{"id":5338,"date":"2026-05-13T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5338"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:50:35","slug":"adriana-sakeena","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/adriana-sakeena\/","title":{"rendered":"Adriana Sakeena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sakeena-Adriana-e1791578920453.jpg\" alt=\"Sakeena, Adriana\" class=\"wp-image-5631\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MIT Department: <\/strong><br>Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br><br><strong>Faculty Mentor<\/strong>: <br>Kevin O&#8217;Brien<br><br><strong>Research Supervisor: <\/strong><br>Daniela Zaidenberg<br><br><strong>Undergraduate Institution:<\/strong><br>Howard University<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adriana Sakeena is a rising sophomore from the Houston, Texas area studying Computer Science at Howard University with double minors in Mathematics and Physics. She is a member of the ninth cohort of the Karsh STEM Scholars Program, where she has continued to pursue her passion for research and interdisciplinary learning. Inspired by a lifelong curiosity about the universe, her interests evolved from astrophysics to quantum computing and its potential to develop transformative technologies. Her academic interests focus on applying the mathematical principles of quantum systems to practical computing, particularly quantum machine learning and quantum information. Through her summer research at MIT, she is studying superconducting qubit readout and resonator-based quantum measurement while gaining experience in theoretical modeling, circuit quantum electrodynamics, and scientific communication. Outside of research, she enjoys mentoring students, learning independently, and expanding opportunities for underrepresented communities in STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>All-Pass Readout Using a Coupled Bright-Dark Resonator Architecture<br><\/strong><sup>1<\/sup>Adriana Sakeena, <sup>2<\/sup>Daniela Zaidenberg, <sup>2<\/sup>Kevin P. O\u2019Brien<br><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Howard University<br><sup>2<\/sup>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Accurate, high-fidelity readout of superconducting qubits is essential for scalable quantum computing, yet achieving efficient qubit-state discrimination while minimizing reflection remains an important challenge. Previous reflectionless readout designs relied on resonators that simultaneously coupled to both the transmission line and the qubit. This work investigates an alternative architecture that separates these functions by coupling bright resonators to the transmission line and dark resonators to the qubit, with the goal of preserving reflectionless transmission while enabling reliable qubit-state discrimination. Using temporal coupled-mode theory, a theoretical model of a four-resonator system was developed, and analytical expressions describing the system dynamics, scattering parameters, and the transmission and reflection magnitudes and phases were derived. Numerical simulations were then performed to investigate the effects of qubit-induced dispersive loading and parity-mode mixing on readout performance. The analysis shows that all-pass behavior requires duplicated even- and odd-mode pole structures within each qubit state. The shared pole structure must then shift between qubit states so that the transmitted microwave signal acquires a qubit-dependent phase for state discrimination. Unequal loading or parity-mode mixing breaks this symmetry, degrading readout performance. 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