Nathaniel Tornow

I'm a first-year PhD student with the Systems Research Group at TU Munich, advised by Prof. Pramod Bhatotia. My research interests lie at the intersection of compiler design, software systems, fault-tolerant quantum computing, and algorithm-architecture co-design.

nathaniel.tornow@tum.de / Scholar / GitHub / LinkedIn

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Publications

OSDI'26
qTPU: Hybrid Tensor Networks for Quantum-Classical Acceleration
Nathaniel Tornow, Emmanouil Giortamis, Dennis Sprokholt, Christian Mendl, Pramod Bhatotia
[preprint]
SC'25
Qonductor: A Cloud Orchestrator for Quantum Computing
Emmanouil Giortamis, Francisco Romao, Nathaniel Tornow, Dmitry Lugovoy, Pramod Bhatotia
[paper, slides, code]
Best Student Paper Award Finalist
OSDI'25
QOS: Quantum Operating System
Emmanouil Giortamis, Francisco Romao, Nathaniel Tornow, Pramod Bhatotia
[paper, slides, code]
PLDI'25
QVM: Quantum Gate Virtualization Machine
Nathaniel Tornow, Emmanouil Giortamis, Pramod Bhatotia
[paper, slides, code]
HPDC'23
FlexLog: A Shared Log for Stateful Serverless Computing
Dimitra Giantsidi, Emmanouil Giortamis, Nathaniel Tornow, Florin Dinu, Pramod Bhatotia
[paper, slides, code]

Education

PhD Computer Science, TU Munich Nov 2025 - Present

Advisor: Prof. Pramod Bhatotia
MSc Computer Science, TU Munich Oct 2022 - Apr 2025

Thesis: Scalable Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing with Tensor Networks
BSc Computer Science, TU Munich Oct 2018 - Sep 2022

Thesis: DQS: A Framework for Efficient Distributed Simulation of Large Quantum Circuits

Selected Experience

Systems Research Group, TU Munich, Research Assistant (PhD) Nov 2025 - Present

Developing architecture synthesis, structured compilation, and profiling for fault-tolerant quantum computing
QuEra Computing, Research Intern (upcoming) Sep 2026 - Dec 2026

Compiler research for neutral-atom quantum computing
planqc, Software Engineer Intern Apr 2025 - Oct 2025

Led the development of compiler infrastructure for neutral-atom quantum processors
Walther-Meissner-Institut (WMI), Research Project Oct 2024 - Apr 2025

Developed automatic calibration software for superconducting qubit systems
Quantum Computing Group, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Research Assistant Oct 2022 - Mar 2025

Developed compiler passes for the Munich Quantum Software Stack; Contributed to HPC-quantum integration infrastructure connecting classical supercomputers with diverse QPUs