Biography
Samuel Punch is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. His research focuses on the intersection of quantum computing and cybersecurity, specifically investigating side-channel vulnerabilities in cloud-based quantum environments. He holds a MSc in Computing Science from University College Cork and is currently developing security-centric evaluations for distributed quantum execution pipelines.

Research Keywords

• Quantum Cloud Security
• Circuit Cutting and Knitting
• Metadata Inference Attacks
• Side-Channel Analysis
• Error Mitigation
• Quantum Algorithm Families

Supervisors

• Dr. Krishnendu Guha
• Prof. Utz Roedig