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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his seminal theoretical contributions to the design, characterization and validation of quantum operations for quantum information processing with superconducting qubits

Overview

Jay M. Gambetta is affiliated with IBM in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on quantum computing, with a specialization in quantum computing algorithms and architecture as well as quantum information and cryptography.

The scientist has contributed extensively to fields of computer science and physics and astronomy, covering subfields such as artificial intelligence, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and hardware and architecture.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
  • Low-power High-performance VLSI Design
  • Quantum Many-body Systems

Jay M. Gambetta has published numerous papers, with frequent appearances in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review A, Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, and the Journal of Applied Physics.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Demonstration of quantum volume 64 on a superconducting quantum computing system (2022), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Mitigating measurement errors in multiqubit experiments (2021), Physical Review A
  • The future of quantum computing with superconducting qubits (2022), Journal of Applied Physics
  • High-threshold and low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum memory (2024), Nature
  • Effective Hamiltonian models of the cross-resonance gate (2020), Physical Review A

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Sergey Bravyi, Abhinav Kandala, Antonio Córcoles, Ali Javadi-Abhari, and Kristan Temme.

Jay M. Gambetta was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2014 for contributions to the design, characterization, and validation of quantum operations for quantum information processing with superconducting qubits.

Best Publications

  • Charge-insensitive qubit design derived from the Cooper pair box

    Jens Koch;Terri M. Yu;Jay Gambetta;Andrew Addison Houck

  • Hardware-efficient variational quantum eigensolver for small molecules and quantum magnets

    Abhinav Kandala;Antonio Mezzacapo;Kristan Temme;Maika Takita

  • Supervised learning with quantum-enhanced feature spaces.

    Vojtěch Havlíček;Vojtěch Havlíček;Antonio D. Córcoles;Kristan Temme;Aram W. Harrow

  • Coupling superconducting qubits via a cavity bus.

    J. Majer;J. M. Chow;J. M. Gambetta;Jens Koch

  • Qiskit: An Open-source Framework for Quantum Computing

    Gadi Aleksandrowicz;Thomas Alexander;Panagiotis Barkoutsos;Luciano Bello

  • Demonstration of two-qubit algorithms with a superconducting quantum processor

    L. DiCarlo;J. M. Chow;J. M. Gambetta;Lev S. Bishop

  • Error Mitigation for Short-Depth Quantum Circuits

    Kristan Temme;Sergey Bravyi;Jay M. Gambetta

  • Quantum optimization using variational algorithms on near-term quantum devices

    Nikolaj Moll;Panagiotis Barkoutsos;Lev S Bishop;Jerry M Chow

  • Resolving photon number states in a superconducting circuit

    D. I. Schuster;A. A. Houck;J. A. Schreier;A. Wallraff;A. Wallraff

  • Error mitigation extends the computational reach of a noisy quantum processor

    Abhinav Kandala;Kristan Temme;Antonio D. Córcoles;Antonio Mezzacapo

  • Quantum information processing with circuit quantum electrodynamics

    Alexandre Blais;Alexandre Blais;Jay Gambetta;A. Wallraff;A. Wallraff;D. I. Schuster

  • Simple pulses for elimination of leakage in weakly nonlinear qubits.

    F. Motzoi;J. M. Gambetta;P. Rebentrost;P. Rebentrost;F. K. Wilhelm

  • Scalable and robust randomized benchmarking of quantum processes.

    Easwar Magesan;J. M. Gambetta;Joseph Emerson

  • Preparation and measurement of three-qubit entanglement in a superconducting circuit

    Leonardo DiCarlo;Matthew D. Reed;Luyan Sun;Blake R. Johnson

  • Superconducting qubit in a waveguide cavity with a coherence time approaching 0.1 ms

    Chad Rigetti;Jay M. Gambetta;Stefano Poletto;B. L. T. Plourde

  • Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits

    Andrew W. Cross;Lev S. Bishop;Sarah Sheldon;Paul D. Nation

  • Suppressing charge noise decoherence in superconducting charge qubits

    J. A. Schreier;Andrew Addison Houck;Jens Koch;D. I. Schuster

  • Efficient Z gates for quantum computing

    David C. McKay;Christopher J. Wood;Sarah Sheldon;Jerry M. Chow

  • Demonstration of a quantum error detection code using a square lattice of four superconducting qubits

    A.D. Córcoles;Easwar Magesan;Srikanth J. Srinivasan;Andrew W. Cross

  • Building logical qubits in a superconducting quantum computing system

    Jay M. Gambetta;Jerry M. Chow;Matthias Steffen

  • Controlling the Spontaneous Emission of a Superconducting Transmon Qubit

    A. A. Houck;J. A. Schreier;B. R. Johnson;J. M. Chow

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Blais
Alexandre Blais Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Robert Schoelkopf
Robert Schoelkopf Yale University
Andrew Houck
Andrew Houck Princeton University
John A. Smolin
John A. Smolin IBM (United States)
Steven Girvin
Steven Girvin Yale University
Luigi Frunzio
Luigi Frunzio Yale University
Michel Devoret
Michel Devoret Yale University
Howard M. Wiseman
Howard M. Wiseman Griffith University
M. B. Ketchen
M. B. Ketchen IBM (United States)

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