Matthew Hastings | |
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Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
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Physics Mathematics |
Institutions |
Microsoft Duke University Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Matthew Hastings is an American physicist, currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft. Previously, he was a professor at Duke University and a research scientist at the Center for Nonlinear Studies and Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory. He received his PhD in physics at MIT, in 1997, under Leonid Levitov. [1]
While Hastings primarily works in quantum information science, he has made contributions to a range of topics in physics and related fields.
He proved an extension of the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem (see Lieb-Robinson bounds) to dimensions greater than one, [2] providing foundational mathematical insights into topological quantum computing.
He disproved the additivity conjecture for the classical capacity of quantum channels, a long standing open problem in quantum Shannon theory. [3]
He and Michael Freedman formulated the NLTS conjecture, a precursor to a quantum PCP theorem (qPCP). [4]
He is invited to speak at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians in St. Petersburg in the mathematical physics section. [5]
Matthew Hastings | |
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Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Physics Mathematics |
Institutions |
Microsoft Duke University Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Matthew Hastings is an American physicist, currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft. Previously, he was a professor at Duke University and a research scientist at the Center for Nonlinear Studies and Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory. He received his PhD in physics at MIT, in 1997, under Leonid Levitov. [1]
While Hastings primarily works in quantum information science, he has made contributions to a range of topics in physics and related fields.
He proved an extension of the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem (see Lieb-Robinson bounds) to dimensions greater than one, [2] providing foundational mathematical insights into topological quantum computing.
He disproved the additivity conjecture for the classical capacity of quantum channels, a long standing open problem in quantum Shannon theory. [3]
He and Michael Freedman formulated the NLTS conjecture, a precursor to a quantum PCP theorem (qPCP). [4]
He is invited to speak at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians in St. Petersburg in the mathematical physics section. [5]