Umesh Vazirani
Title
Professor of Computer Science
Department
Division of Computer Science/EECS
Faculty URL
Email
Phone
(510) 642-0572
Research Expertise and Interest
quantum computation, hamiltonian complexity, analysis of algorithms
In the News
July 21, 2020
UC Berkeley to lead $25 million quantum computing center
As part of the federal government’s effort to speed the development of quantum computers, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, $25 million over five years to establish a multi-university institute focused on advancing quantum science and engineering and training a future workforce to build and use quantum computers.
October 29, 2018
Berkeley computer theorists show path to verifying that quantum beats classical
As multiple research groups around the world race to build a scalable quantum computer questions remain about how the achievement of quantum supremacy will be verified.
June 16, 2014
The games genes play: Algorithm helps explain sex in evolution
UC Berkeley computer theorists have identified an algorithm to describe the strategy used by genes during sexual recombination. In doing so, they address the dueling evolutionary forces of survival of the fittest and of diversity.