Jacob Biamonte

Jacob.Biamonte[at]qubit.org

I work on the physical theory of information and computation and towards a unified mathematical theory of networks.

Research Interests

Mathematical physics, network theory, tensor network states, chemical reaction networks, field theory
Computational complexity theory, circuit theory and connections to condensed matter physics
Quantum algorithms to simulate many-body physics and ab initio chemistry on a quantum computer

My Courses

Guest lecturer, Lectures on Tensor Network States, QIC 890/891 Selected Advanced Topics in Quantum Information, The University of Waterloo (Institute for Quantum Computation, IQC and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, PI), Waterloo Ontario, Canada, (2011).

Credits: youtube lectures filmed and edited by Peter J. Kovacs and Craig Hennessey, trailer and interview orchestrated by Colin Hunter.

Recent Coauthors

John Baez
Ville Bergholm
Yudong Cao
Mauro Faccin
Tomi Johnson
Zoltan Kadar
Jason Morton
James Whitfield
Zoltan Zimboras

Media

Network Theory Part 18, John Baez and Jacob Biamonte, Azimuth blog, (2011).
Network Theory Part 17, John Baez and Jacob Biamonte, Azimuth blog, (2011).
Tensor Dispenser, (a blog article about my tensor networks course) by Colin Hunter, Quantum factory (2011).
Our paper [AIP Advances 1, 022126 (2011)] has been in the top 20 most downloaded (reaching 5th) June, July, Aug, Sep, Oct 2011.

Network Theory Part 7, Jacob Biamonte, Azimuth blog, (2011).
Visitor Notes: Jacob Biamonte − Categorical Models of Quantum Information in the Simulation of Many−Body Systems, Jacob Biamonte, CQT's Annual Report (2010), (Jenny Hogan, editor) (pdf).
Interview by Pete Wilton, Quantum simulators & super civilisations
Jacob Biamonte on Tensor Network States, n-Category Café
Some of our published work has been selected to be listed in the Virtual Journal of Quantum information: Vir. J. Quantum Inf. Volume 8, Issue 6, Information Theory, (2008); Vir. J. Quantum Inf. Volume 7, Issue 7, Implementations, (2007); Vir. J. Quantum Inf. Volume 7, Issue 5, Implementations, (2007); Vir. J. Quantum Inf. Volume 8, Issue 8, Algorithms and Computation, (2008).
Some articles about our joint work [Nature Chemistry 2:106, 2010; Molecular Physics 109(5):735, 2010] on quantum algorithms: (New Scientist, Physics World, Science News, Wired!, MSNBC)

Experience

Guest lecturer, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), University of Waterloo
Lecturer in Physics, St Peter's College, University of Oxford
EPSRC Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Oxford
Research Assistant, University of Oxford
Research Fellow, Harvard University
Research Physicist/Consultant, D-Wave Systems, Inc. The Quantum Computing Company
Doctorate from the University of Oxford

Talks

Invariant Theory for Matrix Product States, Networking Tensor Networks: many-body systems and simulations, May 2012, Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual, Benasque Spain. [Slides PPT and PDF]

Quantum versus Classical Network Structure and Function, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Science (IIIS), Center for Quantum Information (CQI), (2011). [PDF of slides]. (My visit to IIIS and CQI was supported in part by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grants 2011CBA00300 and 2011CBA00302). [YouKu Video]

Penrose Graphical Notation for Tensor Network States, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Seminar Archive (PIRSA), (2011). [PDF of slides], http://pirsa.org/11080059/ (multiple media formats).

Grants

Awarded £150,000 (~$230,000) from the Sir John Templeton Foundation (with Kavan Modi, Vlatko Vedral and George Sudarshan) 2011-13.
Recipient of EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship 10/2010 - 8/2011.
Awarded £174,422 (~$270,000) for EPSRC grant EP/G003017/1 (with Ed Blakey et al) 2008-10.

Patent

Embodiment of a Universal Adiabatic Quantum Computer, (patented in over 180 countries), U.S. Patent
60/910,445, International Patent WO/2008/122128, (4/2007). [rights owned by D-Wave Systems Inc.]

Publications

Undecidability in Tensor Network States

Jason Morton and Jacob Biamonte

in review, (2012)

http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3315

Quantum Techniques for Stochastic Mechanics

John Baez and Jacob Biamonte

book in progress, (2012)

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/quantum-mathematics.pdf

Tensor networks for entanglement evolution

Sebastian Meznaric and Jacob Biamonte

in review, (2012)

http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3599

Tensor networks and graphical calculus for open quantum systems

Christopher J. Wood, Jacob D. Biamonte and David G. Cory

in review (2011)

http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6950

Algebraically contractible topological tensor network states

S. J. Denny, J. D. Biamonte, D. Jaksch and S. R. Clark

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 45 015309, (2012).

http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0888

Categorical Quantum Circuits

Ville Bergholm and Jacob Biamonte

In Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Vol. 44, No. 17, pages 25304-25324, 2011.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4840

Ground State Spin Logic

James Whitfield, Mauro Faccin and Jacob D Biamonte

in review, 2012. http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.1742

Categorical Tensor Network States

Jacob D. Biamonte‚ Stephen R.Clark and Dieter Jaksch

AIP Advances 1(4), 042172 (2011).

http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0531

Racing a quantum computer through Minkowski spacetime

Jacob D Biamonte

In J. Phys. Conf. Ser.. Vol. 1. No. 229. Pages 012020. 2010.

Details | BibTeX | Link | DOI (10.1088/1742-6596/229/1/012020)

Simulation of electronic structure Hamiltonians using quantum computers

James D. Whitfield‚ Jacob Biamonte and Alán Aspuru−Guzik

In Molecular Physics. Vol. 109. No. 5. Pages 735. 2010.

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Adiabatic Quantum Simulators

J.D. Biamonte‚ V. Bergholm‚ J.D. Whitfield‚ J. Fitzsimons and A. Aspuru−Guzik

In AIP Advances 1(2), 022146, 2011. arXiv:1002.0368.

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Fault Models for Quantum Mechanical Switching Networks

Jacob D. Biamonte‚ Jeff S. Allen and Marek A. Perkowski

In Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications. Vol. 26. No. 5. Pages 499−511. 2010.

Details | BibTeX | Download (pdf) | DOI (10.1007/s10836-010-5171-x)

Towards quantum chemistry on a quantum computer

B. P. Lanyon et al.,

In Nature Chem. No. 2. Pages 106–111. 2010.

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Realizable Hamiltonians for universal adiabatic quantum computers

J.D. Biamonte and Peter J. Love

In Physical Review A 78‚ 012352. 2008.

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Non−perturbative k−body to two−body commuting conversion Hamiltonians and embedding problem instances into Ising spins

J.D. Biamonte

In Physical Review A 77‚ 052331. 2008.

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Four−level realization of 3−qubit reversible functions

Guowu Yang‚ Xiaoyu Song‚ Marek A. Perkowski‚ William N. N. Hung‚ Jacob Biamonte and Zhiwei Tang

In IET Computers and Digital Techniques. Vol. 1. No. 4. Pages 382–388. 2007.

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Sign and magnitude tunable coupler for superconducting flux qubits

R. Harris et al.

In Physical Review Letters 98‚ 177001. 2007.

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Fault testing quantum switching circuits

Jacob Biamonte and Marek Perkowski

In IET Circuits‚ Devices & Systems. 2006.

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The Cost of Quantum Gates

Soonchil Lee‚ Seong−Joo Lee‚ Taegon Kim‚ Jae−Seung Lee‚ Jacob Biamonte and Marek Perkowski

In Journal of Multiple−Valued Logic and Soft Computing. Vol. 12. No. 5−6. Pages 561−574. 2006.

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Test set generation and fault localization software for reversible circuits

Dean Pierce‚ Jacob Biamonte and Marek Perkowski

In Proc. 7th International Symposium on Representations and Methodologies for Emergent Computing Technologies‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Pages 8. September, 2005.

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ATPG for reversible circuits using technology−related fault models

J.S. Allen‚ J.D. Biamonte and M. Perkowski

In Proc. 7th International Symposium on Representations and Methodology of Future Computing Technologies. Pages 8. September, 2005.

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Extending classical test to quantum

Jacob D. Biamonte; Minki Jeong; Jae−Seung Lee; Marek A. Perkowski

In Proc. SPIE. Vol. 5842. No. 194. Pages 194−205. 2005.

Details | BibTeX | Link | DOI (10.1117/12.623715)

Test generation and fault localization for quantum circuits

M Perkowski and J Biamonte

In ISMVL '05 Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Multiple−Valued Logic. Pages 62−68. 2005.

Details | BibTeX | Link | DOI (10.1109/ISMVL.2005.46)

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