Dominic Verdon
Mr Dominic Verdon
Doctoral Student
Student, Linacre College
E: dominic.verdon@cs.ox.ac.uk
Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD
Interests
Research
I apply algebraic and categorical techniques to problems in quantum information theory.
1. Reference frame independent quantum teleportation without prior alignment
- Perfect tight quantum teleportation without a shared reference frame (with Jamie Vicary)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.01060
Phys. Rev. A 98, 012306. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.012306
- Quantum teleportation with infinite reference frame uncertainty and without prior alignment (with Jamie Vicary)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09040
Submitted for publication
2. Quantum pseudo-telepathy
- A compositional approach to quantum functions (with Benjamin Musto and David Reutter)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.07945
J. Math. Phys. 59, 081706 (2018). doi: 10.1063/1.5020566
- The Morita theory of quantum graph isomorphisms (with Benjamin Musto and David Reutter)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.09705
Commun. Math. Phys. (2018). doi: 10.1007/s00220-018-3225-6
3. Higher algebra
- Coherence for braided and symmetric pseudomonoids
https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09354
In preparation
Invited talks and workshops
- October 2018 - Cohomology of quantum groups and quantum automorphism groups of finite graphs (Saarbrucken)
- July 2018 - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Perimeter Institute) - A compositional theory of quantum functions, and the Morita theory of quantum graph isomorphisms
Contributed talks
- September 2017 - Higher Dimensional Rewriting and Applications (Oxford) - Coherence for braided and symmetric pseudomonoids
- September 2017 - Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic (Leeds) - Coherence for braided and symmetric pseudomonoids
- June 2016 - Quantum Physics and Logic (Strathclyde) - Tight reference frame-independent quantum teleportation
Other
- I have been class tutor and marker for the Categories, Proofs and Processes and Categorical Quantum Mechanics courses here in Oxford.
- I have given outreach presentations about quantum computing at:
- Target Oxbridge, Oxford, UK (age 16-18)
- Radley College Science Fair, Radley, UK (age 14-16)
- University College Computer Science Open Day, Oxford, UK (age 16-18)
- I have been a referee for:
- New Journal of Physics
- Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
Biography
Prior to my doctoral studies, I completed a MMath degree in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Durham, where I gained a 'Rising Star' Research Award and the 4H Project Prize.
