. Mezher, E. Kashefi : “Efficient Construction of Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions with Unitary t-designs”, (2021)
- R. Mezher, J. Mills, E. Kashefi : “Mitigating errors by quantum verification and post-selection”, (2021)
- L. Colisson, F. Grosshans, E. Kashefi : “Non-Destructive Zero-Knowledge Proofs on Quantum States, and Multi-Party Generation of Authorized Hidden GHZ States”, (2021)
- E. Derbyshire, R. Mezher, Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi : “Randomized Benchmarking with Stabilizer Verification and Gate Synthesis”, (2021)
- U. Chabaud, F. Grosshans, E. Kashefi, D. Markham : “Efficient verification of Boson Sampling”, Quantum, vol. 5, pp. 578, (Verein) (2021)
- N. Kumar, U. Chabaud, E. Kashefi, D. Markham, E. Diamanti : “Optimal quantum-programmable projective measurements with coherent states”, Physical Review Research, vol. 3 (4), pp. 043035, (American Physical Society) (2021)
- D. Leichtle, L. Music, E. Kashefi, H. Ollivier : “Verifying BQP Computations on Noisy Devices with Minimal Overhead”, PRX Quantum, vol. 2 (4), pp. 040302, (APS Physics) (2021)
- Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi, L. Music, H. Ollivier : “Delegating Multi-Party Quantum Computations vs. Dishonest Majority in Two Quantum Rounds”, (2021)
- E. Kashefi, L. Music, P. Wallden : “The Quantum Cut-and-Choose Technique and Quantum Two-Party Computation”, (2021)
- I. Čepaitė, B. Coyle, E. Kashefi : “A Continuous Variable Born Machine”, (2021)
- M. Doosti, N. Kumar, M. Delavar, E. Kashefi : “Client-Server Identification Protocols with Quantum PUF”, (2021)
- M. Ciampi, A. Cojocaru, E. Kashefi, A. Mantri : “Secure Quantum Two-Party Computation: Impossibility and Constructions”, (2021)
- B. Coyle, M. Doosti, E. Kashefi, N. Kumar : “Variational Quantum Cloning: Improving Practicality for Quantum Cryptanalysis”, (2021)
2020
- B. Coyle, M. Henderson, J. Le, N. Kumar, M. Paini, E. Kashefi : “Quantum versus Classical Generative Modelling in Finance”, Quantum Science and Technology, (IOP Science) (2020)
- Ch. Badertscher, A. Cojocaru, L. Colisson, E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, A. Mantri, P. Wallden : “Security Limitations of Classical-Client Delegated Quantum Computing”, Asiacrypt 2020, Virtual Event, Korea, Republic of (2020)
- L. Music, E. Kashefi, C. Chevalier : “Dispelling Myths on Superposition Attacks: Formal Security Model and Attack Analyses”, International Conference on Provable Security, ProvSec 2020: Provable and Practical Security, vol. 12505, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Singapour / Virtual, Singapore, pp. 318-337, (Springer) (2020)
- E. Kashefi, D. Leichtle, L. Music, H. Ollivier : “Securing Quantum Computations in the NISQ Era”, (2020)
- B. Coyle, D. Mills, V. Danos, E. Kashefi : “The Born supremacy: quantum advantage and training of an Ising Born machine”, npj Quantum Information, vol. 6 (1), pp. 60, (Nature) (2020)
- J. Eisert, D. Hangleiter, N. Walk, I. Roth, D. Markham, Rh. Parekh, U. Chabaud, E. Kashefi : “Quantum certification and benchmarking”, Nature Reviews Physics, vol. 2, pp. 382-390, (Nature) (2020)
- U. Chabaud, T. Douce, F. Grosshans, E. Kashefi, D. Markham : “Building trust for continuous variable quantum states”, 15^th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2020), vol. 158, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Riga, Latvia, pp. 3:1-3:15, (Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik) (2020)
2019
- M. Arapinis, M. Delavar, M. And, E. Kashefi : “Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions: Possibilities and Impossibilities”, (2019)
- A. Cojocaru, L. Colisson, E. Kashefi, P. Wallden : “QFactory: classically-instructed remote secret qubits preparation”, Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT 2019, vol. 11921, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Kobe, Japan, pp. 615-645, (Springer) (2019)
- B. Coyle, E. Kashefi, M. Hoban : “Certified Randomness From Steering Using Sequential Measurements”, Cryptography, vol. 3 (4), pp. 27, (MDPI) (2019)
- I. Vankov, D. Mills, P. Wallden, E. Kashefi : “Methods for Classically Simulating Noisy Networked Quantum Architectures”, Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 5 (1), pp. 014001, (IOP Science) (2019)
- J.‑Ch. Faugère, K. Horan, D. Kahrobaei, M. Kaplan, E. Kashefi, L. Perret : “Fast Quantum Algorithm for Solving Multivariate Quadratic Equations”, (2019)
- S. Aaronson, A. Cojocaru, A. Gheorghiu, E. Kashefi : “Complexity-theoretic limitations on blind delegated quantum computation”, The 46^th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, Patras, Greece (2019)
- B. Coyle, D. Mills, V. Danos, E. Kashefi : “The Born Supremacy: Quantum Advantage and Training of an Ising Born Machine”, (2019)
- A. Gheorghiu, Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi : “Verification of Quantum Computation: An Overview of Existing Approaches”, Theory of Computing Systems, vol. 63 (4), pp. 715-808, (Springer Verlag) (2019)
- P. Wallden, E. Kashefi : “Cyber security in the quantum era”, Communications of the ACM, vol. 62 (4), pp. 120-120, (Association for Computing Machinery) (2019)
- T. Douce, D. Markham, E. Kashefi, P. Van Loock, G. Ferrini : “Probabilistic Fault-Tolerant Universal Quantum Computation and Sampling Problems in Continuous Variables”, Physical Review A, vol. 99 (1), pp. 012344, (American Physical Society) (2019)
2018
- E. Kashefi : “Verification of Quantum Computing”, habilitation, phd defence 02/08/2018 (2018)
- U. Chabaud, E. Diamanti, D. Markham, E. Kashefi, A. Joux : “Optimal quantum-programmable projective measurement with linear optics”, Physical Review A, (American Physical Society) (2018)
- Sh. Mansfield, E. Kashefi : “Quantum Advantage from Sequential-Transformation Contextuality”, Physical Review Letters, vol. 121 (23), pp. 230401, (American Physical Society) (2018)
- A. Gheorghiu, M. Hoban, E. Kashefi : “A simple protocol for fault tolerant verification of quantum computation”, Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 4 (1), pp. 015009, (IOP Science) (2018)
- M. Arapinis, E. Kashefi, N. Lamprou, A. Pappa : “A Comprehensive Analysis of Quantum E-voting Protocols”, 8^th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography, Shanghai, China (2018)
- A. Cojocaru, L. Colisson, E. Kashefi, P. Wallden : “On the possibility of classical client blind quantum computing”, 8^th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography, Shanghai, China (2018)
- B. Coyle, M. Hoban, E. Kashefi : “One-Sided Device-Independent Certification of Unbounded Random Numbers”, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 273, Proceedings of the 9^th International Workshop on Physics and Computation, Fontainebleau, France, 26 June 2018, pp. 14-26, (EPTCS) (2018)
- Y. Naveh, E. Kashefi, J. Wootton, K. Bertels : “Theoretical and practical aspects of verification of quantum computers”, 2018 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), Dresden, Germany, pp. 721-730, (IEEE) (2018)
- D. Mills, A. Pappa, Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi : “Information Theoretically Secure Hypothesis Test for Temporally Unstructured Quantum Computation (Extended Abstract)”, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 266, pp. 209-221, (EPTCS) (2018)
2017
- M. Clementi, A. Pappa, A. Eckstein, I. Walmsley, E. Kashefi, S. Barz : “Classical multiparty computation using quantum resources”, Physical Review A, vol. 96 (6), pp. 062317, (American Physical Society) (2017)
- U. Chabaud, T. Douce, D. Markham, P. Van Loock, E. Kashefi, G. Ferrini : “Continuous-Variable Sampling from Photon-Added or Photon-Subtracted Squeezed States”, Physical Review A, (American Physical Society) (2017)
- E. Kashefi, A. Pappa : “Multiparty Delegated Quantum Computing”, Cryptography, vol. 1 (2), pp. 12, (MDPI) (2017)
- J. Fitzsimons, E. Kashefi : “Unconditionally verifiable blind quantum computation”, Physical Review A, vol. 96 (1), pp. 012303, (American Physical Society) (2017)
- E. Kashefi, P. Wallden : “Garbled Quantum Computation”, Cryptography, vol. 1 (1), pp. 6, (MDPI) (2017)
- E. Kashefi, P. Wallden : “Optimised resource construction for verifiable quantum computation”, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, vol. 50 (14), pp. 145306, (IOP Publishing) (2017)
- A. Gheorghiu, P. Wallden, E. Kashefi : “Rigidity of quantum steering and one-sided device-independent verifiable quantum computation”, New Journal of Physics, vol. 19 (2), pp. 023043, (Institute of Physics: Open Access Journals) (2017)
- T. Douce, D. Markham, E. Kashefi, E. Diamanti, Th. Coudreau, P. Milman, P. Van Loock, G. Ferrini : “Continuous-Variable Instantaneous Quantum Computing is Hard to Sample”, Physical Review Letters, vol. 118 (7), (American Physical Society) (2017)
- E. Diamanti, E. Kashefi : “Best of both worlds”, Nature Physics, vol. 13 (1), pp. 3-4, (Nature Publishing Group [2005-....]) (2017)
- A. Gheorghiu, Th. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi : “Verification of Quantum Computation and the Price of Trust”, Computer Science -- Theory and Applications: 12^th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, vol. 10304, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Kazan, Russian Federation, pp. 15-19, (Springer) (2017)