Natacha Kuete Meli - Personal Homepage
Since April 2024, I have held a position as a research assistant for quantum computer vision at the University of Siegen in the Computer Vision Group of Prof. Dr. Michael Möller, and I am co-supervised by Dr. Vladislav Golyanik, head of the 4D and Quantum Computer Vision Group at Max Planck Institute for Informatics. I received my PhD on quantum algorithms for image processing and my Master in computational life science from the University of Luebeck, both under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jan Lellmann. I received my Bachelor in computer science from the University of Dschang, under the supervision of Dr. Maurice Tchoupe Tchendji.
I specialize in quantum computing’s applications to image processing and computer vision. This involves developing quantum algorithms for a range of optimization problems, both combinatorial and non-combinatorial. Quantum computing offers a powerful solution to overcome challenges posed by non-convex energies, limited storage, and high computational demands, promising more accurate and cost-effective solutions for real-world problems.
News
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18.9. 2025 — I was honoured to give a talk in Prof. Tolga Birdal’s group at Imperial College London. [Slides (coming soon)]
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15.9. 2025 — I have begun a 3-month appointment as a visiting researcher at Imperial College London, under the supervision of Prof. Tolga Birdal. This visit aims to advance the development of Quantum Computer Vision, with a particular focus on its applications in Machine Learning.
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26.2.2025. Our paper QuCOOP: A Versatile Framework for Solving Composite and Binary-Parametrised Problems on Quantum Annealers got accepted as a highlight at CVPR25.
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29.9.2024. I was honoured to give a talk titled Quantum Binary Optimization at the ECCV 2024 workshop on Quantum Computer Vision and Machine Learning (QCVML). [Slides]
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29.4.2024. I started as a Research Assistant at the University of Siegen in the Computer Vision Group lead by Prof. Dr. Michael Möller, and I am co-supervised by Dr. Vladislav Golyanik, head of the 4D and Quantum Computer Vision Group at Max Planck Institute for Informatics.
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23.4.2024. I successfully defended my PhD dissertation titled Quantum Algorithms for Binary Problems with Applications to Image Processing.
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5.3.2024. I gave a Talk titled Quantum Computing for Binary Optimization and Beyond: Bridging Classical and Quantum Landscapes to the “Computer Vision Group” of the University of Siegen. [Slides]
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12.6.2023. Our paper A universal quantum algorithm for weighted maximum cut and Ising problems got accepted for publication in Springer Quantum Inf Process.
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28.2.2022. Our paper An Iterative Quantum Approach for Transformation Estimation from Point Sets got accepted at CVPR22.
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1.4.2021. I started as a PhD student at the University of Luebeck in the “Institute of Mathematics and Image Computing”.