Seth Lloyd

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Seth Lloyd
Quantum algorithm for linear systems of equations
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Santa Fe Institute
Doctoral advisorHeinz Pagels

Seth Lloyd (born August 2, 1960) is a professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His research area is the interplay of

Shannon's noisy channel theorem, and designing novel methods for quantum error correction and noise reduction.[1]

Biography

Lloyd was born on August 2, 1960. He graduated from

Cambridge University in 1983 and 1984, while on a Marshall Scholarship.[2] Lloyd was awarded a doctorate by Rockefeller University in 1988 (advisor Heinz Pagels
) after submitting a thesis on Black Holes, Demons, and the Loss of Coherence: How Complex Systems Get Information, and What They Do With It.

From 1988 to 1991, Lloyd was a postdoctoral fellow in the High Energy Physics Department at the

MIT. Starting in 1988, Lloyd was an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute
for more than 30 years.

In his 2006 book,

quantum computer producing what we see around us, and ourselves, as it runs a cosmic program. According to Lloyd, once we understand the laws of physics
completely, we will be able to use small-scale quantum computing to understand the universe completely as well.

Lloyd states that we could have the whole universe simulated in a computer in 600 years provided that computational power increases according to

Moore's Law.[3] However, Lloyd shows that there are limits to rapid exponential growth
in a finite universe, and that it is very unlikely that Moore's Law will be maintained indefinitely.

Lloyd directs the Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory (xQIT) at MIT.

continuous variables,[7] dynamical decoupling as a method of quantum error avoidance,[8] quantum algorithms for equation solving[9] and machine learning[10][11] or research on the possible relevance of quantum effects in biological phenomena, especially photosynthesis,[12][13][14] an effect he has also collaborated to exploit technologically.[15]

According to Clarivate he had in July 2023 in total 199 peer-reviewed publications which were cited more than 22,600 times leading to an h index of 61.[16]

Epstein affair

During July 2019, reports surfaced that MIT and other institutions had accepted funding from convicted sex offender

MIT Corporation, the law firm Goodwin Procter issued a report[18] on all of MIT's interactions with Epstein. As a result of the report, on January 10, 2020, Lloyd was placed on paid administrative leave.[25] Lloyd has vigorously denied that he misled MIT about the source of the funds he received from Epstein.[26] This denial was validated by a subsequent MIT investigation that concluded that Lloyd did not attempt to circumvent the MIT vetting process, nor try to conceal the name of the donor, and Lloyd was allowed to continue his tenured faculty position at MIT.[27] However, most but not all members of MIT's fact-finding committee concluded that Lloyd had violated MIT's conflict of interest policy by not revealing crucial publicly known information about Epstein's background to MIT, as a result of which Lloyd will be subject to a series of administrative actions for 5 years.[27]

Honors

Works

  • Lloyd, Seth (1988). Black Holes, Demons and the Loss of Coherence: How complex systems get information, and what they do with it (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis).
    The Rockefeller University. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2012-06-07.
  • Lloyd, S. (2000-08-31). "Ultimate physical limits to computation".
    S2CID 75923
    .
  • Lloyd, Seth (2001-10-24). "Computational capacity of the universe". Physical Review Letters. 88 (23): 237901.
    S2CID 6341263
    .
  • Lloyd, S.,
    ISBN 1-4000-4092-2
  • Interview: Quantum Hanky Panky: A Conversation with Seth Lloyd (video), Edge Foundation, 2016
  • Interview: The Computational Universe: Seth Lloyd (video), Edge Foundation, 2002
  • Lecture: The Black Hole of Finance (video), Santa Fe Institute
  • Movie: In 2022 Lloyd starred in the
    closed timelike curves, a topic Lloyd has also addressed in his scientific work.[31]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ MIT News Office (2015-08-31). "Seth Lloyd, leading quantum mechanics expert, appointed Nam P. Suh Professor". Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. ^ "OYSI". oysi.org. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Seth (20 October 2002). "THE COMPUTATIONAL UNIVERSE". Edge.org. Edge Foundation. Retrieved 7 October 2020. 'Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information ...'
  4. ^ "People: xQIT: Leadership". mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  5. PMID 8688088
    .
  6. S2CID 32512151
    .
  7. S2CID 921320
    .
  8. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2417
    .
  9. PMID 19905613
    .
  10. doi:10.1038/nphys3029
    .
  11. S2CID 5503025
    .
  12. S2CID 938902
    .
  13. ISSN 1742-6596
    .
  14. Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
    , Cambridge, Massachusetts. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  15. ^ Hewitt, John (2015-10-16). "MIT team genetically engineers a quantum virus for efficient energy transport". extremetech.com.
  16. ^ "citation report Seth Lloyd". webofscience.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  17. ^ Aldhous, Peter (2019-07-11). "Jeffrey Epstein Called Himself A "Science Philanthropist" And Donated Millions To These Researchers". Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  18. ^ a b "MIT and Jeffrey Epstein". factfinding2020.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  19. ^ Tracy, Marc; Hsu, Tiffany (7 September 2019). "Director of M.I.T.'s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  20. ^ Tracy, Marc; Hsu, Tiffany (2019-08-23). "Jeffrey Epstein Donations to M.I.T. Will be Focus of University Inquiry". The New York Times.
  21. ^ Lloyd, Seth (2019-08-24). "I am writing to apologize to Jeffrey Epstein's victims". medium.com.
  22. ^ Gurley, Lauren Kaori (2019-11-04). "Students Are Demanding MIT Fire a Professor Who Visited Epstein in Prison". Vice. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  23. ^ Graham, Eleanor. "Seth Lloyd should not be teaching at MIT". The Tech. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  24. ^ Tolchin, Rion (2019-12-05). "Seth Lloyd should continue teaching at MIT". The Tech. Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  25. ^ MIT News Office (2020-01-10). "MIT releases results of fact-finding on engagements with Jeffrey Epstein". Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  26. ^ Lloyd, Seth (2020-01-16). "What I told MIT about Epstein's donations". medium.com. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  27. ^ a b Stening, Tanner (2020-12-18). "Massachusetts Institute of Technology disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein". MassLive. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  28. ^ "2007 Fellows of the American Physical Society".
  29. ^ "2012 QCMC".
  30. IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  31. S2CID 18442086
    .

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