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  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his profound contributions to the elucidation of phenomena and techniques central to our current understanding of quantum information theory

Overview

John A. Smolin is affiliated with IBM in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in computer science and physics. Their work spans multiple areas, notably quantum computing algorithms, quantum information and cryptography, and quantum and electron transport phenomena.

Smolin's research has been published in a variety of venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review A
  • Physical Review Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Physical Review Research

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include Vikesh Siddhu, Felix Leditzky, Debbie Leung, Lev S. Bishop, and Graeme Smith.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Generic Nonadditivity of Quantum Capacity in Simple Channels, 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • OpenQASM 3: A Broader and Deeper Quantum Assembly Language, 2022, ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing
  • The Platypus of the Quantum Channel Zoo, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Active learning of quantum system Hamiltonians yields query advantage, 2023, Physical Review Research
  • Quantification of entanglement and coherence with purity detection, 2024, npj Quantum Information

Smolin's main fields of study are:

  • Computer Science
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, subfields of their research include:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Radiation

The primary topics of Smolin's work cover:

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Low-power high-performance VLSI design
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design

In 2011, Smolin was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society for contributions to quantum information theory.

Best Publications

  • Mixed State Entanglement and Quantum Error Correction

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  • Elementary gates for quantum computation.

    Adriano Barenco;Charles H. Bennett;Richard Cleve;David P. DiVincenzo

  • Purification of Noisy Entanglement and Faithful Teleportation via Noisy Channels

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;Sandu Popescu;Benjamin Schumacher

  • Experimental quantum cryptography

    Charles H. Bennett;François Bessette;Gilles Brassard;Louis Salvail

  • Qiskit: An Open-source Framework for Quantum Computing

    Gadi Aleksandrowicz;Thomas Alexander;Panagiotis Barkoutsos;Luciano Bello

  • Quantum nonlocality without entanglement

    Charles H. Bennett;David P. DiVincenzo;Christopher A. Fuchs;Tal Mor

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

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

  • Remote State Preparation

    Charles H. Bennett;David P. DiVincenzo;Peter W. Shor;John A. Smolin

  • Unextendible product bases and bound entanglement

    Charles H. Bennett;David P. DiVincenzo;Tal Mor;Tal Mor;Peter W. Shor

  • Entanglement-assisted capacity of a quantum channel and the reverse Shannon theorem

    C.H. Bennett;P.W. Shor;J.A. Smolin;A.V. Thapliyal

  • Optimal universal and state-dependent quantum cloning

    Dagmar Bruß;David P. DiVincenzo;Artur Ekert;Christopher A. Fuchs

  • 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

  • Entanglement-Assisted Classical Capacity of Noisy Quantum Channels

    Charles H. Bennett;Peter W. Shor;John A. Smolin;Ashish V. Thapliyal

  • Exact and asymptotic measures of multipartite pure-state entanglement

    Charles H. Bennett;Sandu Popescu;Daniel Rohrlich;John A. Smolin

  • Simple all-microwave entangling gate for fixed-frequency superconducting qubits.

    Jerry M. Chow;A. D. Córcoles;Jay M. Gambetta;Chad Rigetti

  • Purification of noisy entanglement and faithful teleportation via noisy channels (vol 76, pg 722, 1996)

    C H Bennett;G Brassard;Sandu Popescu;B Schumacher

  • Universal quantum gate set approaching fault-tolerant thresholds with superconducting qubits.

    Jerry M. Chow;Jay M. Gambetta;A. D. Córcoles;Seth T. Merkel

  • Open Quantum Assembly Language

    Andrew W. Cross;Lev S. Bishop;John A. Smolin;Jay M. Gambetta

  • Capacities of Quantum Erasure Channels

    Charles H. Bennett;David P. DiVincenzo;John A. Smolin

  • Unextendible Product Bases, Uncompletable Product Bases and Bound Entanglement

    David P. DiVincenzo;Tal Mor;Peter W. Shor;John A. Smolin

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith University of Colorado Boulder
Jay M. Gambetta
Jay M. Gambetta IBM (United States)
David P. DiVincenzo
David P. DiVincenzo RWTH Aachen University
Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett IBM (United States)
Barbara M. Terhal
Barbara M. Terhal Delft University of Technology
William K. Wootters
William K. Wootters Williams College
Sandu Popescu
Sandu Popescu University of Bristol
Debbie Leung
Debbie Leung University of Waterloo
Markus Grassl
Markus Grassl University of Gdańsk

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