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Dr. Stephen V. Providence PhD is a computational mathematician and computer science theorist collaborating in developing the next generation of general purpose computers using quantum mechanical principles, web-based tools and in association with the following national laboratories and enterprises: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, IBM, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. He exploits quantum mechanics theory to synthesize quantum gates that are ubiquitous across the various quantum computing platforms: simulated annealing & adiabatic homeostasis (D-Wave, Xanadu), superconducting transmons (IBM - Qiskit), trapped ions (ion-Q, w/ NCA&T/Duke U.), superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) bosonic cavity-based microwave driven quantum processor (Fermilab) and Majorana fermion based topological braided quantum processor (Microsoft). Gate synthesis creates the most frequently used gates to make quantum computers programmable and increases their utility.
Dr. Providence has successfully educated and graduated hundreds of diverse undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science. He has twenty-four years experience researching, teaching and recruiting diverse computer science students at North Carolina A&T, Hampton University and Coppin State University where he is currently a member of the tenured faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He heads the “Quantum Information Science Research Group” by leading the fourth cohort of Coppin students in quantum computing funded by generous support from the IBM HBCU Quantum Initiative and the Department of Energy, School of Science at the Superconducting Quantum Material Science (SQMS) center in Fermilab.
Stephen Providence’s thesis advisor, is the Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science in the Mathematics Doctoral Program and Computer Science Doctoral Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Lehman College in the Bronx, New York who goes by the name: Dr. Victor Y. “Polynomial” Pan. Victor is known internationally for his books, publications and research in structured matrices, linear solvers, numerical optimization & stability problems in both advanced algebra and high performance computing or HPC.
Stephen collaborates across disciplines with the Nanotechnology Center in Dr. Jamal Uddin’s group focusing on Density Functional Theory (DFT) research with Dr. Fred Nesbitt for applications in materials science and quantum chemistry. Dr. Providence collaborates with Dr. Susan Kassin of Johns Hopkins; Astro-scholars program to give Coppin Computer Science students Python programming experience and experience during Winter Breaks at the STScI - Space Telescope Science center. This year, 2025 marks Coppin’s fourth and largest cohort in the Astro-Scholars program.
Dr. Providence has taught two thirds of the computer science curriculum at Coppin and is now Coordinator of the Program. Stephen is proficient in legacy languages like ForTran, PL/1, Pascal and CoCOL, as well as the current languages like C / C++ / Obj-C, Java, Python and SQL. Other languages include LSL, Mathematica and Matlab. He along with colleagues: Drs. Nouri, and Rajeev are developing an MS Program in Computer Science with electives in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Quantum Computing (quantum architectures, algorithms and networks). The same colleagues are actively engaged in the acquisition of ABET/CSAB accreditation (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology/Computer Science Accreditation Board) in the near term. Soon after establishment of a viable MS (Masters of Science) Program Dr. Providence envisions a PhD program in Computer Science that is relevant to multi- and inter-disciplinary research and the education of students from diverse groups.
1) Pan, V. Y, Tabanjeh, M.A., Chen, Z.Q., Providence, S.V., Sadikou, A., Transformations of Cauchy Matrices, Trummer’s Problem and a Cauchy-like Linear Solver, Proceedings of 5th Annual International Symposium on Solving Irregularly Structures Problems in Parallel (Irregular-98), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1457, 275-284, Springer, Berlin, August, 1998
2) Pan, V.Y., Tabanjeh, M.A., Chen, Z.Q., Providence, S.V., Zheng, A., Superfast Computations with Singular Structured Matrices Over Abstract Fields, Proceedings of Second Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing (CASC-99) (V.G. Ganzha, E.E. Mayr, and E.V. Vorontsov, editors), 323-338, Springer, Berlin, May 1999
3) Providence, S.V., Utilization of Cellular Automata in the Signal Search Problem, IEEE SouthEastCon, Greensboro, NC, Pages 325-329, March 26-29, 2004, EID: 2-s2-2442526438
4) Yuan, X., Vega, P., Xu, j., Yu, H., Providence, S.V., An Animated Simulator for Packet Sniffer, WECS7, 2006
5) Uddin, J., Ghann, W., Oh, J., Kang, H., Nesbitt, F., Providence, S.V., Comparison of the Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Fabricated with Ruthenium Based Dye Sensitizers: Di-tetrabutylammonium cis-bis isothiocyanatobis(2,2’-bipyridyl-4,4’-dicarboxylato) Ruthenium(11)(N719) and Tris(bipyridine) Ruthenium(11) Chloride(Ru-bpy), Chimera, Acta, Volume 482, 1 October, 2018, Pages 943-950
Faculty Senator - Elections Committee,
Chair, Faculty Information Technology Committee,
Computer Science Program Coordinator
PhD Computer Science, Graduate Center, CUNY, 2000
PhM Computer Science, Graduate Center, CUNY, 1998
MS Computer Science, Lehman College, CUNY, 1988
BA Computer Science, Lehman College, CUNY, 1986
1) Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Full Member
2) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Professional Member: Special Interest Group in Algorithms and Computation Theory
3) Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Region 3
- Member: Computer Society, Signal Processing Society
Quantum Computing, Density Functional Theory, High Performance Computing, Numerical Optimization, Parallel Multi-dimensional Digital Signal Processing
1) Co-PI: NSF: Bridge Gaps in IA Education via Collaboration, $299,896
2) Co-PI: NSF: Collaborative Project: Cyber Defender Scholarship, $650,000
3) PI: NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI), Acquisition of High Performance Computing Cluster for Research and Education in Computer Science, $58,400, 2008-2011
4) PI: NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), supplement to MRI award, $16,000, 2009-2011
5) Co-PI: NSF HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE): Advanced Physical Modeling and Simulation for 21st Century Scientists, $999,950, 2013-2018
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