KUKrishna Upadhyay
PhD Researcher
Quantum Software
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Multi-Agent AI
PhD researcher building at the frontier of quantum software, post-quantum cryptography, and multi-agent AI systems. My work centers on benchmarking, taking these emerging technologies and putting them under pressure to see what actually holds up. I care about turning complex theoretical systems into measurable, reliable results that others can build on. I'm actively seeking internship opportunities where I can bring this research mindset to a team solving hard, real-world problems.
Krishna Upadhyay
PhD Researcher
Quantum Software
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Multi-Agent AI
PhD researcher building at the frontier of quantum software, post-quantum cryptography, and multi-agent AI systems. My work centers on benchmarking, taking these emerging technologies and putting them under pressure to see what actually holds up. I care about turning complex theoretical systems into measurable, reliable results that others can build on. I'm actively seeking internship opportunities where I can bring this research mindset to a team solving hard, real-world problems.
Publications
Daniel Liu, Krishna Upadhyay, Vinaik Chhetri, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq
2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data
Krishna Upadhyay, Vinaik Chhetri, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq
4th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)
Vinaik Chhetri, Krishna Upadhyay, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq
2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data
Umar Farooq, Krishna Upadhyay
arXiv
Joseph Strauss, Krishna Upadhyay, A.B. Siddique, Ibrahim Baggili, Umar Farooq
46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) (Poster Track)
Moshood A. Fakorede, Krishna Upadhyay, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq
arXiv
Krishna Upadhyay, Moshood A. Fakorede, Umar Farooq
arXiv
Projects
LLMBench
Highly configurable benchmarking CLI for evaluating LLM performance with highly customizable datasets
Money Change Calculator
Interactive educational tool for making changes denomination targeting young learners
Awards & Grants
4th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW) 2025
Awarded for "Analyzing the Evolution and Maintenance of Quantum Software Repositories."
Certifications
IBM
Basics of Quantum Information
IBM
Fundamentals of Quantum Algorithms
IBM
Education
2024 - Present
2024 - Present
PhD in Computer Science
Louisiana State University
2015 - 2019
2015 - 2019
Bachelor of Computer Engineering
Work Experience
2021 - 2024
2021 - 2024
Software Developer
Kathmandu, Nepal
Shipped and maintained a Next.js web app alongside two standalone Expo/React Native apps for iOS and Android within one product ecosystem
Designed the GraphQL API layer with Apollo Server and GraphQL Nexus, backed by Prisma and PostgreSQL
Rolled out self-hosted feature flagging, product analytics, and attribute-based access control across the stack
Owned deployment and infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Docker
Frontend
Next.js
TypeScript
Mobile
Expo
React Native
API & Data
GraphQL
Apollo
Nexus
Prisma
PostgreSQL
Platform
Firebase
Flagsmith
Metabase
CASL
Infra
AWS
Terraform
Docker
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2021
Quality Assurance Engineer
Kathmandu, Nepal
Automated end-to-end test suites with Cypress and Selenium to catch regressions before release
Ran manual and integration testing across web applications to validate functionality and cross-service behavior
Built test tooling and scripts in JavaScript and Python to speed up QA cycles
Automation
Cypress
Selenium
Testing
Manual Testing
Integration Testing
Languages
JavaScript
Python