Dr. rer. nat. habil.
Dirk Oliver Theis
Associate Professor
dotheis at ut dot ee
- Diplom in mathematics Heidelberg (8/2002)
- Dr. rer.nat. Heidelberg (12/2005, summa cum laude)
- Habilitation to Priv.-Doz. (math) Magdeburg (5/2012)
- Assoc. Prof. in Theoretical Computer Science at Uni Tartu (since 3/2013)
Research
Applied mathematics, particularly optimization; quantum algorithms.
My papers on arXiv:Research Group
Current PhD students- Evgenii Dolzhkov: Quantum algorithms
- Rafieh Mosaheb (BSc Sharif): Quantum algorithms for reinforcement learning
- Anti Ingel (MSc Uni Tartu)
- Bahman Ghandchi: Quantum (BSc Uni Tehran)
Some former students
- Abdullah Makkeh, PhD 2018 🠲 postdoc in Göttingen
- Mirjam Friesen, BSc 🠲 PhD Uni Magdeburg, Germany
- Michael Bode, Diploma 🠲 PhD Birmingham
- Thorsten Bonato, Diploma 🠲 PhD Heidelberg
Teaching
- MTAT.05.008 Math Foundations
- Fall, 1st graduate semester
- 6 ECTS
- ➢ Linear algebra (with applications to quantum mechanics)
- MTAT.05.118 Introduction to Quantum Algorithms
- Spring, 2nd graduate semester
- 6 ECTS
- ➢ Basic quantum algorithms
- MTAT.05.124 Quantum Seminar
- Every semester.
- 3 ECTS (4x)
- Advanced quantum algorithms
(quantum signal processing & qubitization, linear combinations of unitaries, quantum walks) - Quantum error correction
Contact
Make an appointment by email.