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Dr. ir. Robbe De Prins  (Doctoral Researcher)

This person is working in this group since 2021.
Affiliation: Ghent University - IMEC
Department of Information Technology
Address: Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 126
9052 Gent
Belgium
Office: iGent, Office 60.33.130.008
E-mail: robbe.deprins@ugent.be
Google Scholar: 0F1_7D4AAAAJ
ORCID: 0000-0002-7212-3355
LinkedIn: robbe-de-prins-90971217b/
Research Area: Photonic Quantum Computing & Ising Machines
Promotors: Peter Bienstman and Guy Van der Sande and Thomas Van Vaerenbergh
RobbeDe Prins
Robbe De Prins was born in 1997. In 2021, he obtained a Master of Science in Engineering Physics at Ghent University. In 2026, he obtained a joint PhD at the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC and the Applied Physics Research Group of Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Specific Research Topics

Publications (9)

    International Journals

  1. R. De Prins, G. Van der Sande, P. Bienstman, T. Van Vaerenbergh, Improved Ising formulation of max-3-cut using higher-order spin interactions, Physical Review Applied, 25(4), p.044058 doi:10.1103/vqsv-jzk4 (2026)  Download this Publication (1.8MB).
  2. R. De Prins, J. Lamers, P. Bienstman, G. Van der Sande, G. Verschaffelt, T. Van Vaerenbergh, Incorporating external fields in analog Ising machines, Communications Physics, 8, p.482 doi:10.1038/s42005-025-02387-5 (2025)  Download this Publication (5.5MB).
  3. R. De Prins, G. Van der Sande, P. Bienstman, A recurrent Gaussian quantum network for online processing of quantum time series, Scientific Reports, 14(1), doi:10.1038/s41598-024-61004-7 (2024)  Download this Publication (2.5MB).
  4. R. De Prins, Y. Yao, A. Apte, F. M. Miatto, A Quadratic Speedup in the Optimization of Noisy Quantum Optical Circuits, Quantum, 7, doi:10.22331/q-2023-08-29-1097 (2023)  Download this Publication (2.4MB).
      International Conferences

    1. R. De Prins, J. Lamers, G. Van der Sande, G. Verschaffelt, P. Bienstman, T. Van Vaerenbergh, How to deal with external fields in Ising machines that use analog spins, International Workshop on Ising Machines 2025, Thu 14.15, United States, p.1 (2025)  Download this Publication (478KB).
    2. B. Frederiksen, R. De Prins, P. Bienstman, Comparative study of Potts machine dynamics and performance, International Workshop on Ising Machines 2025, Wed. 15.05, United States, p.1 (2025)  Download this Publication (265KB).
    3. P. Bienstman, A. Lugnan, S. Aggarwal, F. Brückerhoff-Plückelmann, W. Pernice, H. Bhaskaran, C. Ma, S. Sackesyn, E.J.C. Gooskens, S. Masaad, M. Gouda, R. De Prins, Optical computing in silicon photonics: self-adapting ring networks and quantum recurrent neural networks, Natural and Physical Computing (NNPC), Germany, p.1 (2023)  Download this Publication (207KB).
    4. S. Masaad, E.J.C. Gooskens, M. Gouda, R. De Prins, F. Marchesin, R. Shi, A. Lugnan, S. Sackesyn, C. Ma, Joni Dambre, P. Bienstman, Integrated Photonic Reservoir Computing for Telecommunication Applications , Neuromorphic photonics and applications (invited), Greece, (2023).
    5. P. Bienstman, A. Lugnan, C. Ma, S. Sackesyn, E.J.C. Gooskens, S. Masaad, M. Gouda, R. De Prins, Coherent optical computing in silicon photonics, Coherent Network Computing (CNC), , United States, p.D2.12.00 (2022)  Download this Publication (71KB).
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