Ashwin Nayak
Associate Professor
Dept. of Combinatorics and
Optimization,
Faculty of Mathematics,
and Institute for Quantum Computing,
University of Waterloo
and
Associate Member
Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Contact information
I am on sabbatical leave from U. Waterloo from Sep. 1, 2009--Feb. 28,
2010. Email is the best way to reach me during this time.
Prospective students and post-docs
Please read this before
you write to me.
Research
Interests:
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
Computational Complexity
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Publications:
are available here.
Talks:
some are available here.
Teaching
- Graduate
- Ideas from Quantum in Classical Computation (CO 781):
Spring
2009.
- Quantum Information Theory, Error-Correction, and Cryptography (CO 781):
Spring
2008,
Fall
2006.
- Topics in Quantum Information (CO781): Spring 2004.
- Undergraduate
- Calculus II for Science (Math 128): Winter 2009.
- Discrete Mathematics for Engineers (CO/ECE 103): Spring 2008, Fall 2003, Winter
2003.
-
Network Flow Theory (CO 351):
Fall 2007.
-
Algebra For Honours Mathematics (Math 135):
Fall 2006, Spring 2005.
-
Calculus I for Honours Mathematics (Math 137),
Fall 2005.
Program Committees
Past
- FSTTCS 2008,
SOFSEM 2008,
ISAAC 2006,
FOCS 2006,
QIP 2004
(co-chair),
STOC 2003.
Personal
I
support
Asha, and their
Work an Hour
program.
Page under perpetual construction.
Last updated Oct. 31, 2008