Identification & Control of Quantum Systems for Quantum Information Processing, or Where is the Quantum Flyball Governor?
Dr Robert Kosut (SC Solutions)
SYSTEMS AND CONTROL SERIESDATE: 2012-03-08
TIME: 11:00:00 - 12:00:00
LOCATION: RSISE Seminar Room, ground floor, building 115, cnr. North and Daley Roads, ANU
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ABSTRACT:
In a 1985 paper in Optics News entitled ``Quantum Mechanical Computers,'' Richard Feynman described how a computer could be built upon the mathematical principals of quantum mechanics. But he also heralded the difficulties in an actual physical implementation: ``This computer seems to be very delicate and these imperfections may produce considerable havoc.''
This talk will describe some on-going efforts to alleviate the potential ``havoc'' by appealing to system identification, control design, and convex optimization.
BIO:
Dr. Kosut is Vice President and a Co-Founder (in 1996) of the Systems and Control Division of SC Solutions, Inc. Recent commercial and research projects he has managed include the design of controllers for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, control of thin film deposition processes, and the development of methodologies for control, identification, and optimization of quantum systems for computation, chemistry, and nanoscale device design. He is a co-author of the book Stability of Adaptive Systems: Passivity and Averaging Analysis (MIT Press, 1986) and has authored or co-authored over 200 journal and conference publications as well as several book chapters. He is currently working jointly with USC, Princeton, and CalTech on the IARPA/QSC (Quantum Computer Science) Program.
Dr. Kosut received a B. S. in Electrical Engineering from the City College of New York in 1965, an M. S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, and a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.
