Profiles

• Email: mbajcsy@uwaterloo.ca
• Office: QNC 4126
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Michal Bajcsy is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing and the Electrical and Engineering department, where he joined as assistant professor in 2014.

Bajcsy received both his PhD in Applied Physics and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Research expertise

• Spin qubits
• Semiconductor quantum dots
• Quantum transport
• Low temperature physics
• Magnetic resonance
• Experimental quantum information processing and quantum control
• Quantum light sources
• Quantum materials

Research expertise

• Classical complexity theory
• Quantum complexity theory

After earning his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles, Raffi Budakian was a visiting scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Centre.

Research expertise

• Quantum information theory
• Structure of quantum algorithms
• Quantum communication complexity theory

Research expertise

• Magnetic resonance and its applications
• Spin-based quantum information processors
• Quantum complexity
• Neutron interferometry

Research expertise

• Error diagnosis and suppression
• Validation of circuit performance in quantum computers
• Foundations of quantum theory 

Research expertise

• Quantum algorithms
• Classical simulation of quantum computation
• Computational complexity of quantum many-body systems

Research Expertise

• Experimental and theoretical physics
• Cavity optomechanics
• Superconducting circuits
• Quantum information
• Nanomechanics

• Research expertise

• Ultracold atoms and molecules
• Quantum chemistry
• Quantum information
• Precision measurements and quantum-enhanced metrology

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• Office: QNC 3317
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Research expertise

• Large-scale solid-state quantum simulators and computers for quantum information processing and communications
• Multi-functional solid-state molecular devices and systems for the post-Si era
• Development of multi-disciplinary enabling technologies and materials for integrated quantum and molecular circuits and systems
• Quantum artificial intelligence and quantum security

Research expertise

• Quantum control
• Quantum error correction for quantum computing and cryptography
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• Quantum Information Processing

Research expertise

• Quantum cryptography
• Quantum communications
• Measurement-based quantum computation
• Fault-tolerant quantum computation and error correction

Research expertise

• Superconducting flux qubits for quantum information
• Quantum sensing with superconducting devices
• Quantum annealing
• Strong light matter interaction in superconducting circuits
• Relativistic quantum information with superconducting circuits

Research expertise

• The theory of practical quantum key distribution systems
• Methods and tools for entanglement verification
• Linear optic quantum logic operation and measurement implementation
• Quantum state detection and estimation theory

Matteo Mariantoni received a Master of Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. After completing his doctorate at both the Walther-Meissner-Institute for Low Temperature Research and the Technical University of Munich in 2009, Mariantoni was awarded the Elings Prize Fellowship in Science of the California NanoSystem Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While in Santa Barbara, his implementation of a quantum memory and processor on a single chip using a “quantum von Neumann architecture” was ranked as one of the top 10 breakthroughs for 2011 by Physics World.

Research expertise

• Topologically protected low-dimensional spin system (doped Bi/Se/Te system)
• Spin memory and logic devices (magnetoresistance and multiferroics based)
• Diamond spintronics (synthetic diamond as semiconductor/superconductor)
• Oxide spintronics (perovskite/ferrite systems)

Research expertise

• Quantum-safe cryptography
• Quantum algorithms and complexity
• Methods for mapping quantum circuits to realistic architectures

Research expertise

• Quantum networks
• Quantum sensing
• Quantum simulations
• High-energy physics simulation with quantum computers

Research expertise

• Quantum computation and quantum information
• Computational complexity
• Design and analysis of algorithms

Dmitry Pushin has formal training in experimental neutron physics and interferometry, quantum information, and condensed matter physics.

Research expertise

• Experimental quantum many-body physics
• Quantum computation with trapped ions
• Use of holography and high resolution microscopy to manipulate many-body systems

Research expertise

• Semiconductor nanowire quantum light sources
• Hybrid nanowire quantum state converter
• Quantum memories
• Integrated quantum photonic circuits
• Highly efficient quantum detectors

Research expertise

• Experimental quantum communication and computation
• Optical sources of entanglement
• Measurement and quantum state tomography
• Quantum interference
• Nonlinear optics

Research interests

• Clifford circuits
• Low-depth circuits (classical and quantum)
• Classical simulation of quantum circuits

Research expertise

• Manipulation of quantum systems with trapped ions
• Quantum computation with trapped ions
• Phases and dynamics of interacting spin systems

Research expertise

• Lie theory and algebraic combinatorics
• Representation theory in quantum information
• Non-local games
• Geometry of entanglement

Research expertise

• Quantum Shannon Theory
• Quantum Networks
• Mathematical Physics
• Physics of Information

Research expertise

• Structural, optical, and electronic properties of low-dimensional, quantum materials
• Novel microscopy techniques and characterization
• Manipulation and fabrication of nanoscale electronic devices

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