Dr. rer. nat. habil.
Dirk Oliver Theis
Associate Professor
- Diplom in mathematics, Heidelberg (8/2002)
- Dr. rer.nat., Heidelberg (12/2005, summa cum laude🔗)
- Habilitation to Priv.-Doz. in mathematics, Magdeburg (5/2012)
- Assoc. Prof. in Theoretical Computer Science🔗 at Uni Tartu, Estonia, EU, Earth (since 3/2013)
Research
Who I am: Theoretical computer science, applicable mathematics.
What I do: Quantum computing.
Theoretical computer science and mathematics are about proving theorems, which is what I (try to) do most of the time. To assess the practical utility of results that I obtain on paper, I also often write prototype source code. Apart from pure theory, I’m fond of compiler engineering (classical and hybrid-quantum/classical). With my research, I aim to contribute to realizing quantum computing within this decade.
My recent papers:- On SciRate
- My ArXiv tag
- My ORCID stub will, at some point in the future 🙄, offer a selection of my favorite recent papers & preprints.
Teaching
Current PhD students- Evgenii Dolzhkov: Quantum (and quantum inspired) algorithms for optimization
- Shahla Novruzova: Tbd
Courses
Teaching in Spring 2024:
- MTAT.07.024 Quantum Cryptography (6 ECTS)
- LTAT.04.004 Quantum Seminar (3 ECTS)
- LTAT.00.015 Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing (book course, 6 ECTS)
Courses I have taught in the past include:
- MTAT.05.118 Quantum Algorithms (6 ECTS; basic quantum algorithms)
- LTAT.00.015a Modern Quantum Algorithms (6 ECTS; LCU, QSVT, etc.)
- LTAT.00.015b Quantum Error Correction & Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing (6 ECTS; stabilizer codes, surface codes, fault tolerant QC)
- LTAT.00.015c Quantum Information Processing with Photons (6 ECTS; measurement-based quantum computing on photonic QC devices)
Contact
➜ Preferred method of contact: LinkedIn
➜ dotheis dot UTartu at ƍ📧 dot com
(I lose some of the mails sent to my @ut.ee address.)