August 17, 2026
Jacob Biamonte
Professeur
Director, Institut en science et génie quantiques de l’ÉTS
Chairholder, Chaire principale du MEIE en informatique quantique
Department
Département de génie logiciel et TI
Degrees
DPhil Computer Science (University of Oxford), DSc Mathematical Physics (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - MIPT)
Email
Overview
What Minimal Structure Enables Quantum Computation?
I study computational models between efficient classical simulation and universal quantum computation. My work examines how interactions, rules of composition, and the statistical structure of problem-instance families determine what these models can compute.
The Research Program Introduction on my research provides a guided visual introduction into my program, with technical results and references organized across Physical Models → Programming Languages → Emergent Properties.
Research units
- Institut en science et génie quantiques de l'ÉTS
- Chaire principale du MEIE en informatique quantique
Research Area
- Quantum Engineering
Expertise
- QMA-completeness of ZZ/XX Hamiltonians
- Chiral Quantum Walks
- Ground State Spin Logic
- Reachability deficits in QAOA; training saturation in layerwise QAOA
- Quantum Machine Learning
- Quantum Complex Networks
Awards and honors
2026: Seven Papers in the Top 1%, Including Three in the Top 0.1% | OpenAlex Citation Percentiles
2026: Ranked 3rd among Authors of 2021 Publications in Statistical Physics | Exaly Discipline Rankings
2024: Included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Physics) | Elsevier–Stanford citation ranking
2023: Elected Fellow | Institute of Physics
2023: Fellow | Higher Education Academy
2009–2023: Six Granted U.S. Quantum-Computing Patents | D-Wave Systems
2020: Trusted Reviewer Award | Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK
2018: USERN Medal in Formal Sciences | Universal Scientific Education and Research Network
2015: Shapiro Visitor Seminar | Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University
2010: EPSRC Doctoral Prize, Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences Division | University of Oxford
Courses and supervision
Course
Supervision
- Optimisation des chemins de contraction dans les réseaux de tenseurs pour la simulation quantique, par Pacôme Gasnier
Automne 2026
