Hello, I am
Adam Godel
Boston University Student
About Me
I am a sophomore student studying mathematics and computer science at Boston University. While I am interested in a multitude of CS topics, my main research interest is quantum computing. In my senior year of high school, I served as a quantum outreach ambassador for Qubit by Qubit after taking their Introduction to Quantum Computing online course. Since then, I have begun to focus on quantum computing by working on a handful of research projects for different companies. You can read more about my achievements below.
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My Positions
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Lead Software Engineer, BU Hack4Impact
July 7th, 2024-Present
I am serving as lead software engineer for BU Hack4Impact's Impact Team, a student-led 501(c)(3) that develops software for nonprofits to meet their humanitarian needs. I am working to revamp the website of the BU Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism from the ground up over the course of the fall semester, managing a software development team comprised of myself and a few other software engineers.
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Course Assistant, CS112: Introduction to Computer Science 2
September 3, 2024-Present
I am serving as a course assistant for the second semester introductory computer science course at BU, which is taught in Java and focuses on data structures. I took the course in Fall 2023 and received an A. I will be leading a lab section and holding office hours to assist students with completing assignments and understanding key concepts of the course.
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Junior Development Team Lead, BU Hack4Impact
September 3, 2024-Present
I am serving as a workshop lead for BU Hack4Impact's Junior Development Team. I instruct and manage weekly workshops covering web development and essential programming skills for students (primarily CS majors) aiming to establish a foothold in the field of software engineering.
My Projects
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Glued Trees
May 28th-June 26th, 2024
This project is the continuation of my winning project for QRISE 2024. I worked with Classiq, a quantum computing software company, to create a quantum circuit implementation for the glued trees algorithm that can run on real quantum hardware for qubit sizes too large to simulate. I created an algorithm that can run for an arbitrary number of qubits, as well as an educational website that introduces the problem and describes my implementation. The algorithm is featured as part of the Classiq library and documentation. I also wrote an article for Classiq describing the algorithm.
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Our Republic
May 12th-May 14th, 2024
This website is a resource that displays the Chronicling America database provided by the Library of Congress, with options to filter by state and LCCN. Additionally, you can submit your information at the bottom of the home page and it will be displayed in a table on the community page. This website was made as a technical assessment and is a formal demonstration of my web development skills, specifically both frontend and backend development using React and Node.js.
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Travel Inferno
April 2nd-April 19th, 2024
For my CC102 class, I created a fictional travel website for Dante's Inferno that contains information about all nine circles of Hell along with tongue-and-cheek tips about things to do or note there. This was my first major web development project, and is not meant to be any sort of professional or rigorously made website. It was a fun way to work on my HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills! The website was featured in the final issue of the BU Core newsletter for Spring 2024.
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QRISE 2024: Classiq Project
March 4th-April 12th, 2024
I was selected as a winner of QRISE 2024, the Quantum Research & Industry Skills Exchange. I worked with Katie Emerson, a first-year computer science student at Wellesley College, to create a quantum circuit implementation for the glued trees problem using coupled harmonic oscillators as described in this paper. We were able to create an implementation using the Classiq software development kit that works for up to 10 qubits efficiently, equivalent to 512 columns per tree. As a winner of the research exchange, I had the opportunity to present our results to Classiq on May 28th, 2024.
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iQuHACK 2024: QuEra Challenge
February 2nd-4th, 2024
I won second place at iQuHACK 2024, the annual MIT quantum computing hackathon. Working with four other students from Northeastern and Yale, I investigated the maximum independent set problem with vertices connecting edges up to three times the lattice constant in a square graph. We used Aquila, QuEra's 256-qubit quantum computer, along with Bloqade, QuEra's software development kit. I did most of the programming for the team, using both Julia to perform classical simulations and Python to interact with the quantum hardware.
My Classes
Fall 2024
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MA293: Discrete Mathematics
Propositional logic, set theory. Elementary probability theory. Number theory. Combinatorics with applications.
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MA581: Probability
Basic probability, conditional probability, independence. Discrete and continuous random variables, mean and variance, functions of random variables, moment generating function. Jointly distributed random variables, conditional distributions, independent random variables. Methods of transformations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
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LF350: Reading the French Way
Development of techniques for reading and interpreting French literary texts. Special attention to the study of lyric poetry, drama, and short narrative.
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CC201: Core Humanities III: Renaissance, Rediscovery, and Reformation
Encountering works by Petrarch, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Milton, Cavendish, and Descartes, we consider the revival and imitation of the classics and explore the new focus on the physical world and the self. Topics studied include the origins of early modern political and scientific thought, the beginning of the novel, a revival of the epic tradition, and Baroque aesthetics. A study of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel and works by Rembrandt add an artistic lens to our studies. A focus on writing and research complements our emphasis on authorship.