Jon Yard
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I work on the foundations of quantum information theory and its scientific applications.

Research interests

  • Quantum Shannon theory, quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing
  • Computational number theory, algebraic geometry and the arithmetic of quantum circuits
  • Algorithms, optimization and computational complexity theory
  • Quantum field theory and mathematical physics
  • Machine learning theory and applications

Select publications

  • Multi-qutrit exact synthesis - arXiv
  • Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization - arXiv
  • Local additivity revisited - arXiv
  • Generating ray class fields of real quadratic fields via complex equiangular lines - arXiv
  • A framework for approximating qubit unitaries - arXiv
  • A framework for exact synthesis - arXiv
  • Bulk-edge correspondence in (2+1)D-dimensional Abelian topological phases - arXiv
  • Quantum communication with Gaussian channels of zero quantum capacity - arXiv
  • Faithful squashed entanglement - arXiv
  • Quantum communication with zero-capacity channels - arXiv
  • Optimal quantum source coding with quantum side information at the encoder and decoder - arXiv
  • Exact cost of redistributing multipartite quantum states - arXiv
  • Quantum broadcast channels - arXiv
  • A decoupling approach to the quantum capacity - arXiv
  • The Jones polynomial: quantum algorithms and applications to quantum complexity theory - arXiv
  • Dynamics of a quantum reference frame - arXiv
  • Capacity theorems for quantum multiple access channels - arXiv