Biography:Pedram Roushan
Pedram Roushan | |
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 Roushan in QUANTMatter 2023, Madrid | |
| Born | 1978 Sari, Iran |
| Education | University of Pittsburgh, Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
| Spouse(s) | Mojgan Roushan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum physics, quantum information science |
| Institutions | Princeton University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Google AI |
| Thesis | Visualizing Surface States of Topological Insulators with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ali Yazdani[1] |
| Website | research |
Pedram Roushan is an Iranian-American physicist working at Google AI on quantum computing and quantum simulation.
Biography
Pedram Roushan was born in Sari, Iran in 1978 and raised in Iran. His family belonged to the Baháʼí Faith and suffered prosecution and discrimination after the Islamic Revolution. Roushan's parents were laid-off from their jobs due to their beliefs, and his father had to spend several years in hiding. In 1984, to escape persecution, he and his family lived in a small village close to Gilan province, where Roushan attended elementary school. In 1996, Roushan was denied access to Iranian universities. He enrolled at the Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education, where he obtained a degree in civil engineering.[2]
In 2001 and with the help of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS),[3] he moved to the US as a religious refugee and attended the University of Pittsburgh,[4] where he graduated summa cum laude in 2005. He completed his PhD in the group of Ali Yazdani at Princeton University in 2011, where he studies diluted magnetic semiconductors [5] and also performed the first [6] scanning tunneling microscopy on the surface of topological insulators. He then moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara as a postdoc, where he worked in John Martinis' group on building a quantum computer based on superconducting qubits. In 2014 he joined Google together with the Martinis team[7] and was part of the group performing the first claimed quantum supremacy demonstration on Google's Sycamore processor.[8]
Roushan is a Principal Research Scientist at Google Quantum AI and leads the experimental effort on noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) algorithms, focusing on simulating quantum phenomena on NISQ processors.[9] With his team and their collaborators, they have studied information scrambling in quantum circuits,[10] non-equilibrium dynamics and universality classes in quantum spin models,[11][12] phases of matter away from equilibrium, e.g. time crystals [13] and measurement-induced entanglement phases,[14] quantum statistics of abelian [15] and non-abelian excitations of the Kitaev toric code model.[16]
As of November 2023, Roushan has published more than 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals which have been cited over 25,000 times (h-index of 61).[17] At the 18th Capri Spring School in 2024,[18] he coined the term "discoverino" to refer to small discoveries first made by NISQ devices, but could also be made in theory or by using substantial classical computing resources.
Publications (selected)
- McEwen, M; Faoro, L; Arya, K et al. (2022). "Resolving catastrophic error bursts from cosmic rays in large arrays of superconducting qubits". Nature Physics 18 (1): 107–111. doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01432-8. Bibcode: 2022NatPh..18..107M.
- Mi, X; Ippoliti, M; Quintana, C et al. (2021). "Time-crystalline eigenstate order on a quantum processor". Nature 601 (7894): 531–536. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04257-w. PMID 34847568. Bibcode: 2022Natur.601..531M.
- Mi, X; Roushan, P; Quintana, C et al. (2021). "Information scrambling in quantum circuits". Science 374 (6574): 1479–1483. doi:10.1126/science.abg5029. PMID 34709938. Bibcode: 2021Sci...374.1479M.
- Satzinger, K; Liu, Y.-J.; Smith, A et al. (2021). "Realizing topologically ordered states on a quantum processor". Science 374 (6572): 1237–1241. doi:10.1126/science.abi8378. PMID 34855491. Bibcode: 2021Sci...374.1237S.
- Arute, Frank; Arya, Kunal; Babbush, Ryan et al. (2019). "Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor". Nature 574 (7779): 505–510. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1666-5. PMID 31645734. Bibcode: 2019Natur.574..505A.
- Roushan, P.; Neill, C.; Tangpanitanon, J. et al. (2017). "Spectroscopic signatures of localization with interacting photons in superconducting qubits". Science 358 (6367): 1175–1179. doi:10.1126/science.aao1401. PMID 29191906. Bibcode: 2017Sci...358.1175R.
- O'Malley, PJJ; Babbush, R; Kivlichan, ID et al. (2016). "Scalable quantum simulation of molecular energies". Physical Review X 6 (3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.031007. Bibcode: 2016PhRvX...6c1007O.
- Kelly, J; Barends, R; Fowler, A G et al. (2015). "State preservation by repetitive error detection in a superconducting quantum circuit". Nature 519 (7541): 66–69. doi:10.1038/nature14270. PMID 25739628. Bibcode: 2015Natur.519...66K.
- Barends, R; Kelly, J; Megrant, A et al. (2014). "Superconducting quantum circuits at the surface code threshold for fault tolerance". Nature 508 (7497): 500–503. doi:10.1038/nature13171. PMID 24759412. Bibcode: 2014Natur.508..500B.
- Hor, YS; Williams, AJ; Checkelsky, JG et al. (2010). "Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3 and its Implications for Pairing in the Undoped Topological Insulator". Physical Review Letters 104 (5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.057001. PMID 20366785. Bibcode: 2010PhRvL.104e7001H.
- Hor, Y S; Roushan, P; Beidenkopf, H et al. (2010). "Development of ferromagnetism in the doped topological insulator Bi2−xMnxTe3". Physical Review B 81 (19). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.195203. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140815-144158820.
- Roushan, P; Seo, J; Parker, CV et al. (2009). "Topological surface states protected from backscattering by chiral spin texture". Nature 460 (7259): 1106–1109. doi:10.1038/nature08308. PMID 19668187. Bibcode: 2009Natur.460.1106R.
- Hor, Y S; Richardella, A; Roushan, P et al. (2009). "p-type Bi2Se3 for topological insulator and low-temperature thermoelectric applications". Physical Review B 79 (19). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.195208. Bibcode: 2009PhRvB..79s5208H.
References
- ↑ "Pedram Roushan, Ph.D.". Physics Tree. https://academictree.org/physics/peopleinfo.php?pid=457364.
- ↑ Kian Sabeti (October 29, 2019). "The Google Quantum Scientist Was Banned from Attending University in Iran". https://iranpresswatch.org/post/20544/google-quantum-scientist-banned-attending-university-iran/.
- ↑ HIAS (2024). "Hebrew Immigration Aid Society.". https://hias.org/.
- ↑ Nick Keppler (2019). "Shades of Good Will Hunting. Tackling quantum computing, one problem at a time.". Pitt Magazine. https://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/news/shades-good-will-hunting.
- ↑ Science (February 5, 2010). "Visualizing Critical Correlations Near the Metal-Insulator Transition in Ga_{1-x}Mn_xAs". Science 327 (5966): 665–669. doi:10.1126/science.1183640. PMID 20133566. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1183640. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ Nature (August 9, 2009). "Topological surface states protected from backscattering by chiral spin texture". Nature 460 (7259): 1106–1109. doi:10.1038/nature08308. PMID 19668187. Bibcode: 2009Natur.460.1106R. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08308. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Author info: Pedram Roushan". IEEE. 2019-10-14. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086701976.
- ↑ Arute, Frank; Arya, Kunal; Babbush, Ryan et al. (2019). "Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor". Nature 574 (7779): 505–510. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1666-5. PMID 31645734. Bibcode: 2019Natur.574..505A.
- ↑ "About Pedram Roushan". google.com. https://research.google/people/108435/.
- ↑ Science (October 28, 2021). "Information scrambling in quantum circuits". Science 374 (6574): 1479–1483. doi:10.1126/science.abg5029. PMID 34709938. Bibcode: 2021Sci...374.1479M. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg5029. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ Nature (December 7, 2022). "Formation of robust bound states of interacting microwave photons". Nature 612 (7939): 240–245. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05348-y. PMID 36477133. Bibcode: 2022Natur.612..240M.
- ↑ Science (April 4, 2024). "Dynamics of magnetization at infinite temperature in a Heisenberg spin chain". Science 384 (6691): 48–53. doi:10.1126/science.adi7877. PMID 38574139. Bibcode: 2024Sci...384...48R.
- ↑ Nature (2022). "Time-crystalline eigenstate order on a quantum processor". Nature 601 (7894): 531–536. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04257-w. PMID 34847568. Bibcode: 2022Natur.601..531M.
- ↑ Nature (October 18, 2023). "Measurement-induced entanglement and teleportation on a noisy quantum processor". Nature 622 (7983): 481–486. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06505-7. PMID 37853150. Bibcode: 2023Natur.622..481G.
- ↑ Science (December 2, 2021). "Realizing topologically ordered states on a quantum processor". Science 374 (6572): 1237–1241. doi:10.1126/science.abi8378. PMID 34855491. Bibcode: 2021Sci...374.1237S. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi8378. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ Nature (May 11, 2023). "Non-Abelian braiding of graph vertices in a superconducting processor". Nature 618 (7964): 264–269. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05954-4. PMID 37169834. Bibcode: 2023Natur.618..264G.
- ↑ "Citation Report: Roushan, P.". webofscience.com. https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/citation-report/3881919e-456f-47a7-9744-162597ec1d7d-b78ca7f1.
- ↑ "18th Capri Spring School.". 2024. http://capri-school.eu/.
External links
- Kian Sabeti (October 29, 2019). "The Google Quantum Scientist Was Banned from Attending University in Iran". https://iranpresswatch.org/post/20544/google-quantum-scientist-banned-attending-university-iran/.
- Pedram Roushan publications indexed by Google Scholar
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