Maxie Bichmann

About

CS student @ Technical University of Munich fascinated by everything theoretical - be it formal verification, optimization or automata.
I love working in my abstract and theoretical world.
With a minor in Physics, I'm set on pursuing further studies in Quantum Computing. Fittingly, I just finished writing my Bachelor's Thesis at TUM's Chair for Design Automation, focusing on Equivalence Checking of quantum error-correction codes and contributing to the Munich Quantum Toolkit. This thesis gave me the opportunity to start my work as a student assistant at the CDA, developing and maintaining their research software for quantum error correction. Currently, I am adapting my thesis to a journal paper.

As a small girl, I only remember myself wanting to become a scientist, and that wish only grew stronger in the following years. Now, I am planning to stay in academia for a bit, and a PhD is a fixed point on my ToDo list.
While I'm moving toward a more theoretical focus in my studies and future research, I remain passionate about the topic of teaching and sharing knowledge.

I have worked as a student assistant at TUM's Chair of Applied Educational Technologies for more than a year, where I developed competency networks for adaptive learning. I also co-authored a paper on the student's perspective on competency-based education.
I'm additionally committed to making scary-looking topics like Quantum Computing accessible to a broader audience, being a member of the IT Department in the student club PushQuantum.

When I'm not in front of a computer, I love drawing (take a look ^^), reading, swimming, cooking and learning new (natural and programming) languages.