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Dr. rer. nat. habil.
Dirk Oliver Theis
Associate Professor
- Diplom in mathematics, Heidelberg (8/2002)
- Dr. rer.nat., Heidelberg (12/2005, summa cum laudeπ)
- Habilitation to Priv.-Doz. in mathematics, Magdeburg (5/2012)
- Assoc. Prof. in Theoretical Computer Scienceπ 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 proof-of-concept source code. Apart from pure theory, I'm fond of compiler engineering: the closer to the metal the better. 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 π, offer a selection of my favorite recent papers & preprints
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Teaching
Current PhD students
- Evgenii Dolzhkov: Quantum (and quantum inspired) algorithms for optimization
- Shahla Novruzova: Tbd
Courses
Teaching in Fall 2024:
LTAT.04.004
Quantum Seminar (3 ECTS)
Courses I have taught in the past include:
MTAT.07.024
Quantum Cryptography (6 ECTS)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
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β dotheis
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(I lose some of the mails sent to my @ut.ee-address.)