Biography:Michael Nielsen
Michael Nielsen | |
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.jpg) Michael Nielsen at Science Online London 2011 | |
| Born | Michael Aaron Nielsen January 4, 1974 |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
| Known for | Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Nielsen's theorem |
| Awards | Richard C. Tolman Prize Fellow at Caltech, Fulbright Scholar[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Computer science |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory Caltech University of Queensland Perimeter Institute Recurse Center |
| Thesis | Quantum Information Theory (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carlton M. Caves[2] |
| Website | http://michaelnielsen.org |
Michael Aaron Nielsen (born January 4, 1974) is a quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in San Francisco .[3]
Work
In 1998, Nielsen received his PhD in physics from the University of New Mexico. In 2004, he was recognized as Australia's "youngest academic" and was awarded a Federation Fellowship at the University of Queensland.[4] During this fellowship, he worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Caltech, and at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[2]
Alongside Isaac Chuang, Nielsen co-authored a popular textbook on quantum computing,[5] which has been cited more than 52,000 times as of July 2023.[6]
In 2007, Nielsen shifted his focus from quantum information and computation to “the development of new tools for scientific collaboration and publication”,[7] including the Polymath project with Timothy Gowers, which aims to facilitate "massively collaborative mathematics."[8] Besides writing books and essays, he has also given talks about open science.[9] He was a member of the Working Group on Open Data in Science at the Open Knowledge Foundation.[10]
Nielsen is a strong advocate for open science and has written extensively on the subject, including in his book Reinventing Discovery, which was favorably reviewed in Nature and named one of the Financial Times' best books of 2011.[11][12]
In 2015 Nielsen published the online textbook Neural Networks and Deep Learning, and joined the Recurse Center as a Research Fellow.[13][14] He has also been a Research Fellow at Y Combinator Research since 2017.[15]
In 2019, Nielsen collaborated with Andy Matuschak to develop Quantum Computing for the Very Curious, a series of interactive essays explaining quantum computing and quantum mechanics.[16] With Patrick Collison, he researched whether scientific progress is slowing down.[17]
Nielsen resides in San Francisco.[18]
Bibliography
- Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac L. (2010), Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (New ed., 10th anniversary ed.), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-00217-3
- Nielsen, Michael A. (2011). Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14890-8. This book is based on themes that are also covered in his essay on the Future of Science.[19]
- Nielsen, Michael A. (2015). Neural Networks and Deep Learning. Determination Press. http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com.
- Nielsen, M. A. (2004). "The bits that make up the Universe". Nature 427 (6969): 16–17. doi:10.1038/427016b. Bibcode: 2004Natur.427...16N. (Review of Information: The New Language of Science (2003) by Hans Christian von Baeyer)
References
- ↑ http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/michael-a-nielsen/ About Michael Nielsen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Nielsen at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "The Recurse Center" (in en-US). 23 August 2016. https://www.recurse.com/blog/110-pausing-rc-research.
- ↑ Maiden, Samantha (17 June 2004). "'Football star' salaries to boost academic research". The Australian (Canberra, ACT): p. 4. ProQuest 357585672.
- ↑ Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac L. (2000). Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-63235-5. OCLC 43641333.
- ↑ Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac (2002). Quantum computation and quantum information. AAPT. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=QKyb_9oAAAAJ&citation_for_view=QKyb_9oAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C.
- ↑ "Michael Nielsen » Changing fields". 28 September 2007. http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?p=274.
- ↑ Gowers, T.; Nielsen, M. (2009). "Massively collaborative mathematics". Nature 461 (7266): 879–881. doi:10.1038/461879a. PMID 19829354. Bibcode: 2009Natur.461..879G.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw TEDxWaterloo - Michael Nielsen - Open Science
- ↑ "Working Group on Open Data in Science". http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/science.
- ↑ Hannay, T. (2011). "A new kind of science?". Nature Physics 7 (10): 742. doi:10.1038/nphys2109. Bibcode: 2011NatPh...7..742H.
- ↑ Wilsdon, James (28 October 2011). "Reinventing Discovery". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5f01366-fef3-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1j00AdfTh.
- ↑ Recurse Center Blog
- ↑ Recurse Center Blog
- ↑ "Michael Nielsen's website". http://michaelnielsen.org.
- ↑ "Quantum Computing for the Very Curious". 2019-03-18. https://quantum.country.
- ↑ Nielsen, Patrick Collison, Michael (2018-11-16). "Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck" (in en-US). https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/diminishing-returns-science/575665/.
- ↑ "michael_nielsen (@michael_nielsen) | Twitter" (in en). https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen.
- ↑ "Michael Nielsen » The Future of Science". 17 July 2008. http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?p=448.
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