Daniel Gottesman

Summary

Daniel Gottesman is a physicist, known for his work regarding quantum error correction, in particular the invention of the stabilizer formalism for quantum error-correcting codes, and the Gottesman–Knill theorem. He is a faculty member at the University of Maryland.

Daniel Gottesman
BornJanuary 16, 1970 (1970-01-16) (age 54)[1]
Alma materCaltech
Known forGottesman–Knill theorem
Clifford gates
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Doctoral advisorJohn Preskill

Gottesman completed a B.A. in physics at Harvard University (1992) and a Ph.D. in physics at Caltech (1997). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2013). In 2003, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Daniel Gottesman's resume
  2. ^ "2003 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2003. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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  • Gottesman's homepage at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario