Aram Harrow
Center for Theoretical Physics
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| Aram Harrow |
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Professor of Physics Center for Theoretical Physics |
| 2025 PhD applications: | I am not looking for new grad students for Fall 2025. |
| research interests: | quantum algorithms, information and complexity theory;
representation theory; optimization. I've written semi-technical overviews of quantum information for CS undergrads and MIT physics alumni. |
| research: | papers
(RSS) talks |
| teaching: |
6.443/8.371/18.436 (Quantum Information Science 2)
Spring 2018,
Spring 2017 8.372 / 18.S996 (Quantum Information Science 3) Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020 8.04 (Quantum Mechanics 1) Spring 2023, Fall 2021 8.05 (Quantum Mechanics 2) Spring 2021 (8.051), Fall 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2013 8.06 (Quantum Mechanics 3) Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 8.322 (Grad Quantum Mechanics 2) Spring 2020 |
| current Ph.D students: | Shankar Balasubramanian, Angus Lowe, Alexander Schmidhuber, Norah Tan, Annie Wei, Alexander Zlokapa. |
| former Ph.D students: | Eric Anschuetz, Adam Bene Watts, Elizabeth Crosson, Linghang Kong, Rolando La Placa, Richard Low, Saeed Mehraban, Kamil Michnicki, John Napp, Anand Natarajan, Paul Pham, David Rosenbaum, Mehdi Soleimanifar, Kevin Zatloukal |
| professional activities: |
QIP: steering committee
2011-2014; program committee member 2009, 2015; PC chair 2018 FOCS PC 2015 TQC PC chair 2014, SC 2015-2020 scirate maintainer Quantum Journal: coordinating editor 2016-2021, steering committee member 2021- |
| FAQ: | Where can I learn about quantum information? Information for prospective grad students |
| brief CV: | MIT undergrad (math & physics, 1997-2001) and grad (physics 2001-05). Bristol lecturer in CS and Mathematics (2005-10). U. Washington research assistant professor in CS (2010-12). MIT physics: assistant professor (2013-2017), associate professor (2017-2022) |
| contact: |
Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave, 6-318 Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-5723 |