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

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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


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Last updated Oct. 31, 2008