Canada Research Chair in Quantum Computation

Co-founder and the Deputy Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing

Founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Professor, Department of Combinatorics & Optimization, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo

Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)

Fellow of the Institute for Combinatorics and Its Applications

Research Member, QuantumWorks

Member, Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research, Institute for Computer Research

Professor (cross-appointed), David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute.

 

A link to my short biography can be found here.

My research is on harnessing quantum physics for information processing, with particular focus on:

the power and limitations of quantum computation

cryptographic tools that will be secure in a world with quantum technologies

applying tools from computer science to advance the implementation of quantum information processing

My publications can be found here.

I am very fortunate to be surrounded by many outstanding colleagues at IQC and PI, researching the foundations, applications and implementations of quantum information processing, and working with other distinguished researchers in related areas such as cryptography. This makes Waterloo a wonderful research and learning environment for students and postdoctoral fellows.

Information on how to apply for positions in my group or with others at IQC is available here.

 

Education

B.Math. in Combinatorics & Optimization and Pure Mathematics (Waterloo, 1995)

 

M.Sc. in Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science (Oxford, 1996)

 

D.Phil. in Mathematics, Quantum Computer Algorithms. (Oxford, 1999)