Richard Jozsa

Richard Jozsa
Born (1953-11-13) 13 November 1953 (age 71)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materMonash University
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known forDeutsch–Jozsa algorithm
Schrödinger–HJW theorem
Counterfactual quantum computation
Fidelity of quantum states
No-broadcasting theorem
Quantum teleportation
Swap test
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (2019)
Naylor Prize and Lectureship (2004)
QCMC International Quantum Communication Award (2004)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical Physics
Computer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Bristol
University of Plymouth
Université de Montréal
ThesisModels in categories and twistor theory (1981)
Doctoral advisorRoger Penrose[2]
Doctoral studentsSimone Severini[2]
Websitewww.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/r.jozsa

Richard Jozsa FRS is an Australian mathematician who holds the Leigh Trapnell Chair in Quantum Physics at the University of Cambridge.[3] He is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where his research investigates quantum information science. A pioneer of his field, he is the co-author of the Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm and one of the co-inventors of quantum teleportation.

  1. ^ "International Quantum Communication Award".
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  3. ^ "New Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics". Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2011.