University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
Quantum computing research at Berkeley spans the EECS, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics departments, coordinated through the Berkeley Quantum Information & Computation Center (BQIC). Experimental platforms include superconducting qubits, trapped ions, ultracold atoms, and Rydberg atoms for quantum information processing; theory focuses on quantum algorithms, complexity theory, and quantum error correction. The Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (NSF-funded, $25M, led by Dan Stamper-Kurn) and partnerships with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's Quantum Systems Accelerator amplify research scope. Berkeley offers research-focused graduate PhDs in Physics, EECS, Chemistry, and Mathematics with quantum computing specialization, rather than a standalone quantum degree.
Faculty
Quantum computing, computational complexity theory, Boolean function analysis
Quantum information processing, quantum networking and communication, hybrid quantum systems (Rydberg atoms, superconducting circuits, nanophotonics)
Quantum computing with ultracold atoms, quantum information science, quantum simulation, Director of Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation
Quantum error correction, quantum computing with neutral atoms and Rydberg systems, many-body physics
Trapped-ion quantum computing, quantum algorithms and gates, quantum information with ions and electrons
Superconducting quantum circuits, quantum information processing, quantum measurement and feedback
Quantum computer architecture, quantum circuit compilation and optimization, quantum hardware design
Quantum complexity theory, quantum algorithms, quantum state learning, property testing
Quantum information and computation, control of complex quantum systems
Quantum computing, quantum complexity theory, quantum supremacy experiments, computational complexity
Quantum algorithms for scientific computation, quantum phase estimation, quantum eigenvalue processing
Quantum algorithms and complexity theory
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