Personal Details
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Born 19 September 1961 in Wrocław, Poland.
Nationality: British and Polish Position: Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge, U.K. |
Education and Degrees
| D. Phil. | 1991 | Physics, Oxford University |
| 1988-1991 | Graduate student, Physics, Oxford University | |
| 1987-1988 | Visiting student, Oxford University & Imperial College, London | |
| M. Sc. | 1985 | Physics and Mathematics, |
| 1980-1985 | Undergraduate, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. | |
| Baccalaureate | 1980 |
Academic Appointments
| 2005- | Distinguished Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 2002-2005 | Temasek Professor, Singapore |
| 2002- | Professorial Fellow, King’s College, Cambridge |
| 2002- | Leigh-Trapnell Professor in Quantum Physics, University of Cambridge |
| 1998-2002 | Professor of Physics, University of Oxford |
| 1998-2002 | Fellow and Tutor in Physics, Keble College, Oxford |
| 1994-1998 | Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford |
| 1994-2001 | Royal Society Howe Research Fellow |
| 1991-1994 | Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford. |
Academic awards and distinctions
- The European Union Descartes Prize (2004)
- Fellow of Institute of Physics (2004)
- Honorary Fellow of Institute of Physics Singapore (2002)
- US Air Force “Windows on Science Award” (1996)
- The Institute of Physics Maxwell Medal & Prize (1995)
- Pirie-Reid Award/Scholarship (1988-1991)
Visiting Posts
| 2003, May | Visiting Professor, University of Camerino, Italy |
| 2001, Mar-Apr | NUSS Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 2000 Feb | Visiting Professor, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Atsugi, Japan |
| 1999 Jan | Visiting Professor, University of Camerino, Italy |
| 1998 Mar-Apr | Visiting Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1993 May-Jun | Visiting Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
External Academic Activities
- Millennium Mathematics Project (http://mmp.maths.org/): On Management Committee.
- The Perimeter Institute (Canada): Member of the Scientific Advisory Board.
- The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research: Member of the Advisory Board
- EPSRC: On Physics College and EPSRC fellowship panels
- Member of editorial boards for: The Proceedings of the Royal Society A, The New Journal of Physics, The International Journal of Quantum Information.
- Directed and involved in organization of many conferences, workshops and summer schools, including the very first meetings that shaped the field of quantum information science, such as, The Rank Prize Funds Symposium on Quantum Communication and Cryptography Broadway, U.K., 29 Mar - 1 Apr 93, and a series of annual meetings on quantum computation at the Institute for Scientific Interchange, Villa Gualino, Torino, Italy (1993-2000).
- Frequent contributions to UK and foreign radio and TV programmes on science, technology and education.
Plenary, invited and tutorial lectures
Delivered over 200 invited lectures on various aspects of quantum data processing (full list available at
http://cam.qubit.org/users/artur/Talks.html). These include plenary talks at various conferences and annual meetings of physical societies, tutorial and technical lectures at universities and research centres in Europe, USA, Australia and Asia.
Publications
The list of publication is available at http://cam.qubit.org/users/artur/Publications.html.
Administrative Responsibilities
| 2002- | Head of the Cambridge-MIT Collaboration in quantum information science |
| 2002- | Director of the Centre for Quantum Computation, University of Cambridge |
| 2002-2004 | Member of the Research Committee, King’s College, Cambridge |
| 2001-2002 | University Examiner, Department of Physics, Oxford |
| 2000-2002 | Head of the IT Committee, Keble College, Oxford |
| 1999-2002 | Member of the Academic Planning Committee, Keble College, Oxford |
| 1999-2002 | Member of the Steering Committee for the European Science Foundation Programme on Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Computation |
| 1998-2002 | Member of the Governing Body, Keble College, Oxford |
| 1997-1998 | Dean of Graduates, Merton College, Oxford |
| 1997-1998 | Tutor for Graduate Admissions, Merton College, Oxford |
| 1996-1997 | Member of the Publicity Committee, Department of Physics, Oxford |
| 1995-1996 | Member of the JRF Committee, Merton College, Oxford |
| 1993-2002 | Head of "Quantum Cryptography & Computation Group", Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford (from 1999 "The Centre for Quantum Computation") |
| 1991-1998 | Member of the Governing Body, Merton College, Oxford |
