Quantum Computing

[having] laid the foundations of the quantum theory of computation, and has subsequently made or participated in many of the most important advances in the field, including the discovery of the first quantum algorithms, the theory of quantum logic gates and quantum computational networks, the first quantum error-correction scheme, and several fundamental quantum universality results.

Quantum teleportation, entanglement and the manufacturing of quantum computers depend on a comprehensive understanding of quantum physics and engineering.

Szegedy's research areas include computational complexity theory, quantum computing, computational geometry, and computational theory.

pioneers of NMR quantum computing

quantum entanglement, quantum information and quantum computers

proposed the Loss-DiVincenzo quantum computer in 1997

director of the Institute for Quantum Computing

Simon's problem is a computational problem that is proven to be solved exponentially faster on a quantum computer than on a classical (that is, traditional) computer.

Magic state distillation is a method for creating more accurate quantum states from multiple noisy ones, which is important for building fault tolerant quantum computers.

Kitaev has received multiple awards recognizing his contributions to quantum information science and condensed matter physics, particularly in quantum computation and topological phases of matter.

His major works to date are on error correction in quantum information processing, including Steane codes.

Seth Lloyd (born August 2, 1960) is an American quantum information scientist and professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering.

He is one of the pioneers of the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory.

He is an emeritus professor at the University of Innsbruck and is known for his pioneering research on quantum computing, quantum simulation and quantum communication.

His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum-computing operations.

He is the originator of the Grover database search algorithm used in quantum computing.

Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his work on quantum computation, in particular for devising Shor's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer.

Paul Anthony Benioff (May 1, 1930, March 29, 2022) was an American physicist who helped pioneer the field of quantum computing.

Terhal (born 1969) is a theoretical physicist working in quantum information and quantum computing.

Artur Konrad Ekert (born 19 September 1961) is a professor of quantum physics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, professorial fellow in quantum physics and cryptography at Merton College, Oxford, Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore and the founding director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT).

Preskill is an active scientist in the field of quantum information science and quantum computation, and he is known for coining the term "quantum supremacy" and that of "noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ)" devices.

He led a team to develop a superconducting quantum computer at the Quantum AI Lab.