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Overview

Debbie Leung is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their work extends across various subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Geometry and Topology, and Algebra and Number Theory.

Their main areas of study cover topics related to quantum mechanics and computing, with particular focus on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum Information and Cryptography, and Quantum Mechanics and Applications. Additional topics of note include Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques, and Algebraic Structures and Combinatorial Models.

Recent publications by Debbie Leung include:

  • Flag fault-tolerant error correction, measurement, and quantum computation for cyclic Calderbank-Shor-Steane codes, 2020, published in Physical Review A
  • On the Mixed-Unitary Rank of Quantum Channels, 2022, published in Communications in Mathematical Physics
  • Generic Nonadditivity of Quantum Capacity in Simple Channels, 2023, published in Physical Review Letters
  • Fault-tolerant quantum error correction using error weight parities, 2021, published in Physical Review A
  • The Platypus of the Quantum Channel Zoo, 2023, published in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Debbie Leung frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Kohdai Kuroiwa
  • Felix Leditzky
  • Vikesh Siddhu
  • John A. Smolin
  • Theerapat Tansuwannont

Their research contributions have been disseminated through repeated publications in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Physical Review A, Quantum, and Communications in Mathematical Physics.

Best Publications

  • Experimental realization of a quantum algorithm

    Isaac L. Chuang;Lieven M. K. Vandersypen;Xinlan Zhou;Debbie W. Leung

  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About LOCC (But Were Afraid to Ask)

    Eric Anil Chitambar;Eric Anil Chitambar;Debbie Leung;Laura Mančinska;Maris Ozols;Maris Ozols

  • Aspects of Generic Entanglement

    Patrick Hayden;Debbie W. Leung;Andreas Winter

  • Bulk quantum computation with nuclear magnetic resonance: theory and experiment

    I. L. Chuang;N. Gershenfeld;M. G. Kubinec;D. W. Leung

  • Randomizing Quantum States: Constructions and Applications

    Patrick Hayden;Debbie Leung;Peter W. Shor;Andreas Winter

  • Quantum data hiding

    D.P. DiVincenzo;D.W. Leung;B.M. Terhal

  • Methodology for quantum logic gate construction

    Xinlan Zhou;Xinlan Zhou;Debbie W. Leung;Debbie W. Leung;Isaac L. Chuang

  • The entanglement of purification

    Barbara M. Terhal;Michał Horodecki;Debbie W. Leung;David P. DiVincenzo

  • Locking classical correlations in quantum States.

    David P. DiVincenzo;David P. DiVincenzo;Michał Horodecki;Debbie W. Leung;Debbie W. Leung;Debbie W. Leung;John A. Smolin

  • Hiding Bits in Bell States

    Barbara M. Terhal;David P. DiVincenzo;Debbie W. Leung

  • Oblivious remote state preparation.

    Debbie W. Leung;Debbie W. Leung;Peter W. Shor

  • Realization of quantum process tomography in NMR

    Andrew M. Childs;Andrew M. Childs;Andrew M. Childs;Isaac L. Chuang;Debbie W. Leung;Debbie W. Leung

  • Approximate quantum error correction can lead to better codes

    Debbie W. Leung;M. A. Nielsen;M. A. Nielsen;Isaac L. Chuang;Isaac L. Chuang;Yoshihisa Yamamoto

  • The universal composable security of quantum key distribution

    Michael Ben-Or;Michał Horodecki;Debbie W. Leung;Dominic Mayers

  • Bosonic quantum codes for amplitude damping

    Isaac L. Chuang;Isaac L. Chuang;Debbie W. Leung;Yoshihisa Yamamoto

  • Remote preparation of quantum states

    C.H. Bennett;P. Hayden;D.W. Leung;P.W. Shor

  • Superdense coding of quantum states.

    Aram Harrow;Patrick Hayden;Debbie Leung

  • Improving zero-error classical communication with entanglement.

    Toby S. Cubitt;Debbie W. Leung;William Matthews;Andreas J. Winter;Andreas J. Winter

  • Unified derivations of measurement-based schemes for quantum computation

    Andrew M. Childs;Andrew M. Childs;Debbie W. Leung;Michael A. Nielsen;Michael A. Nielsen

  • On the capacities of bipartite Hamiltonians and unitary gates

    C.H. Bennett;A.W. Harrow;D.W. Leung;J.A. Smolin

  • Efficient implementation of coupled logic gates for quantum computation

    Debbie W. Leung;Debbie W. Leung;Isaac L. Chuang;Fumiko Yamaguchi;Yoshihisa Yamamoto;Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Childs
Andrew M. Childs University of Maryland, College Park
Andreas Winter
Andreas Winter University of Cologne
Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith University of Colorado Boulder
Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett IBM (United States)
John A. Smolin
John A. Smolin IBM (United States)
Barbara M. Terhal
Barbara M. Terhal Delft University of Technology
David P. DiVincenzo
David P. DiVincenzo RWTH Aachen University

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