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Seth Lloyd

Seth Lloyd

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Engineering and Technology
USA
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
106
Citations
82512
World Ranking
102
National Ranking
41

Physics

D-Index
108
Citations
83989
World Ranking
1231
National Ranking
647

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
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to the theory of quantum computation and quantum communication and their physical implementations

Overview

Seth Lloyd is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

Seth Lloyd has contributed extensively to scientific literature with numerous publications in respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Quantum
  • Physical Review Letters
  • PRX Quantum

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Seth Lloyd are:

  • "Quantum-inspired algorithms in practice", 2020, published in Quantum
  • "Measuring magic on a quantum processor", 2022, published in npj Quantum Information
  • "Quantum embeddings for machine learning", 2020, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Quantum Computational Finance: Quantum Algorithm for Portfolio Optimization", 2024, published in KI - Künstliche Intelligenz
  • "Learning quantum data with the quantum earth mover's distance", 2022, published in Quantum Science and Technology

Frequent collaborators of Seth Lloyd include:

  • Bobak T. Kiani
  • Milad Marvian
  • Giacomo De Palma
  • Salvatore F. E. Oliviero
  • Alioscia Hamma

Seth Lloyd has also authored books, including a publication titled Local Mathematics for Local Physics released in 2023 by WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks.

Among honors, the scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2007, with the citation noting seminal contributions to the theory of quantum computation and quantum communication and their physical implementations.

Best Publications

  • Quantum machine learning

    Jacob D. Biamonte;Jacob D. Biamonte;Peter Wittek;Nicola Pancotti;Patrick Rebentrost

  • Advances in quantum metrology

    Vittorio Giovannetti;Seth Lloyd;Lorenzo Maccone

  • Gaussian quantum information

    Christian Weedbrook;Stefano Pirandola;Raúl García-Patrón;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Universal Quantum Simulators

    Seth Lloyd

  • Quantum-enhanced measurements: beating the standard quantum limit.

    Vittorio Giovannetti;Seth Lloyd;Lorenzo Maccone

  • Quantum algorithm for linear systems of equations.

    Aram W. Harrow;Avinatan Hassidim;Seth Lloyd

  • Quantum metrology

    Vittorio Giovannetti;Seth Lloyd;Lorenzo Maccone

  • DYNAMICAL DECOUPLING OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS

    Lorenza Viola;Emanuel Knill;Seth Lloyd

  • Quantum Support Vector Machine for Big Data Classification

    Patrick Rebentrost;Masoud Mohseni;Seth Lloyd

  • Josephson Persistent-Current Qubit

    J.E. Mooij;T.P. Orlando;L. Levitov;Lin Tian

  • DYNAMICAL SUPPRESSION OF DECOHERENCE IN TWO-STATE QUANTUM SYSTEMS

    Lorenza Viola;Seth Lloyd

  • Environment-assisted quantum walks in photosynthetic energy transfer.

    Masoud Mohseni;Patrick Rebentrost;Seth Lloyd;Alán Aspuru-Guzik

  • Quantum principal component analysis

    Seth Lloyd;Masoud Mohseni;Patrick Rebentrost

  • Quantum Superposition of Macroscopic Persistent-Current States

    Caspar H. van der Wal;A. C. J. ter Haar;F. K. Wilhelm;R. N. Schouten

  • Ultimate physical limits to computation

    Seth Lloyd

  • Quantum computation over continuous variables

    Seth Lloyd;Samuel L. Braunstein

  • Capacity of the noisy quantum channel

    Seth Lloyd

  • Superconducting persistent-current qubit

    T.P. Orlando;J.E. Mooij;J.E. Mooij;Lin Tian;Caspar H. van der Wal

  • Almost any quantum logic gate is universal.

    Seth Lloyd

  • Quantum Algorithm Providing Exponential Speed Increase for Finding Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

    Daniel S. Abrams;Seth Lloyd

  • A Potentially Realizable Quantum Computer

    Seth Lloyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Vittorio Giovannetti
Vittorio Giovannetti Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Samuel L. Braunstein
Samuel L. Braunstein University of York
David G. Cory
David G. Cory University of Waterloo
Saikat Guha
Saikat Guha University of Arizona
Herschel Rabitz
Herschel Rabitz Princeton University
Stefano Mancini
Stefano Mancini University of Camerino
Mark M. Wilde
Mark M. Wilde Cornell University
Nicolas J. Cerf
Nicolas J. Cerf Université Libre de Bruxelles

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