Andrew Steane
Encyclopedia
Andrew Martin Steane is Professor of physics
at the University of Oxford
. He is also a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford
.
He was a student at St Edmund Hall, Oxford
where he obtained his MA and DPhil.
His major works to date are on error correction in quantum information processing, including Steane code
s. He was awarded the Maxwell Medal and Prize
of the Institute of Physics
in 2000.
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. He is also a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street...
.
He was a student at St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Better known within the University by its nickname, "Teddy Hall", the college has a claim to being "the oldest academical society for the education of undergraduates in any university"...
where he obtained his MA and DPhil.
His major works to date are on error correction in quantum information processing, including Steane code
Steane code
The Steane code is a tool in quantum error correction introduced by Andrew Steane in 1996. It is a perfect CSS code , using the classical binary self-dual [7,4,3] Hamming code to correct for qubit flip errors and the dual of the Hamming code, the [7,3,3] code, to correct for phase flip errors...
s. He was awarded the Maxwell Medal and Prize
Maxwell Medal and Prize
The Maxwell Medal and Prize is one of the principal awards made annually by the Institute of Physics. The award is made for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and is intended to recognize theoretical physicists early in their careers....
of the Institute of Physics
Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. It has a worldwide membership of around 40,000....
in 2000.
Papers
- "Quantum Computing" Reports on Progress in Physics 61: 117-173. Steane, A.M. (1998)
- "A Quantum Computer Needs Only One Universe" Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 34B: 469-478, Steane, A.M. (2003)