Understanding Quantum Computing with Professor Peter Shor and Professor William Oliver

Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Speakers: Peter Shor and William Oliver, MIT

In this episode of MIT’S Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs alliances podcast series MIT Professors Peter Shor, the Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics, and William Oliver, the Henry Ellis Warren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science join for a conversation on the current state and future possibilities of quantum computing. Professor Shor focuses his research on theoretical computer science, error correction, and fault tolerant quantum computing while professor Oliver works towards the development of quantum and classical high-performance computing technologies, such as superconducting qubits.

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Speaker Bio: Peter Shor is the Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics and Chair of the Applied Mathematics Committee in MIT’s Department of Mathematics. His current research interests are in theoretical computer science: on algorithms, quantum computing and combinatorics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the National Academy of Science and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He has also received a Gödel Prize, Micius Quantum Prize, and a King Faisal International Prize in Science. He earned a BA in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, and a PhD in applied mathematics from MIT.

Speaker Bio: William Oliver is the Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor in MIT’s Department Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a fellow at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He is also director of the Center for Quantum Engineering and associate director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics. Oliver provides programmatic and technical leadership targeting the development of quantum and classical high-performance computing technologies. His research interests include the materials growth, fabrication, design, and measurement of superconducting qubits, as well as the development of cryogenic packaging and control electronics involving cryogenic CMOS and single-flux quantum digital logic. Oliver serves on the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee and the U.S. Committee for Superconducting Electronics, and he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He earned undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and Japanese from the University of Rochester, an MS in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.