Viterbi Professorship in Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy
Physical Theoretical Chemistry
Ph.D., 1997, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
M.Sc., 1995, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
B.Sc., 1989, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Office: SSC 609
Phone: (213) 740-0198
Email: lidar@usc.edu
Research Focus
We are interested in fundamental and applied questions in quantum information science. Our group explores topics including adiabatic quantum computation and quantum annealing, theory and control of open quantum systems, quantum error correction, quantum algorithms, and physical implementations of quantum computers.