Seth Lloyd | |
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 Seth Lloyd in 2013 | |
| Born | August 2, 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Phillips Academy (1978) Harvard College (A.B., 1982) Cambridge University (M.Phil, 1984) Rockefeller University (Ph.D. physics, 1988) |
| Known for | Studying limits of computation Programming the Universe Coherent information Continuous-variable quantum information Dynamical decoupling Effective complexity Quantum capacity Quantum illumination Quantum mechanics of time travel Quantum algorithm for linear systems of equations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology Los Alamos National Laboratory Santa Fe Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinz Pagels |
Seth Lloyd (born August 2, 1960) is a professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His research area is the interplay of information with complex systems, especially quantum systems. He has performed seminal work in the fields of quantum computation, quantum communication and quantum biology, including proposing the first technologically feasible design for a quantum computer, demonstrating the viability of quantum analog computation, proving quantum analogs of Shannon's noisy channel theorem, and designing novel methods for quantum error correction and noise reduction.[1]
- ^ MIT News Office (2015-08-31). "Seth Lloyd, leading quantum mechanics expert, appointed Nam P. Suh Professor". Retrieved 2020-10-07.