Here is a PDF version of my CV. (Or a one page summary)
Employment History
- Defence Science & Technology Group Mar. 2005 – Present
Defence Research Scientist- Working in support of the Australian Collins Class Submarines
and the Future Submarine Program
- Working in support of the Australian Collins Class Submarines
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Adept Electronic Solutions Nov. 2004 – Feb. 2005
Scientific consultant & Programmer- Extended the development of an Online Ore Sizing System,
a non-contact vision inspection system used to automatically determine the size distribution of ore on a conveyor
- Extended the development of an Online Ore Sizing System,
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University of Cambridge Oct. 2002 – Oct. 2004
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantum Information Science- Investigated the fundamental concept of quantum entanglement
- Lectured to 2nd and 3rd year Cambridge computer science students
- Collaborated with researchers at MIT and CalTech in USA
- Presented work at a number of national and international conferences
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University of Queensland 1999 – 2002
Teaching Assistant- Wrote tutorials for both physics and engineering students
- Managed a team of ten tutors
- Marked examination questions for over 600 engineering and physics students
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Murdoch University 1997 – 1998
Undergraduate Tutor- Mathematics tutor in a number of undergraduate courses
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Wesley College 1994 – 1997
Secondary School Tutor- Tutored a wide range of year levels in both mathematics and physics
Education
- University of Queensland 1999 – 2002
PhD, Physics (Small scale quantum algorithms)- The field of quantum computation is at the
cutting-edge of modern science - Combined physics, computer science and mathematics
- Procured over $80,000 in scholarships, grants and awards, including;
- The field of quantum computation is at the
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Murdoch University 1994 – 1998
BSc (Honours 1st Class)- Double major in mathematics & statistics and applied computational physics
- Received Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence
- Received prizes for being the top 3rd year student in both physics and mathematics
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All Saints’ College 1988 – 1993
Secondary School- Graduated with straight A’s in:
Economics, Physics, Chemistry, English Literature, Calculus, Trig & Geo - Obtained a scholarship to attend Murdoch University
- Graduated with straight A’s in:
Publications
Refereed articles and conference proceedings – 12 papers (368 citations)
- [12]
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Using
a single-board microcontroller and ADC to perform real-time sonar signal
processing.
Ben Travaglione.
In Proceedings of ACOUSTICS 2016, 2016. - [11]
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High
resolution undersea acoustic data acquisition using single-board
microcontrollers.
Ben Travaglione, Andrew Munyard, and David Matthews.
In Australian Acoustical Society Acoustics 2015 Hunter Valley,
2015. - [10]
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Using
low cost single-board microcontrollers to record underwater acoustical
data.
Ben Travaglione, Andrew Munyard, and David Matthews.
In 43rd International Congress on Noise Control Engineering,
2014.
(5 citations). - [9]
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Ultra-wide sensor arcs for
low frequency sonar detection with a baffled cylindrical array.
Derek C. Bertilone, Chaoying Bao, Ben C.
Travaglione, and Damien S. Killeen.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
126(5):EL107-EL111, 2009. - [8]
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Quantum separability
and entanglement detection via entanglement-witness search and global
optimization.
L.M. Ioannou and B.C. Travaglione.
Physical Review A, 73(5):52314, 2006.
(quant-ph/0602223). - [7]
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Improved algorithm
for quantum separability and entanglement detection.
LM Ioannou, BC Travaglione, D. Cheung, and AK Ekert.
Physical Review A, 70(6):60303, 2004.
(quant-ph/0403041). - [6]
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Designing and implementing
small quantum circuits and algorithms.
Ben Travaglione.
In DAC ’03: Proceedings of the 40th annual Design Automation
Conference, pages 894-899, New York, NY, USA, 2003. ACM. - [5]
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Preparing encoded
states in an oscillator.
BC Travaglione and GJ Milburn.
Physical Review A, 66(5):52322, 2002.
(quant-ph/0205114). - [4]
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Read-only-memory-based
quantum computation: Experimental explorations using nuclear magnetic
resonance and future prospects.
DR Sypher, IM Brereton, HM Wiseman, BL Hollis, and BC
Travaglione.
Physical Review A, 66(1):12306, 2002. - [3]
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Rom-based computation: Quantum
versus classical.
B.C. Travaglione, M.A. Nielsen, H.M. Wiseman, and
A. Ambainis.
Quantum Information and Computation, 2(4):324-332, 2002.
(quant-ph/0109016). - [2]
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Implementing the
quantum random walk.
BC Travaglione and GJ Milburn.
Physical Review A, 65(3):32310, 2002.
(quant-ph/0109076). - [1]
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Generation of
eigenstates using the phase-estimation algorithm.
BC Travaglione and GJ Milburn.
Physical Review A, 63(3):32301, 2001.
(quant-ph/0008053).
Miscellaneous
- [5]
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Transmitter-receiver separation for multistatic sonar.
B.C. Travaglione and T. Forward.
Technical Note DSTO-TN-0735, Defence Science & Technology
Organisation, 2007.
(2 citations). - [4]
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Effectiveness of barrier patrol patterns when using a towed array sonar.
B.C. Travaglione.
Technical Note DSTO-TN-0734, Defence Science & Technology
Organisation, 2007. - [3]
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Convex separation from optimization via heuristics.
L.M. Ioannou, B.C. Travaglione, and D. Cheung.
(cs/0603089).(1
citations), 2006. - [2]
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A Note on Quantum Separability.
LM Ioannou and BC Travaglione.
(quant-ph/0311184).
2003. - [1]
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Phase estimation as a quantum nondemolition measurement.
BC Travaglione, GJ Milburn, and TC Ralph.
(quant-ph/0203130).(3 citations), 2002.
Scientific & Technical Skills
- Advanced analytical, mathematical and problem solving abilities
- Broad knowledge of physics and mathematics gained through research, teaching and tertiary education
- Experienced at attaining funding through procurement of grants, scholarships and awards
- Excellent communication skills developed from lecturing, tutoring, presenting seminars and collaborating with national and international researchers
- Organizational skills developed from running courses, seminars and workshops
- Writing skills developed from producing reports, published papers, and theses
Computer Skills
OS | : | Windows, Linux, Unix, Chrome OS, Android |
Languages | : | C++, python, HTML, php, Perl, SQL, JavaScript, Various BASIC dialects, … |
Packages | : | Matlab, Jupyter, Mathematica, LATEX, Google Docs, MS Office, git, … |