Computation & Simulations

Quantum computers are expected to solve many of the hard problems that are challenging for today’s classical supercomputers. We are developing techniques to build scalable quantum computers using various physical qubits. We also work on developing new algorithms for real-world applications, fault-tolerant quantum computing and error correction codes.

A quantum computer will be able to simulate quantum-mechanical interactions efficiently. Since chemical bonds are quantum-mechanical in nature, quantum mechanics is required to understand many of the functionally important properties of molecules and materials, as well as their structure and dynamics, with applications spanning molecular biology, pharmacology, geology and materials science.

Researchers at Imperial are working on photonic and superconducting qubits to demonstrate quantum advantages in some quantum simulation problems. Using cold molecules, we can simulate quantum effects in chemical reactions and open quantum systems. We can also trap tens of ionic qubits to realise basic quantum gate operations and highly accurate measurements of qubit states. In all these aspects of quantum hardware and software development, we work closely with industry partners.

Daan Arroo
Department of Materials

Dr Ryan Barnett

Dr Ryan Barnett
Department of Mathematics

Professor Michael Bearpark

Professor Michael Bearpark
Department of Chemistry

Roberto Bondesan
Department of Computing

Prof Fernando Bresme
Department of Chemistry

Dr Chris Cantwell

Dr Chris Cantwell
Department of Aeronautics

Dr Malcolm Connolly
Department of Physics

Dr John Craske
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Matthew Foulkes

Professor Matthew Foulkes
Department of Physics

Dr Alex Ganose
Department of Chemistry

Dr Liam (Jianliang) Gao
Graduate School and Business School

Dr Gerard Gorman

Dr Gerard Gorman
Department of Earth Science and Engineering

Dr Kevin Gouder
Department of Aeronautics

Professor Geoffrey Hall FRS

Professor Geoffrey Hall FRS
Department of Physics

Professor Nicholas Harrison

Professor Nicholas Harrison
Department of Chemistry

Professor Peter Haynes

Professor Peter Haynes FREng
Department of Materials

Dr Antoine Jacquier

Dr Antoine Jack Jacquier
Department of Mathematics

Dr Johannes Knolle

Dr Johannes Knolle
Department of Physics

Dr Sylvain Laizet

Dr Sylvain Laizet
Department of Aeronautics

Dr Po-Heng Lee
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr Cong Ling
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr Luca Magri
Department of Aeronautics

Professor Jon Marangos

Professor Jon Marangos
Department of Physics

Dr Cecilia Mattevi

Dr Cecilia Mattevi
Department of Materials

Professor Francesco Montomoli
Department of Aeronautics

Professor Arash Mostofi

Professor Arash Mostofi
Department of Materials

Professor Ramana Nanda

Professor Ramana Nanda
Business School, Finance

Dr Raj Patel
Department of Physics

Professor Terry Rudolph

Professor Terry Rudolph
Department of Physics

Professor Riccardo Sapienza

Professor Riccardo Sapienza
Department of Physics

Dr Mansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani
School of Public Health

Professor Michael Tarbutt

Professor Michael Tarbutt
Department of Physics

Professor Richard Thompson

Professor Richard Thompson
Department of Physics

Professor Ian Walmsley FRS

Professor Ian Walmsley FRS
Department of Physics

Professor Wolfram Wiesemann

Professor Wolfram Wiesemann
Analytics, Marketing and Operations (Business School)

Dr Herbert Wiklicky

Dr Herbert Wiklicky
Department of Computing