Dorit Aharonov (Hebrew: דורית אהרונוב; born 1970) is an Israeli computer scientist specializing in quantum computing.
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
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| Known for | Aharonov–Jones–Landau algorithm Quantum threshold theorem |
| Awards | Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research |
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| Fields | Quantum computing |
| Institutions | Hebrew University |
| Thesis | Noisy Quantum Computation (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Avi Wigderson Michael Ben-Or |
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 “A Feldenkrais Lesson for the Beginner Scientist: Professor Dorit Aharonov at TEDxJaffa” |
Aharonov was born in Washington and grew up in Haifa, the daughter of the mathematician Dov Aharonov and the niece of the physicist Yakir Aharonov.
Aharonov graduated from Weizmann Institute of Science with an MSc in physics. She received her doctorate for Computer Science in 1999 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and her thesis was entitled Noisy Quantum Computation.[1] She also did her post-doctorate in the mathematics department of Princeton University and in the computer science department of University of California Berkeley.[2] She was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1998–99.[3]
Aharonov has won several awards for her research work. In 2005 she was chosen by Nature magazine as one of the four "most prominent young theorists in their field", and the following year she was awarded the Creel Prize for excellence in scientific research.[4]
Aharonov was an invited speaker in International Congress of Mathematicians 2010, Hyderabad on the topic of "Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science".[5]
She was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2024.[6]
Research
editAharonov's research is mainly about quantum information processes, which includes:[2][7]
- quantum algorithms
- quantum cryptography and computational complexity
- quantum error corrections and fault tolerance
- connections between quantum computation and quantum Markov chains and lattices
- quantum Hamiltonian complexity and its connections to condensed matter physics
- transition from quantum to classical physics
- understanding entanglement by studying quantum complexity
Honors and awards
edit- 2006 - Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research[8]
- 2014 - the Michael Bruno Memorial Award[9][10]
- 2024 - elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
References
edit- ^ "Noisy Quantum Computation".
- ^ a b "Institute for Quantum Computing". Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "כתב העת "נייצ'ר" בחר בד"ר דורית אהרונוב כאחת מארבעת מדעני הפיסיקה המבטיחים בעולם". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897". International Congress of Mathematicians. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
- ^ "News - NAS".
- ^ "Dorit Aharonov's Home Page". Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ מיכל (2020-01-07). "Dorit Aharonov". Wolf Foundation. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Dorit Aharonov". Simons Foundation. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Bruno Laureates". iias.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2024-05-17.