| Biography
Widely recognized for his pioneering work in the creation of quantum computers
while at IBM's Almaden Research Center, Chuang, collaborating with Professor
Neil Gershenfeld, invented a quantum computer based on storing information
within the nuclear spins of molecules and controlling them using nuclear
magnetic resonance techniques. Chuang is currently exploring the prospects for
extending such techniques to build large-scale quantum computers and
cryptographic systems. At the Center for Bits and Atoms, Chuang heads a
research group on quanta-the fundamental building blocks of physical media,
information technology, and intelligence. He is the co-author (with Michael A.
Nielsen) of Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (2000) and serves on
the editorial board of the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information.
Chuang received a BS in electrical engineering and physics and an MS in
electrical engineering, both from MIT. He received a PhD in electrical
engineering from Stanford University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at both the
University of California at Berkeley and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Prior to coming to the Media Lab, Chuang was at IBM's Almaden Research Center.
In 1999, he was named as one of the "100 Most Promising Inventors" by
Technology Review magazine.
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