Jay Gambetta | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | January 29, 1979 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater |
Griffith University (
B.S.), Griffith University ( Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Quantum Computing |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral advisor | Howard Wiseman |
Jay M. Gambetta is a scientist and executive, leading the team at IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center working to build a quantum computer. [1] [2]
Education
Following his Bachelor of Science and Honours degree at Griffith University in 1999 (gaining four awards, including a University medal), Gambetta began a PhD under the supervision of Howard Wiseman in quantum foundations and non-Markovian open quantum systems. [3] After graduating in 2004, Gambetta turned his research to the then-nascent field of superconducting quantum computing. He gained a post-doctorate post at Yale. In 2007, he moved to the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo, where he worked as a postdoc and gained in 2009 a Junior Fellowship from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).
Career
In 2011 he moved to private industry, joining the IBM effort to build a quantum computer based on superconducting qubits. [3] He was appointed Vice President of quantum computing in 2019. As a scientist he has done work on quantum validation techniques, quantum codes, improved gates and coherence, error mitigation and near-term applications of quantum computing. In addition, he was a leader of the team to create the " IBM Quantum Experience", [4] " Qiskit" and the " IBM Q System One".
Gambetta's honours include being elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014 and being named an IBM Fellow in 2018. [5] [6]
Honors
- IBM Fellow (2018) [7]
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (2014) [5]
Gambetta's Law
The observation that Quantum Volume is doubling every year is called "Gambetta's law." [8]
References
- ^ "Jay M. Gambetta - IBM". researcher.watson.ibm.com. 25 July 2016.
- ^ Ball, Philip (24 January 2018). "The Era of Quantum Computing Is Here. Outlook: Cloudy". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b Redrup, Yolanda (16 April 2018). "How Gold Coast surfer Jay Gambetta became one of IBM's top quantum physicists". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Google and IBM Battle for Quantum Supremacy - TOP500 Supercomputer Sites". www.top500.org.
- ^ a b "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org.
- ^ "2018 Fellow Jay Gambetta". IBM. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Fellow Jay Gambetta". IBM. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Cherrayil, Naushad K. (24 November 2019). "Will Intel's Moore's Law be replaced by Google's Neven or IBM's Gambetta?". TechRadar.