James Hefford
James Hefford
Room
251,
Wolfson Building,
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD
United Kingdom
Interests
I am interested in exploring post-quantum theories - those which exhibit phenomena beyond what is possible in standard quantum mechanics. At the moment I am studying the theory of density hypercubes (and similar theories that come from iterating the CPM construction) and trying to understand how higher-order interference can be used to computational advantage. Interference is the backbone of many quantum algorithms and thus a deeper understanding of its nature may allow us to develop more algorithms while extending our understanding of the physical world.
Biography
| Oxford University | DPhil in Computer Science | 2019 - Present |
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| University College London | MRes in Quantum Technologies | 2018 - 2019 |
| Imperial College London | MSci in Mathematics | 2014 - 2018 |
I am also affiliated with the CDT in Delivering Quantum Technologies at UCL.
Selected Publications
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Optimal local unitary encoding circuits for the surface code
Oscar Higgott‚ Matthew Wilson‚ James Hefford‚ James Dborin‚ Farhan Hanif‚ Simon Burton and Dan E. Browne
2020.
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