Daniel Lidar

• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1997-2000

Tenure Track Appointments

• Professor, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Chemistry, Cross Appointment in Physics, University of Southern California, 06/28/2010 –
• Associate Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Electrical Engineering, Cross Appointment in Physics, University of Southern California, 07/01/2005 – 06/27/2010
• Associate Professor of Chemistry. Cross Appointments in Physics and Mathematics., University of Toronto, 07/01/2004 – 06/30/2006
• Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Cross appointments in Physics and Mathematics., University of Toronto, 09/01/2000 – 06/30/2004

Visiting and Temporary Appointments

• Associate, Institute for Quantum Information, California Institute of Technology, 2009
• Visiting Professor (on sabbatical leave), California Institute of Technology, 2008-2009

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Dynamics and control of open quantum systems, quantum information science, and the physical implementation of quantum information processors. Current scientific interests include:
• Closed-loop learning algorithms and open-loop methods for reducing decoherence in open quantum systems, with emphasis on quantum information processing
• Quantum computation with naturally available interactions, in particular in solid state devices such as quantum dots
• Theory of development of small quantum information processors using currently available or near-term technology
• Efficient algorithms for simulation of physical systems on quantum computers
• Quantum phase transitions and their connection to quantum information theory
• Adiabatic quantum computing and its implementation in real physical systems

Research Keywords

Quantum computers, quantum computation, quantum open systems, decoherence, quantum error correction, quantum dots, quantum control, quantum algorithms, quantum phase transitions, quantum information theory, entanglement.

Contracts and Grants Awarded

• Decoherence control via quantum dynamical decoupling — theory and experiment, (NSF, Chemistry Division), Daniel Lidar, $420,000, 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2012
• Geometric Quantum Information Processing in Open Systems, (NSF, Physics Division), Paolo Zanardi, Daniel Lidar, $150,000, 09/01/2008 – 08/31/2011
• Supplement to “Quantum Computational Complexity of Classical Statistical Mechanics”, (NSF, CCF Division), Daniel Lidar, $25,237, 08/28/2009 – 07/31/2011
• Quantum Computational Complexity of Classical Statistical Mechanics, (NSF, CCF Division), Daniel Lidar, $210,000, 08/01/2008 – 07/31/2011
• Supplement to “Adiabatic Quantum Computing in Open Systems: Methodology, Performance, and Error Corr, (NSF, Physics Division), Daniel Lidar, $26,080, 10/06/2009 – 09/30/2010
• Adiabatic Quantum Computing in Open Systems: Methodology, Performance, and Error Correction, (NSF-EMT), Daniel Lidar, $400,000, 10/01/2007 – 09/30/2010
• Methodologies for Quantum Error Correction, (DARPA (subcontract via HRL Laboratories, LLC)), Daniel Lidar, $405,000, 04/01/2007 – 03/31/2010
• First International Conference On Quantum Error Correction, (Army Research Office), Daniel Lidar, $27,500, 10/01/2007 – 09/30/2008
• Quantum Computational Complexity of Spin Glasses, (Army Research Office), Daniel Lidar, $231,896, 08/01/2005 – 07/31/2008
• Spin Bus for Quantum Information Processing, (NSF-EMT), Daniel Lidar, Mark Friesen (UW Madison), Xu-Dong Hu (SUNY Buffalo), $70,953, 08/01/2005 – 07/31/2008
• Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, (Sloan Foundation), Daniel Lidar, $40,000, 09/16/2003 – 09/15/2007
• Tailored Quantum Error Correction, (DARPA-QUIST), Daniel Lidar, Aephraim Steinberg (University of Toronto), $1,160,000, 07/01/2001 – 06/30/2007

Gifts and Endowments

• First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction , (IQI-Caltech), $5,000, 2007-2008
• First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction , (IQC-Waterloo), $5,000, 2007-2008
• First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction , (Cambridge University Press), $5,000, 2007-2008
• First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction , (registration fees), $21,972, 12/17/2007 – 12/21/2007

USC Funding

• Zumberge Fund. CQIST: CQIST: Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology. An Organized Research Unit between the College and VSoE., $50000, 2007-2008
• College Programs, Projects, and Centers Initiative. CQIST: CQIST: Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology., $40000, 2007-2008
• VSoE. First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction : In support of the First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction., $5000, 2007-2008

Conference Presentations

• invitation declined , International Program on Quantum InformationLecture/Seminar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Invited, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India , 01/2010
• High fidelity quantum computation via dynamical decoupling , Workshop on Quantum Dynamical DecouplingLecture/Seminar, NIST, Invited, Boulder, Colorado, 10/2009
• Hybrid quantum error prevention, reduction, and correction methods (two talks) , Canadian Quantum Information Summer SchoolLecture/Seminar, Fields Institute, Invited, Toronto, Canada, 08/2009
• invitation declined , Program on Quantum Control of Light and Matter, Invited, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa B, 04/2009
• Preserving and extending quantum coherence: from the spin echo effect to fault tolerant quantum computation , Workshop on Coherence, Control, and DissipationTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Minneapolis, 03/2009
• Keynote talk: Toward Fault Tolerant Adiabatic Quantum Computation , Workshop on Mathematical Foundation of Quantum Control and Quantum Information TheoryTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Madrid, Spain, 05/2008
• invitation declined , International School and Conference on Quantum InformationTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Bhubaneswar, India , 03/2008
• invitation declined , Third International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal ProcessingTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Malta, 03/2008
• Toward Fault Tolerant Adiabatic Quantum Computation , Conference on Adiabatic Quantum ComputationTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, D-Wave Systems, Vancouver, Canada, 03/2008
• Toward Fault Tolerant Quantum Dynamical Decoupling , Symposium on Problems in Fault ToleranceTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics, 02/2008
• invitation declined , Workshop on dynamical behavior of decoherence and related issuesTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Nara, Japan, 01/2008
• Opening Address , 1st Int’l Conference on Quantum Error CorrectionChair and co-organizer, Invited, University of Southern California, 12/2007
• Keynote talk: Fault Tolerant Quantum Dynamical Decoupling , Noise, Information and Complexity at Quantum Scale Talk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Majorana Center, Erice, Italy, 11/2007
• invitation declined , NSF Conference on Topological Quantum Field TheoryTalk/Oral Presentation, University of Texas, Invited, Texas, 09/2007
• invitation declined , Asia Pacific Workshop and Conference on Quantum Information Science 2007Talk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Singapore, 08/2007
• Adiabatic Quantum Computing in Open Systems , International Conference on Quantum Computing and Many-Body SystemsTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Key West, Florida, 2006-2007
• Adiabatic Quantum Computing in Open Systems , 37th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics Talk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Snowbird, Utah, 2006-2007
• Adiabaticity in Open Quantum Systems , Workshop on Theory and Technology in Quantum Information, Communication, Computation and CryptographTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Abdus Salaam Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2006-2007
• Adiabaticity in Open Quantum Systems , 3rd Workshop on Decoherence, Entanglement and Information in Complex SystemsTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Eilat, Israel, 2006-2007
• Fault Tolerant Quantum Dynamical Decoupling , FTQC II, the 2nd workshop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation, Talk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, 2006-2007
• invitation declined , Theoretical and Experimental Foundations of Recent Quantum TechnologyTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Durban, South Africa, 2006-2007
• invitation declined , Third Feynman Festival ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Maryland, 2006-2007
• invitation declined , Canada Math Conference, Special Session on ControlTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Toronto, Canada, 2006-2007
• invitation declined , PHYSCON 2007, Symposium on Dynamical Control of Quantum Entanglement and DecoherenceTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Germany, 07/2007
• unable to attend , Workshop on Principles and Application of Control in QuantumPlenary Talk, Invited, Sydney, Australia, 07/2007

Other Presentations

• Accurate and decoherence-protected adiabatic quantum computation, IQI Seminar, Pasadena, 2008-2009
• Preserving and extending quantum coherence: from the spin echo effect to fault tolerant quantum computation , Physics Colloquium, , 2008-2009
• Preserving and extending quantum coherence: from the spin echo effectto fault tolerant quantum computation, Atlanta Area Chemical Physics Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008-2009
• Toward Fault Tolerant Adiabatic Quantum Computation, Quantum Information Seminar, Waterloo, Canada, 2008-2009
• Toward Fault Tolerant Adiabatic Quantum Computation, Special Seminar, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2008-2009
• Decoherence Control in Quantum Computers, Physics Colloquium, Northridge, California, 2007-2008
• Decoherence Control in Quantum Computers, Quantum Seminar, Jerusalem, Israel, 2006-2007
• Fault Tolerant Quantum Dynamical Decoupling, Chemical Physics Seminar, Rehovot, Israel, 2006-2007
• Session Chair, APS March Meeting, session on “Entanglement”, Denver, Colorado, 2006-2007
• Four Short Pieces in Quantum Computation, Quantum Lunch Seminar, Los Alamos, 2006-2007

• U.S. Patent 7,364,923 entitled Dressed Qubits.
  Inventors: D.A. Lidar and L.-A. Wu.
  Assignee: The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (Toronto, CA).
  Approved: April 29, 2008.
• U.S. Patent Application 7,307,275 entitled Encoding and Error Suppression for Superconducting Quantum Computers.
  Inventors: D.A. Lidar, L.-A. Wu, and A. Blais.
  Assignees: D-Wave Systems, Inc. (Vancouver, CA), The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (Toronto, CA).
  Approved: December 11, 2007.
• Guest Editor of J. Phys. B 40 (2007), special issue on “Dynamical Control of Entanglement and Decoherence”
• U.S. Patent 7,184,555 entitled Quantum computation. Inventors: K.B. Whaley, D.A. Lidar, J. Kempe, D. Bacon. Assignee: Magiq Technologies, Inc. (New York, NY).
  Approved: February 27, 2007.
• U.S. Patent 7,018,852 entitled Methods for Single Qubit Gate Teleportation. Inventors: L.-A. Wu, D.A. Lidar, and A. Blais. Assignees: D-Wave Systems, Inc. (Vancouver, CA), The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (Toronto, CA).
  Approved: March 28, 2006.
• Guest Editor of Quant. Info. and Computation 5 (2005), special issue on “Quantum Information and Quantum Control”.

Journal Article

• Kosut, R. L., Lidar, D. A. (2009). Quantum Error Correction via Convex Optimization. Quant. Inf. Processing. Vol. 8, pp. 443.
• Taghavi, S., Kosut, R., Lidar, D. A. (2009). Channel-optimized quantum error correction. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. arXiv
• Lidar, D. A., Rezakhani, A. T., Hamma, A. (2009). Adiabatic approximation with exponential accuracy for many-body systems and quantum computation. J. Math. Phys.. Vol. 50, pp. 102106.
• Rezakhani, A. T., Kuo, W. J., Hamma, A., Lidar, D. A., Zanardi, P. (2009). Quantum Adiabatic Brachistochrone. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 103, pp. 080502.
• Oreshkov, O., Brun, T. A., Lidar, D. A. (2009). A scheme for fault-tolerant holonomic computation on stabilizer codes. Physical Review A. Vol. 80, pp. 022325.
• Shabani, A., Lidar, D. A. (2009). Maps for general open quantum systems and a theory of linear quantum error correction. Physical Review A. Vol. 80, pp. 012309.
• Shabani, A., Lidar, D. A. (2009). Vanishing quantum discord is necessary and sufficient for completely positive maps. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 102, pp. 100402.
• Oreshkov, O., Brun, T. A., Lidar, D. A. (2009). Fault-tolerant holonomic quantum computation. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 102, pp. 070502.
• Oreshkov, O., Lidar, D. A., Brun, T. A. (2009). Operator quantum error correction for continuous dynamics. Physical Review A. Vol. 78, pp. 022333.
• Oreshkov, O., Lidar, D. A., Brun, T. (2008). Operator quantum error correction for continuous dynamics. Phys. Rev. A. Vol. 78, pp. 022333.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Rigorous Bounds on the Performance of a Hybrid Dynamical Decoupling-Quantum Computing Scheme. Phys. Rev. A. Vol. 78, pp. 012355.
• Shaw, B., Wilde, M. M., Oreshkov, O., Kremsky, I., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Encoding One Logical Qubit Into Six Physical Qubits. Phys. Rev. A. Vol. 78, pp. 012337.
• Lidar, D. A., Zanardi, P., Khodjasteh, K. (2008). Distance Bounds on Quantum Dynamics. Phys. Rev. A. Vol. 78, pp. 012308.
• Gordon, G., Kurizki, G., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Optimal Dynamical Decoherence Control of a Qubit. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 101, pp. 010403.
• Rossini, D., Facchi, P., Fazio, R., Florio, G., Lidar, D. A., Pascazio, S., Plastina, F., Zanardi, P. (2008). Bang-Bang control of a qubit coupled to a quantum critical spin bath. Phys. Rev. A. Vol. 77, pp. 052112.
• Lidar, D. A. (2008). Towards Fault Tolerant Adiabatic Quantum Computation. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 100, pp. 160506.
• Hamma, A., Zhang, W., Haas, S., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Entanglement, fidelity, and topological entropy in a quantum phase transition to topological order. Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 77, pp. 155111.
• Mohseni, M., Rezakhani, A., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Quantum Process Tomography: Resource Analysis of Different Strategies. Phys. Rev. A. Vol. 77, pp. 032322.
• Geraci, J., Lidar, D. A. (2008). On the Exact Evaluation of Certain Instances of the Potts Partition Function by Quantum Computers. Communications in Mathematical Physics. Vol. 279, pp. 735.
• Hamma, A., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Adiabatic Preparation of Topological Order. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 100, pp. 030502.
• Kunikeev, S. D., Lidar, D. A. (2008). The Spin Density Matrix II: Application to a system of two quantum dots. Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 77, pp. 045320.
• Kunikeev, S. D., Lidar, D. A. (2008). The Spin Density Matrix I: General Theory and Exact Master Equations. Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 77, pp. 045319.
• Kosut, R. L., Shabani, A., Lidar, D. A. (2008). Robust Quantum Error Correction via Convex Optimization. Phys. Rev. Lett.. Vol. 100, pp. 020502.
• Mizel, A., Lidar, D. A., Mitchell, M. (2007). Simple proof of equivalence between adiabatic quantum computation and the circuit model. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 99 (7), pp. 4.
• Mohseni, M., Lidar, D. A. (2007). Direct characterization of quantum dynamics: General theory. Physical Review A. Vol. 75 (6), pp. 15.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2007). Performance of deterministic dynamical decoupling schemes: Concatenated and periodic pulse sequences. Physical Review A. Vol. 75 (6), pp. 16.
• Friesen, M., Biswas, A., Hu, X. D., Lidar, D. A. (2007). Efficient multiqubit entanglement via a spin bus. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 98 (23), pp. 4.
• Hamma, A., Zhang, W., Haas, S., Lidar, D. A. (2007). Entanglement, fidelity and topological entropy in a quantum phase transition to topological order. Physical Review Letters. arXiv
• Grace, M., Brif, C., Rabitz, H., Walmsley, I. A., Kosut, R. L., Lidar, D. A. (2007). Optimal control of quantum gates and suppression of decoherence in a system of interacting two-level particles. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. Vol. 40 (9), pp. S103-S125.
• Dasgupta, S., Lidar, D. A. (2007). Decoherence-induced geometric phase in a multilevel atomic system. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. Vol. 40 (9), pp. S127-S142.
• Akulin, V. M., Kurizki, G., Lidar, D. A. (2007). How to control decoherence and entanglement in quantum complex systems?. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. Vol. 40 (9), pp. 2.
• Biswas, A., Lidar, D. A. (2006). Robust transmission of non-Gaussian entanglement over optical fibers. Physical Review A. Vol. 74 (6), pp. 9.
• Wu, L. A., Sarandy, M. S., Lidar, D. A., Sham, L. J. (2006). Linking entanglement and quantum phase transitions via density-functional theory. Physical Review A. Vol. 74 (5), pp. 6.
• Mohseni, M., Lidar, D. A. (2006). Direct characterization of quantum dynamics. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 97 (17), pp. 4.
• Sarandy, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2006). Abelian and non-Abelian geometric phases in adiabatic open quantum systems. Physical Review A. Vol. 73 (6), pp. 10.
• Woodworth, R., Mizel, A., Lidar, D. A. (2006). Few-body spin couplings and their implications for universal quantum computation. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter. Vol. 18 (21), pp. S721-S744.
• Alicki, R., Lidar, D. A., Zanardi, P. (2006). Internal consistency of fault-tolerant quantum error correction in light of rigorous derivations of the quantum Markovian limit. Physical Review A. Vol. 73 (5), pp. 16.
• Glenn, D. R., Lidar, D. A., Apkarian, V. A. (2006). Quantum logic gates in iodine vapor using time-frequency resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering: a theoretical study. Molecular Physics. Vol. 104 (8), pp. 1249-1266.
• Grace, M., Brif, C., Rabitz, H., Walmsley, I., Kosut, R., Lidar, D. A. (2006). Encoding a qubit into multilevel subspaces. New Journal of Physics. Vol. 8, pp. 29.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2006). Quantum malware. Quantum Information Processing. Vol. 5 (2), pp. 69-81.
• Lidar, D. A., Shabani, A., Alicki, R. (2005). Conditions for strictly purity-decreasing quantum Markovian dynamics. Chemical Physics. Vol. 322 (1-2), pp. 82-86.
• Wu, L. A., Zanardi, P., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Holonomic quantum computation in decoherence-free subspaces. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 95 (13), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Bandyopadhyay, S., Sarandy, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Entanglement observables and witnesses for interacting quantum spin systems. Physical Review A. Vol. 72 (3), pp. 5.
• Shabani, A., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Completely positive post-Markovian master equation via a measurement approach. Physical Review A. Vol. 71 (2), pp. 4.
• Shabani, A., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Theory of initialization-free decoherence-free subspaces and subsystems. Physical Review A. Vol. 72 (4), pp. 14.
• Sarandy, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Adiabatic approximation in open quantum systems. Physical Review A. Vol. 71 (1), pp. 12.
• Sarandy, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Adiabatic quantum computation in open systems. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 95 (25), pp. 4.
• Mohseni, M., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Fault-tolerant quantum computation via exchange interactions. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94 (4), pp. 4.
• Lidar, D. A., Schneider, S. (2005). Stabilizing qubit coherence via tracking-control. Quantum Information & Computation. Vol. 5 (4-5), pp. 350-363.
• Lidar, D. A., Khodjasteh, K. (2005). Robust dynamical decoupling: Feedback-free error correction. International Journal of Quantum Information. Vol. 3, pp. 41-52.
• Lidar, D. A. (2005). Against the odds of imperfection. Nature Physics. Vol. 1 (3), pp. 145-146.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Quantum computing in the presence of spontaneous emission by a combined dynamical decoupling and quantum-error-correction strategy (vol 68, pg 022322, 2003). Physical Review A. Vol. 72 (2), pp. 2.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Universal fault-tolerant quantum computation in the presence of spontaneous emission and collective dephasing (vol 89, pg 197904, 2002). Physical Review Letters. Vol. 95 (9), pp. 1.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Fault-tolerant quantum dynamical decoupling. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 95 (18), pp. 4.
• Facchi, P., Tasaki, S., Pascazio, S., Nakazato, H., Tokuse, A., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Control of decoherence: Analysis and comparison of three different strategies. Physical Review A. Vol. 71 (2), pp. 22.
• Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A., Wu, L. A., Zanardi, P. (2005). Universal leakage elimination. Physical Review A. Vol. 71 (5), pp. 14.
• Brumer, P., Lidar, D. A., Lo, H. K., Steinberg, A. (2005). Quantum information and quantum control. Quantum Information & Computation. Vol. 5 (4-5), pp. 273-274.
• Bandyopadhyay, S., Lidar, D. A. (2005). Robustness of multiqubit entanglement in the independent decoherence model. Physical Review A. Vol. 72 (4), pp. 6.
• Zanardi, P., Lidar, D. A., Lloyd, S. (2004). Quantum tensor product structures are observable induced. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 92 (6), pp. 4.
• Zanardi, P., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Purity and state fidelity of quantum channels. Physical Review A. Vol. 70 (1), pp. 7.
• Wu, L. A., Sarandy, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Quantum phase transitions and bipartite entanglement. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 93 (25), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A., Schneider, S. (2004). Long-range entanglement generation via frequent measurements. Physical Review A. Vol. 70 (3), pp. 7.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A., Friesen, M. (2004). One-spin quantum logic gates from exchange interactions and a global magnetic field. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 93 (3), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Overcoming quantum noise in optical fibers. Physical Review A. Vol. 70 (6), pp. 8.
• Shiokawa, K., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Dynamical decoupling using slow pulses: Efficient suppression of 1/f noise. Physical Review A. Vol. 69 (3), pp. 4.
• Mizel, A., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Three- and four-body interactions in spin-based quantum computers. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 92 (7), pp. 4.
• Mizel, A., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Exchange interaction between three and four coupled quantum dots: Theory and applications to quantum computing. Physical Review B. Vol. 70 (11), pp. 13.
• Lidar, D. A., Thywissen, J. H. (2004). Exponentially localized magnetic fields for single-spin quantum logic gates. Journal of Applied Physics. Vol. 96 (1), pp. 754-758.
• Lidar, D. A. (2004). On the quantum computational complexity of the Ising spin glass partition function and of knot invariants. New Journal of Physics. Vol. 6, pp. 15.
• Facchi, P., Lidar, D. A., Pascazio, S. (2004). Unification of dynamical decoupling and the quantum Zeno effect. Physical Review A. Vol. 69 (3), pp. 6.
• Byrd, I. S., Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Overview of quantum error prevention and leakage elimination. Journal of Modern Optics. Vol. 51 (16-18), pp. 2449-2460.
• Bandyopadhyay, S., Lidar, D. A. (2004). Entangling capacities of noisy two-qubit Hamiltonians. Physical Review A. Vol. 70 (1), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2003). Universal quantum computation using exchange interactions and measurements of single- and two-spin observables. Physical Review A. Vol. 67 (5), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2003). Dressed qubits. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 91 (9), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2003). Comment on “Polynomial-time simulation of pairing models on a quantum computer” – Reply. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 90 (24), pp. 1.
• Ollerenshaw, J. E., Lidar, D. A., Kay, L. E. (2003). Magnetic resonance realization of decoherence-free quantum computation. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 91 (21), pp. 4.
• Lidar, D. A., Wu, L. A. (2003). Encoded recoupling and decoupling: An alternative to quantum error-correcting codes applied to trapped-ion quantum computation. Physical Review A. Vol. 67 (3), pp. 12.
• Lidar, D. A. (2003). Comment on “Conservative quantum computing”. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 91 (8), pp. 1.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2003). Quantum computing in the presence of spontaneous emission by a combined dynamical decoupling and quantum-error-correction strategy. Physical Review A. Vol. 68 (2), pp. 6.
• Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2003). Empirical determination of dynamical decoupling operations. Physical Review A. Vol. 67 (1), pp. 14.
• Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2003). Combined error correction techniques for quantum computing architectures. Journal of Modern Optics. Vol. 50 (8), pp. 1285-1297.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Power of anisotropic exchange interactions: Universality and efficient codes for quantum computing. Physical Review A. Vol. 65 (4), pp. 5.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Creating decoherence-free subspaces using strong and fast pulses. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 88 (20), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Qubits as parafermions. Journal of Mathematical Physics. Vol. 43 (9), pp. 4506-4525.
• Wu, L. A., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Universal quantum logic from Zeeman and anisotropic exchange interactions. Physical Review A. Vol. 66 (6), pp. 5.
• Wu, L. A., Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Polynomial-time simulation of pairing models on a quantum computer. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 89 (5), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Polynomial-time simulation of pairing models on a quantum computer (vol 89, art no 057904, 2002). Physical Review Letters. Vol. 89 (13), pp. 1.
• Wu, L. A., Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Efficient universal leakage elimination for physical and encoded qubits. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 89 (12), pp. 4.
• Wu, L. A., Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Publisher’s note: Polynomial-time simulation of pairing models on a quantum computer (vol 89, art no 057904, 2002). Physical Review Letters. Vol. 89 (19), pp. 1.
• Lidar, D. A., Wu, L. A. (2002). Reducing constraints on quantum computer design by encoded selective recoupling. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 88 (1), pp. 4.
• Lidar, D. A. (2002). Comment on “Quantum waveguide array generator for performing Fourier transforms: Alternate route to quantum computing” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2823 (2001)]. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 80 (13), pp. 2419-2419.
• Khodjasteh, K., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Universal fault-tolerant quantum computation in the presence of spontaneous emission and collective dephasing. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 89 (19), pp. 4.
• Byrd, M. S., Lidar, D. A. (2002). Comprehensive encoding and decoupling solution to problems of decoherence and design in solid-state quantum computing. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 89 (4), pp. 4.
• Brown, K. R., Lidar, D. A., Whaley, K. B. (2002). Quantum computing with quantum dots on quantum linear supports. Physical Review A. Vol. 65 (1), pp. 19.
• Bihary, Z., Glenn, D. R., Lidar, D. A., Apkarian, V. A. (2002). An implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm on molecular vibronic coherences through four-wave mixing: a theoretical study. Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 360 (5-6), pp. 459-465.
• Zadoyan, R., Kohen, D., Lidar, D. A., Apkarian, V. A. (2001). The manipulation of massive ro-vibronic superpositions using time-frequency-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (TFRCARS): from quantum control to quantum computing. Chemical Physics. Vol. 266 (2-3), pp. 323-351.
• Lidar, D. A., Bihary, Z., Whaley, K. B. (2001). From completely positive maps to the quantum Markovian semigroup master equation. Chemical Physics. Vol. 268 (1-3), pp. 35-53.
• Lidar, D. A., Bacon, D., Kempe, J., Whaley, K. B. (2001). Decoherence-free subspaces for multiple-qubit errors. II. Universal, fault-tolerant quantum computation. Physical Review A. Vol. 6302 (2), pp. 18.
• Lidar, D. A., Bacon, D., Kempe, J., Whaley, K. B. (2001). Decoherence-free subspaces for multiple-qubit errors. I. Characterization. Physical Review A. Vol. 6302 (2), pp. 13.
• Kempe, J., Bacon, D., Lidar, D. A., Whaley, K. B. (2001). Theory of decoherence-free fault-tolerant universal quantum computation. Physical Review A. Vol. 6304 (4), pp. 29.
• Biham, E., Biham, O., Biron, D., Grassl, M., Lidar, D. A., Shapira, D. (2001). Analysis of generalized Grover quantum search algorithms using recursion equations. Physical Review A. Vol. 6301 (1), pp. 8.
• Lidar, D. A., Bacon, D., Kempe, J., Whaley, K. B. (2000). Protecting quantum information encoded in decoherence-free states against exchange errors. Physical Review A. Vol. 61 (5), pp. 5.
• Lidar, D. A. (2000). Decoherence-free quantum computation. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 220, pp. U190-U190.
• Bacon, D., Kempe, J., Lidar, D. A., Whaley, K. B. (2000). Universal fault-tolerant quantum computation on decoherence-free subspaces. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 85 (8), pp. 1758-1761.
• Lidar, D. A., Wang, H. B. (1999). Calculating the thermal rate constant with exponential speedup on a quantum computer. Physical Review E. Vol. 59 (2), pp. 2429-2438.
• Lidar, D. A., Thirumalai, D., Elber, R., Gerber, R. B. (1999). Fractal analysis of protein potential energy landscapes. Physical Review E. Vol. 59 (2), pp. 2231-2243.
• Lidar, D. A., Bacon, D., Whaley, K. B. (1999). Concatenating decoherence-free subspaces with quantum error correcting codes. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 82 (22), pp. 4556-4559.
• Biham, O., Malcai, O., Lidar, D. A., Avnir, D. (1999). Pattern formation and a clustering transition in power-law sequential adsorption. Physical Review E. Vol. 59 (5), pp. R4713-R4716.
• Biham, E., Biham, O., Biron, D., Grassl, M., Lidar, D. A. (1999). Grover’s quantum search algorithm for an arbitrary initial amplitude distribution. Physical Review A. Vol. 60 (4), pp. 2742-2745.
• Bacon, D., Lidar, D. A., Whaley, K. B. (1999). Robustness of decoherence-free subspaces for quantum computation. Physical Review A. Vol. 60 (3), pp. 1944-1955.
• Yinnon, A. T., Lidar, D. A., Gerber, R. B., Zeppenfeld, P., Krzyzowski, M. A., Comsa, G. (1998). Structure determination of disordered metallic sub-monolayers by helium scattering: a theoretical and experimental study. Surface Science. Vol. 410 (1), pp. L721-L726.
• Maierle, C. S., Lidar, D. A., Harris, R. A. (1998). How to teleport superpositions of chiral amplitudes. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 81 (26), pp. 5928-5931.
• Lidar, D. A., Chuang, I. L., Whaley, K. B. (1998). Decoherence-free subspaces for quantum computation. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 81 (12), pp. 2594-2597.
• Lidar, D. A. (1998). Atom scattering from disordered surfaces in the sudden approximation: double collisions effects and quantum liquids. Surface Science. Vol. 411 (3), pp. 231-248.
• Lidar, D. A. (1998). Inversion of randomly corrugated surface structure from atom scattering data. Inverse Problems. Vol. 14 (5), pp. 1299-1310.
• Lidar, D. A., Biham, O., Malcai, O., Lidax, D. A., Avnir, D. (1998). Fractality in nature – Response. Science. Vol. 279 (5357), pp. 1615-1616.
• Biham, O., Malcai, O., Lidar, D. A., Avnir, D. (1998). Is nature fractal? Response. Science. Vol. 279 (5352), pp. 785-786.
• Biham, O., Lidar, D. A. (1998). Fractality in nature – Response (vol 279, pg 1615, 1998). Science. Vol. 280 (5361), pp. 185-185.
• Avnir, D., Biham, O., Lidar, D. A., Malcai, O. (1998). Is the geometry of nature fractal?. Science. Vol. 279 (5347), pp. 39-40.
• Yinnon, A. T., Lidar, D. A., Farbman, I., Gerber, R. B., Zeppenfeld, P., Krzyzowski, M. A., Comsa, G. (1997). He scattering from random adsorbates, disordered compact islands, and fractal submonolayers: Intensity manifestations of surface disorder. Journal of Chemical Physics. Vol. 106 (10), pp. 4228-4242.
• Malcai, O., Lidar, D. A., Biham, O., Avnir, D. (1997). Scaling range and cutoffs in empirical fractals. Physical Review E. Vol. 56 (3), pp. 2817-2828.
• Lidar, D. A., Biham, O., Avnir, D. (1997). Limited range fractality of randomly adsorbed rods. Journal of Chemical Physics. Vol. 106 (24), pp. 10359-10367.
• Lidar, D. A., Biham, O. (1997). Simulating Ising spin glasses on a quantum computer. Physical Review E. Vol. 56 (3), pp. 3661-3681.
• Lidar, D. A., HamburgerLidar, D. A. (1996). Elastic scattering by deterministic and random fractals: Self-affinity of the diffraction spectrum. Physical Review E. Vol. 54 (1), pp. 354-370.
• Lidar, D. A., Hamburger, D. A., Yinnon, A. T., Gerber, R. B. (1996). Fractal dimension of disordered submonolayers: Determination from He scattering data. Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 253 (3-4), pp. 223-229.
• Lidar, D. A., Hamburger, D., Biham, O., Avnir, D. (1996). Apparent fractality emerging from models of random distributions. Physical Review E. Vol. 53 (4), pp. 3342-3358.
• Lidar, D. A., Hamburger, D. A., Yinnon, A. T., Farbman, I., Benshaul, A., Gerber, R. B. (1995). HE SCATTERING FROM COMPACT CLUSTERS AND FROM DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATES ON SURFACES – OBSERVABLE SIGNATURES OF STRUCTURE. Surface Science. Vol. 327 (1-2), pp. 165-191.
• Lidar, D. A., Hamburger, D. A., Gerber, R. B. (1995). OPTICAL THEOREM AND THE INVERSION OF CROSS-SECTION DATA FOR ATOM SCATTERING FROM DEFECTS ON SURFACES. Journal of Chemical Physics. Vol. 102 (17), pp. 6919-6930.

Manuscript

• Mohseni, M., Lidar, D. A.Reply to M. Ziman’s “Notes on Optimality of Direct Characterization of Quantum Dynamics”. arXiv

Other

• Biron, D., Biham, O., Biham, E., Grassl, M., Lidar, D. A. (1999). Generalized grover search algorithm for arbitrary initial amplitude distribution. Quantum Computing and Quantum CommunicationsSpringer-Verlag Berlin.

• Introduction to Quantum Error Correction, EE 599, Spring 2007
• Theory of Open Quantum Systems, CHM 599, Fall 2006
• The Cutting Edge in Quantum Information Science, CHM 599, Spring 2006

• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, Fellow, 2012/12/01
• Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society, 2008-2009
• AcademicKeys Who’s Who in Sciences Higher Education (WWSHE), 2007-2008
• Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fall 2007
• Keynote Speaker, Noise, Information and Compexity at Quantum Scale Workshop, Majorana Center, Erice, Italy, Fall 2007
• Invited to be Plenary speaker, Workshop on Principles and Applications of Control in Quantum, Sydney, Australia, Spring 2007
• Senior Member of IEEE, Spring 2007
• Plenary Speaker, 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Quantum Information Science, Tainan, Taiwan, Fall 2004
• Sloan Research Fellowship Recipient, Fall 2003
• Keynote Speaker at SPIE Conference on Fluctuations and Noise, Spring 2003
• Plenary Speaker, Inauguration of the Center for Quantum Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, Fall 2002
• Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Top Twenty Researchers under Age 40 , Spring 2002
• John C. Polanyi Prize in Chemistry, Spring 2001
• Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Spring 2001
• Fulbright Award, Fall 1997
• Rothschild Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship , Fall 1997
• Fritz Haber Center Prize, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Spring 1997
• Intel-Dean doctoral Prize, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Fall 1996

Administrative Appointments

• Director, USC Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, 2007 –

Review Panels

• University of Michigan, NSF-FOCUS Center Review Panel, 2006 – 2007

Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

• News article on the First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction (http://viterbi.usc.e, Spring 2008

Administative Appointment

• Officer of the Topical Group on Quantum Information in the American Physical Society, 2011 –

Committees

• Member, Steering committee member, ITNG 2010, Special Track on Quantum Information Computing and Communications (7th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, Las Vegas NV, April 2010), Fall 2009
• Member, Reviewer, Twelfth Workshop on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2009), Fall 2008
• Member, Program committee, ICQNM 2007 (The First International Conference on Quantum, Nano, and Micro Technologies, ICQNM 2007, January 2-6, 2007, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean), 01/2007

Conferences Organized

• Chair and co-organizer, 1st Int’l Conference on Quantum Error Correction, USC, Fall 2007
• co-organizer, First International Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Control, Fields Institute, Toronto, Fall 2004
• Chair and organizer, DARPA-FoQuS Workshop on “Fault-Tolerant Quantum Error Correction for Scalable Quantum Computing Architectures”, Chicago, Spring 2004
• co-organizer, Workshop and Symposium on Information Geometry and Quantum Computing, Fields Institute, Toronto, Spring 2004
• co-organizer, Summer School in Quantum Information Processing, Fields Institute, Toronto, Spring 2001
• co-organizer, Workshop on Physical Realizations of Quantum Information Processors, UC Berkeley, Spring 1999

Editorships and Editorial Boards

• Editorial Board member and founding member, Quantum Information Processing, 2001 –
• Guest Editor, J. Phys . B 40 (2007), special issue on “Dynamical Control of Entanglement and Decoherence”, Spring 2007
• Guest Editor, Quant. Info. and Computation 5 (2005), special issue on “Quantum Information and Quantum Control”, Fall 2005

Professional Memberships

• IEEE, 2007 –
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996 –
• American Chemical Society, 1996 –
• American Physical Society, 1996 –

Review Panels

• Various agencies, Research Council of Norway, 2006 –
• Various agencies, National Science Foundation (NSF), Natural Sciences and Engineering Council Canada, (NSERC), 2000 –
• Various agencies, Israeli Ministry of Science, Science Foundation Ireland, Alberta Ingenuity Fund, 2000 –
• Science Foundation Ireland, Dr. Thomas Busch, University College Cork, 11/2009
• National Science Foundation, Mathematical Physics, 01/2009
• University of Michigan NSF-FOCUS Center, Member of the External Advisory Board, 2005-2006

Reviewer for Publications

• Various journals, Referee for Nature, Nature Phys., Science, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. A&B, J. Chem. Phys., Chem. Phys., Phys. Lett. A, J. Phys. A, Quantum Info. Processing, NanoLetters, Complex Systems, New J. of Phys., J. Appl. Math., Europhys. Lett., Annals of Physics, FOCS, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, IEEE Trans. on Comm., IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology, Intl. J. of Robust and Nonlinear Control, J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt.

  , 1997 –

Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

• “Attack of the quantum worms”, New Scientist, 29 October 2005, pp. 30-33, 2005-2006
• “Single field shapes quantum bits”, by Eric Smalley, Technology Research News, November 3/10, 2004, 2004-2005
• “Quantum Computing: Bit by Bit”, The Economist, April 3, 2004, pp. 77-78, 2003-2004
• “Sturdy quantum computing demoed”, by Eric Smalley, Technology Research News, April 7/14, 2004, 2003-2004
• “World Computations”, Lifestyles Magazine Vol. 31, No. 182, 2002, pp. 38-40, 2002-2003
• “A quantum leap in the way computers think”, Toronto Star, March 28, 2002 (National Report section), 2001-2002
• “Quantum Protection”, NSERC Newsbureau Bulletin No. 46, published April 25, 2002, 2001-2002
• “Alternative quantum bits go natural”, Technology Research News, April 2001, 2000-2001
• “Quantum Computers”, Chemical & Engineering News cover story, November 2000, 2000-2001
• Haven for Quantum Computation”, Science, Editor’s Choice, September 2000, 1999-2000
• “Quantum Computing for Chemists”, New Scientist, August 1998, 1997-1998

Other Service to the Profession

• Maintain a website listing all books on or related to quantum information (http://qserver.usc.edu/books),
• Maintain a website listing all courses on or related to quantum information (http://qserver.usc.edu/courses),
• Maintain a website listing all worldwide conferences in or related to quantum information (http://qserver.usc.edu/confs) ,
• Advisor to the MacArthur Foundation,