Devika Mehra

Devika Mehra is a Graduate Research Assistant at USC Information Sciences Institute, specializing in quantum antivirus development and crosstalk mitigation. With a robust background at Microsoft, Devika served as a Software Security Engineer 2 and was key in implementing solutions to enhance cyber defenses, including a network attack detection system for over 5000 tenants. Previous roles at Microsoft included software engineering and consulting, where Devika focused on threat modeling and Azure consulting. Devika's research contributions span quantum computing and cryptography, evidenced by a published paper presented at an international conference. Devika holds a Master's degree in Quantum Information Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology.