Krishna Upadhyay
Krishna UpadhyayKU

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.

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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.

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News

Oct 21, 2026

Accepted

Our work on generating a security and privacy taxonomy from mobile app reviews was accepted at IEEE BigData 2026.

Oct 17, 2026

Released

Added templates to QisPlay: start a project from a starter template, beginning with eight labs for an introductory quantum computing course.

Oct 16, 2026

Award

Received a student travel grant to attend ACM PQQS 2026 and present our poster on LLM agents for post-quantum cryptographic migrations.

Oct 14, 2026

Released

Released QisDebug, a zero-touch debugger that records everything that happens to a Qiskit circuit, from construction through transpilation to execution. Now on PyPI.

Oct 12, 2026

Released

Launched QisPlay, a Python and Qiskit playground that runs Qiskit and Qiskit Aer entirely in the browser.

Sep 28, 2026

Accepted

Our poster on LLM agents for post-quantum cryptographic migrations is heading to ACM PQQS 2026.

Publications

🎉 Just Accepted!

Security and Privacy Taxonomy Generation from Mobile App Reviews

Moghis Fereidouni, Krishna Upadhyay, Umar Farooq, A.B. Siddique

2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data logo2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

2026ConferenceTo Appear
🎉 Just Accepted!

Poster: Evaluating LLM Agents for Post-Quantum Cryptographic Migrations

Krishna Upadhyay, Umar Farooq

2026 ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS) (Poster Track) logo2026 ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS) (Poster Track)

2026ConferenceTo Appear

A Large-Scale Study on the Development and Issues of Multi-Agent AI Systems

Daniel Liu, Krishna Upadhyay, Vinaik Chhetri, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq

2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data logo2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

2025Workshop
🏆 Best Paper Award

Analyzing the Evolution and Maintenance of Quantum Software Repositories

Krishna Upadhyay, Vinaik Chhetri, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq

4th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW) logo4th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)

2025Conference

Large-Scale Analysis of User Feedback on AI-Powered Mobile Apps

Vinaik Chhetri, Krishna Upadhyay, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq

2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data logo2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

2025Conference
📝 In Submission

Teaching Quantum Computing through Lab-Integrated Learning: Bridging Conceptual and Computational Understanding

Umar Farooq, Krishna Upadhyay

arXiv logoarXiv

2025Preprint

Poster: Assessing and Enhancing Quantum Readiness in Mobile Apps

Joseph Strauss, Krishna Upadhyay, A.B. Siddique, Ibrahim Baggili, Umar Farooq

46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) (Poster Track) logo46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) (Poster Track)

2025Symposium
📝 In Submission

MobileDev-Bench: A Benchmark for Issue Resolution in Mobile Application Development

Moshood A. Fakorede, Krishna Upadhyay, A.B. Siddique, Umar Farooq

arXiv logoarXiv

2026Preprint
📝 In Submission

Understanding Bugs in Quantum Simulators: An Empirical Study

Krishna Upadhyay, Moshood A. Fakorede, Umar Farooq

arXiv logoarXiv

2026Preprint

Projects

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QisDebug

Library

Zero-touch debugger for Qiskit. One start() call records every gate, transpiler pass, and mid-execution statevector onto a timeline you can explore in a GUI, a terminal, or through an AI agent over MCP.

GitHub
PyPI
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QisPlay

Web App

Browser-based Python and Qiskit playground with a VS Code-style editor, projects, a Python console, and plots. Runs Qiskit and Qiskit Aer fully client-side, with no install or account.

GitHub
Live
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QisLearn

Web App

Interactive, browser-based Qiskit course with lessons, a code editor, static circuit checking, and live visualizations like the Bloch sphere and statevectors. No backend, runs fully client-side.

GitHub
Live
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PyAST

Library

AST parsing and unparsing for Python written in Deno that works for browsers and servers.

GitHub
NPM
JSR
Live

Latticeforge

Web App

Browser-based, CyberChef-style toolkit for exploring NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography algorithms with configurable inputs and outputs.

GitHub
Live

LLMBench

CLI

Highly configurable benchmarking CLI for evaluating LLM performance with highly customizable datasets

GitHub

SimpleBench

Tool

Disk benchmarking tool measuring I/O performance under different workloads

GitHub
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BreakMyChange

Web App

Interactive educational tool for making changes denomination targeting young learners

Live

Awards & Grants

Student Travel Grant

2026

2026 ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS)

Awarded to attend ACM PQQS 2026 and present the poster "Evaluating LLM Agents for Post-Quantum Cryptographic Migrations."

Best Paper Award

2025

4th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW) 2025

Awarded for "Analyzing the Evolution and Maintenance of Quantum Software Repositories."

Certifications

IBM

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Basics of Quantum Information

IBM

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Fundamentals of Quantum Algorithms

IBM

Education

2024 - Present

2024 - Present

PhD in Computer Science

Division of Computer Science and Engineering

Louisiana State University

GPA 4.0/4.0. Expected graduation August 2028.

Advanced AlgorithmsProgramming Languages and StructureAdvanced Operating SystemsSoftware EngineeringMachine LearningQuantum AlgorithmsLLM Development

2015 - 2019

2015 - 2019

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

Pulchowk Campus

Institute of Engineering

Tribhuvan University

Data Structures and AlgorithmsObject Oriented ProgrammingSoftware EngineeringDatabase Management SystemsComputer Networks and SecurityArtificial IntelligenceOperating SystemsComputer GraphicsTheory of ComputationObject Oriented Analysis and DesignComputer Organization and ArchitectureElectronic Devices and CircuitsDigital LogicMicroprocessorElectromagnetismElectric Circuit TheoryDistributed SystemsDigital Signal Analysis and ProcessingEmbedded Systems

Work Experience

2024 - Present

2024 - Present

Graduate Assistant

Division of Computer Science and Engineering

Louisiana State University

  • Built datasets of quantum software commits and issues and of quantum simulator bugs, covering 21,000 repositories, 1.2 million commits, and 157K issues

  • Led an empirical study of bugs in quantum simulators, analyzing 394 bug reports across 12 simulators

  • Co-developed MobileDev-Bench, a benchmark of 407 real-world issue-resolution tasks from 19 mobile app repositories

  • Evaluated LLM agents on migrating 10 codebases to NIST post-quantum cryptographic algorithms

Quantum

Qiskit

Data & ML

Python

pandas

NumPy

SciPy

scikit-learn

PyTorch

Repository Mining

GitHub GraphQL API

2021 - 2024

2021 - 2024

Software Engineer

Naamche Inc

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, serving 1,000 active users

  • Designed the GraphQL API layer with Apollo Server and GraphQL Nexus, backed by Prisma and PostgreSQL, handling 1,000 requests/day

  • Rolled out self-hosted feature flagging, product analytics, and attribute-based access control across the stack, reducing latency by 30%

  • Owned deployment and infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Docker, cutting deployment time by 50%

  • Wrote unit and integration tests with Mocha and Cypress, raising test coverage to 92% and cutting production incidents by 40%

Frontend

Next.js

TypeScript

Mobile

Expo

React Native

API & Data

GraphQL

Apollo

Nexus

Prisma

PostgreSQL

Platform

Firebase

Flagsmith

Metabase

CASL

Testing

Mocha

Cypress

Infra

AWS

Terraform

Docker

2019 - 2021

2019 - 2021

Quality Assurance Engineer

Leapfrog Technology

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

Teaching & Service

Teaching Assistant

Louisiana State University

Introduction to Quantum Computing and Introduction to Cybersecurity, supporting 140 students across 3 semesters.

Subreviewer

2026

FSTTCS 2026

46th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science.

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing research opportunities, collaboration, or exciting projects. Feel free to reach out!

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