Daniel Gottesman

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Daniel Gottesman
BornJanuary 16, 1970 (1970-01-16) (age 55) [1]
Alma mater Caltech
Known for Gottesman–Knill theorem
Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill code
Clifford gates
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Doctoral advisor John Preskill

Daniel Gottesman is a physicist, known for his work regarding quantum error correction, [2] in particular the invention of the stabilizer formalism for quantum error-correcting codes, Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill code [3] and the Gottesman–Knill theorem. [2] [4] He is a faculty member at the University of Maryland.

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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. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Daniel Gottesman's resume
  2. 1 2 "Daniel Gottesman (PhD '97), Theoretical Quantum Physicist". Caltech Heritage Project. January 8, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ Gottesman, Daniel; Kitaev, Alexei; Preskill, John (2001). "Encoding a qubit in an oscillator". Physical Review A. 64 (1): 012310. arXiv: quant-ph/0008040 . Bibcode:2001PhRvA..64a2310G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.64.012310.
  4. ↑ Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac L. (2010). Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (10th Anniversary ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-107-00217-3.
  5. ↑ "2003 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2003. Retrieved August 8, 2023.


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