California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, United States
Quantum computing research at Caltech is centered in IQIM, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center spanning physics, applied physics, computer science, and electrical engineering, with deep roots in the field going back to founding theorists like John Preskill and Alexei Kitaev. Caltech also hosts the AWS Center for Quantum Computing on campus. There is no standalone quantum-computing PhD -- students join a home graduate option (Physics, Applied Physics, CMS, EE) and can add a formal Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) graduate minor.
Faculty
Topological quantum computation
Quantum algorithms for linear algebra and optimization, quantum information and computation theory; also Head of Quantum Algorithms at the AWS Center for Quantum Computing on campus
Topological quantum computation with Majorana fermions and driven (Floquet) quantum systems
Quantum information theory, fault tolerance
Neutral-atom quantum computing with optical tweezer arrays, quantum simulation, and quantum error correction
Superconducting qubits and hardware-efficient bosonic quantum error correction; also Head of Quantum Hardware at the AWS Center for Quantum Computing on campus
Classical verification of quantum computation, quantum cryptography
Topological order and fault-tolerant quantum computation in strongly correlated many-body systems
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