Andris Ambainis

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Andris Ambainis
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Born (1975-01-18) 18 January 1975 (age 50)
Daugavpils, Latvia
Alma mater University of Latvia
University of California, Berkeley
Known for Quantum walks
Quantum algorithms
Quantum complexity theory
Awards International Mathematical Olympiad gold medal (1991)
Scientific career
Fields Quantum information
Quantum computing
Theoretical computer science
Institutions University of Latvia
Doctoral advisor Umesh Vazirani

Andris Ambainis (born 18 January 1975) [1] is a Latvian computer scientist active in the fields of quantum information theory and quantum computing.

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Education and career

Ambainis has held past positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey [2] and the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. He is currently a professor in the Faculty of Computing at the University of Latvia.

He received a Bachelors (1996), Masters (1997), and Doctorate (1997) in Computer Science from the University of Latvia, as well as a PhD (2001) from the University of California, Berkeley. [1]

Contributions

Ambainis has contributed extensively to quantum information processing and foundations of quantum mechanics, mostly through his work on quantum walks and lower bounds for quantum query complexity.

Recognition

In 1991 he received a perfect score and gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad. [3] He won an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2008. [4] Ambainis was an invited speaker at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians [5] , speaking on mathematical aspects of computer science.

References

  1. 1 2 Andris Ambainis' page Archived 2014-05-21 at the Wayback Machine at the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ "Andris Ambainis - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  3. ↑ Andris Ambainis's results at International Mathematical Olympiad.
  4. ↑ "Fellowship Awarded to IQC Professor Andris Ambainis". IQC.ca. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Invited section lectures", ICM 2018, archived from the original on 2017-10-25, retrieved 2018-08-31


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