Robert Raussendorf

Physicist and quantum information scientist. I work on foundational questions in quantum computation.

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

FoQaCiA workshop at PI this week (ii):

You may start your climb right here!

(front left: FoQaCiA Canada member Nadish de Silva, SFU)

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

FoQaCiA workshop: It was so great to be back at PI!

Q: Who appears twice on this Foto?

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

@letonyo @quantum_graeme It is in our lunch discussions. Probably in yours too.

Graeme: Based on your `busywork´ tweet from a few years ago, I too do think that our opinions on the status and prospects of QEC are not too far apart.

[Anthony Leverrier @letonyo]

very nice quote: "I am 62, and I have no real method for doing good mathematics: I still more or less wait for the moment when I get some inspiration."

Completely at odds with what you read everywhere, i.e. that there is a recipe for being creative in research

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

My new work address is:

Leibniz Universität Hannover
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Appelstraße 2
30167 Hannover
Germany

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

It takes two to entangle:

https://t.co/JgAIhzxHZw

2 min video about my work, featured on the Research2Reality website. Taken before Civid, but the conclusion still holds.

If you want to know what's on the board, visit my youtube channel

https://t.co/71ihOpoFDc

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

@cole_comfort In terms of definition, all you need to understand are the anti-commutation relations of the fermion operators.

Possibly interesting references:

https://t.co/dEtlyh79qo
https://t.co/H5JK9AJ2oe

This is how Majorana fermions entered QC literature.

Robert

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New preprint out:

Simulation of quantum computation with magic states via Jordan-Wigner transformations,

by M. Zurel, L. Cohen and R. Raussendorf

https://t.co/64zGFpmGxP

Lambda polytopes are connected to Majorana fermions. We don’t know why yet, but expand the connection.

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

Luis Mantilla, Masters student in my group, has crated a software package (in Python) for simulating measurement-based quantum computations.

Luis invites you to use and contribute:
https://t.co/Li6naRFuUD

Luis after the defence of his thesis on Tuesday:

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New preprint out:

Counter-intuitive yet efficient regimes for measurement based quantum computation on symmetry protected spin chains,

by A. Adhikary, W. Yang, R. Raussendorf

https://t.co/X25dokSXwY

In SPT-MBQC at least, don't be afraid of strong correlations!

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

Announcement:

Two postdoc positions on the Theory of Quantum Computation are opening at my new group in Hannover, Germany,

https://t.co/h8Ls6uxLRJ

[Farid Shahandeh @fariddiequantum]

Hey #quantum folks, with @quaintum and @ProfDanBrowne, we are delighted to invite you to a FREE two-day workshop (Sep 5-6) on foundations of quantum computing (FQC2023) at @RoyalHolloway. Please express your interest by July 31.
More information here,
https://t.co/fJ3AhzJWpP.

[Valerio Scarani @ValerioScarani]

https://t.co/Sh4YoDxdIO
Relevant for #quantum academics too. Since a few years already, I opted for the strategy of section 10. And you?

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

New preprint out:

Simulating quantum computation with magic states: how many “bits” for “it”?

(not many)

This is our entry to Wheeler's ``It from bit'' challenge.

https://t.co/o6JkoVk5Nj

[Ernesto Galvão @efgalvao]

Postdocs in the foundations of quantum computation, come work with us in Braga!

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

@DavidDeutschOxf .. still impressive!

[David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf]

In The Beginning of Infinity I invented a story to illustrate that even logically consistent fiction can be a bad explanation. I asked ChatGPT about it:

[Robert Raussendorf @RRaussendorf]

I am very honoured and excited to receive the Alexander von Humboldt research prize. See you in Hannover!