Dr. Jacob Biamonte is an American theoretical physicist, quantum computer scientist. He is As- sociate Professor and the Lead of Deep Quantum Labs at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technol- ogy. Biamonte has made several contributions to the theory and implementation of quantum computers.
Biamonte was employed as one of the world’s first quantum software pro- grammers at D-Wave Systems Inc. in Vancouver B.C., Canada. From this work, he published several celebrated proofs establishing the computational uni- versality of specific quantum many-body ground states used in adiabatic quantum computing. He played a central role in developing aspects of con- temporary quantum computing theory, including research recognized as pi- oneering the emerging field that unites quantum information with complex network theory and machine learning.
Biamonte earned an award winning Doctorate at the University of Oxford. His collective research was recognized in 2013 with the Shapiro Award in Math- ematical Physics.
He has advised both government agencies and industry and lead several suc- cessful interdisciplinary research teams and projects, comprised of students and research staff with backgrounds spanning physics, mathematics and computer science. He supervised several extraordinarily talented postdocs, two of which are now Assistant Professors.
Prof. Biamonte serves on the editorial boards of several journals including NJP, he is an invited member of the Foundational Questions Institute and 2018 USERN Medal Laureate.
He has authored several celebrated works on the theory and implementation of quantum information processing, including research recognized as pio- neering the emerging field that unites quantum information with complex network theory and machine learning.