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  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his scientific accomplishments in the field of computational manybody physics and for leadership offered to the next generation of computational physicists

Overview

Matthias Troyer is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States and has made contributions across several fields, primarily within computer science and physics and astronomy. Their work spans a range of specialized topics, with significant focus on quantum computing and materials science.

The main areas of study that Matthias Troyer engages in include:

  • Computer Science
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these, the scientist's subfields of study highlight intersections between advanced technology and natural sciences:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The topics tackled in their research include:

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design

Matthias Troyer's publication record includes several papers across prestigious venues. Recent publications are:

  • "Practical quantum advantage in quantum simulation," 2022, Nature
  • "Quantum computing enhanced computational catalysis," 2021, Physical Review Research
  • "Quantum programming languages," 2020, Nature Reviews Physics
  • "Disentangling Hype from Practicality: On Realistically Achieving Quantum Advantage," 2023, Communications of the ACM
  • "Accelerating Computational Materials Discovery with Machine Learning and Cloud High-Performance Computing: from Large-Scale Screening to Experimental Validation," 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequently collaborating researchers include:

  • Hongbin Liu
  • Guang Hao Low
  • Markus Reiher
  • Karol Kowalski
  • Torsten Hoefler

The scientist's work has appeared mainly in the following publication venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Nature

Their contributions have been recognized by the American Physical Society, which awarded the Fellow designation in 2010, citing accomplishments in computational many-body physics and leadership supporting the next generation of computational physicists.

Best Publications

  • Type-II Weyl semimetals

    Alexey Soluyanov;Dominik Gresch;Zhijun Wang;QuanSheng Wu

  • Solving the quantum many-body problem with artificial neural networks

    Giuseppe Carleo;Matthias Troyer;Matthias Troyer

  • WannierTools: An open-source software package for novel topological materials

    QuanSheng Wu;ShengNan Zhang;Hai-Feng Song;Matthias Troyer

  • Continuous-time Monte Carlo methods for quantum impurity models

    Emanuel Gull;Andrew J. Millis;Alexander I. Lichtenstein;Alexey N. Rubtsov

  • Computational complexity and fundamental limitations to fermionic quantum Monte Carlo simulations

    Matthias Troyer;Uwe-Jens Wiese

  • Continuous-Time Solver for Quantum Impurity Models

    Philipp Werner;Armin Comanac;Luca de’ Medici;Luca de’ Medici;Matthias Troyer

  • Evidence for quantum annealing with more than one hundred qubits

    Sergio Boixo;Troels F. Rønnow;Sergei V. Isakov;Zhihui Wang

  • Neural-network quantum state tomography

    Giacomo Torlai;Guglielmo Mazzola;Juan Carrasquilla;Matthias Troyer

  • Elucidating reaction mechanisms on quantum computers

    Markus Reiher;Nathan Wiebe;Krysta M. Svore;Dave Wecker

  • The ALPS project release 1.3: Open-source software for strongly correlated systems

    A. F. Albuquerque;F. Alet;P. Corboz;P. Dayal;P. Dayal

  • Defining and detecting quantum speedup

    Troels F. Rønnow;Zhihui Wang;Joshua Job;Sergio Boixo;Sergio Boixo

  • Progress towards practical quantum variational algorithms

    Dave Wecker;Matthew B. Hastings;Matthias Troyer

  • The ALPS project release 2.0: open source software for strongly correlated systems

    B. Bauer;L.D. Carr;Hans Gerd Evertz;A. Feiguin

  • Topological Thouless pumping of ultracold fermions

    Shuta Nakajima;Takafumi Tomita;Shintaro Taie;Tomohiro Ichinose

  • Thermodynamics of spin S = 1 / 2 antiferromagnetic uniform and alternating-exchange Heisenberg chains

    D. C. Johnston;R. K. Kremer;M. Troyer;X. Wang

  • Many-body quantum state tomography with neural networks

    Giacomo Torlai;Guglielmo Mazzola;Juan Carrasquilla;Matthias Troyer

  • Competing states in the t-J model: uniform D-wave state versus stripe state.

    Philippe Corboz;Philippe Corboz;T. M. Rice;Matthias Troyer

  • MoTe 2 : A Type-II Weyl Topological Metal

    Zhijun Wang;Dominik Gresch;Alexey A. Soluyanov;Weiwei Xie

  • Interacting anyons in topological quantum liquids: The golden chain

    Adrian Feiguin;Simon Trebst;Andreas W W Ludwig;Matthias Troyer

  • Elucidating Reaction Mechanisms on Quantum Computers

    Nathan Wiebe;Markus Reiher;Krysta Svore;Dave Wecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan Wiebe
Nathan Wiebe University of Toronto
David A. Huse
David A. Huse Princeton University
Chetan Nayak
Chetan Nayak Microsoft (United States)
Krysta M. Svore
Krysta M. Svore Microsoft (United States)
Andrew J. Millis
Andrew J. Millis Columbia University
Guifre Vidal
Guifre Vidal Google (United States)
Daniel A. Lidar
Daniel A. Lidar University of Southern California
Xi Dai
Xi Dai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
T. M. Rice
T. M. Rice ETH Zurich

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