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Quantum Information Supervisors

The following is a table of the currently approved quantum information supervisors for the Quantum Information graduate program.

All supervisors are affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Computing, and have supervisory privileges in one or more units at the University of Waterloo.

Supervisor

Supervisory Privileges

Quantum Information Research Interests

Jonathan Baugh

Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy

Spin qubits in quantum dots, ESR and NMR

Andrew Childs

Combinatorics and Optimization, Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy

Quantum Algorithms and Complexity

Richard Cleve

Computer Science, Combinatorics and Optimization

Quantum Algorithms/Complexity/Cryptography, Quantum information theory

Joseph Emerson

Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy

Quantum information, open quantum systems, randomized benchmarking algorithms, quantum measurement, quantum state and process tomography

Shohini Ghose

(Wilfrid Laurier)

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum information theory, entanglement and nonlocality, quantum chaos, open quantum systems, quantum measurement, continuous variable quantum computing

Daniel Gottesman

(Perimeter Institute)

Combinatorics and Optimization, Physics and Astronomy

Quantum cryptography/complexity, Fault-tolerant quantum error-correction

Thorsten Hesjedal

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics and Astronomy

Nanofabrication of quantum devices

Thomas Jennewein

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum communication and quantum computation experiments using entangled photons, quantum cryptography, quantum teleportation, long distance quantum communication via optical fibers, free space and satellite based links

Achim Kempf

Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy

Quantum information applied to quantum gravity/cosmology/computing, Data compression.

David Kribs

(Guelph)

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum error correction, quantum channels.

Jan Kycia

Physics and Astronomy

Superconducting qubits, noise in Josephson junctions

Raymond Laflamme

Physics and Astronomy, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science

Quantum error correction and quantum control, nuclear spin implementations of QIP, quantum cryptography and communication.

Anthony Leggett

(UIUC, Illinois)

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum measurement theory, condensed matter and QIP

Debbie Leung

Combinatorics and Optimization

Quantum information/communication/cryptography, quantum error-correcting codes and fault-tolerance

Adrian Lupascu

Physics and Astronomy

Superconducting quantum bits and circuits, quantum measurement, superconducting detectors, atom chips, hybrid quantum systems for QIP

Norbert Lütkenhaus

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum cryptography, quantum communication, quantum state discrimination, linear optics implementations of QIP

Hamed Majedi

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics and Astronomy

Superconducting and photonic devices for quantum information processing, novel quantum/electromagnetic phenomena and structures, quantum nano-electrodynamics, quantum photonics, and quantum cryptography

Robert Mann

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum information and gravity.

James Martin

Physics and Astronomy

Atomic implementations of QIP.

Roger Melko

Physics and Astronomy

Strongly-correlated many-body systems

Michele Mosca

Combinatorics and Optimization, Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy

Quantum algorithms/complexity/cryptography.

Quantum information security and quantum testing.

Ashwin Nayak

Combinatorics and Optimization, Computer Science

Quantum complexity/cryptography/algorithms.

Theory of quantum information and communication.

Bill Power

Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy

NMR implementations of QIP.

Ben Reichardt

Computer Science

Fault tolerant quantum error correction.

Quantum algorithms/complexity.

Kevin Resch

Physics and Astronomy

Experimental quantum optics and quantum information, entanglement, nonlinear optics, interferometry

Pierre-Nicholas Roy

Chemistry

Quantum Molecular Dynamics simulations, Quantum Monte Carlo and Feynman path integrals, Coherent molecular rotation in nano-superfluid clusters, Semiclassical dynamics, Biophysics

Rob Spekkens

(Perimeter Institute)

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum information pertaining to the foundations of quantum theory

John Watrous

Computer Science

Quantum interactive proof systems, quantum zero-knowledge, theory of entanglement, quantum information and its applications to algorithms, complexity theory, and cryptography

Frank Wilhelm

Physics and Astronomy

Solid state implementations of QIP.

Quantum decoherence and error correction, quantum optimal control.