Haribandhu Jena

Quantum Machine Learning | Graph Neural Networks | Explainability

Ph.D. Candidate at NISER exploring Quantum Machine Learning.

About

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I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), working under the guidance of Dr. Subhankar Mishra.

My research focuses on Quantum Machine Learning with a particular emphasis on Explainability in Quantum Graph Neural Networks. I'm interested in quantum-enhanced methods for understanding and interpreting complex quantum AI models.

Ph.D. in CS (ML)
Quantum ML
XAI Research

Research Papers

Accepted

QGShap: Quantum Acceleration for Faithful GNN Explanations

QC+AI, AAAI 2026

2025

Accepted

Pipeline of Quantum Graph Neural Networks

SPARCQC 2026, NIT Rourkela

2026

Communicated

QGraphLIME: Explaining Quantum Graph Neural Networks

Under Review

2026

Updates & News

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2026-02 Communicated QGraphLIME
2026-01 Teaching Assistant for CS101 at NISER (Jan 2026 onwards)
2026-01 Pipeline of Quantum GNNs accepted at SPARCQC 2026
2025-11 QGShap paper accepted at QC+AI, AAAI 2026
2025-01 Started Ph.D. at NISER, Bhubaneswar
2023-12 JRF Qualified in UGC NET December 2023
2023-06 NET Qualified in UGC NET June 2023
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Education

2017
Secondary
Delhi Public School
Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
2019
Higher Secondary
Stewart Science H.S. School
Cuttack, Odisha
2022
B.Sc. (Hons.)
College of Basic Science and Humanities
OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2024
MCA
Utkal University
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2025–Now
Ph.D.
NISER
Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Achievements

CPET 2022 - Rank 1 in Computer Science (Odisha)

UGC NET (June 2023) - NET Qualified

UGC NET (Dec 2023)
- JRF Qualified

GATE CS (2025)
- Qualified

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