Professor Michael Nielsen
Professor Michael Nielsen
The University of Queensland
Project: Principles of Quantum Information Science
The use of quantum mechanical systems to carry and process information is opening the way for a revolution in information technology through innovations such as quantum computation and quantum tele-portation.
This project investigates the fundamental theory of quantum information science and aims to formulate general principles governing the power and behaviour of quantum information.
These principles will, in turn, enable powerful new applications of quantum information to be developed.
Principal areas to be addressed include: general conditions for a physical system to be usable for quantum computation, the development of new algorithms for quantum computers, the development of new quantum communication protocols, and the theory of quantum entanglement.
