Preskill, John P.

Committee Member — 106 thesises

• Chadha, Mandeepa — A Measurement of the Michel Parameters ρ and ƞ in Leptonic Tau Decays (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fisher, Peter Harrison — A Search for Double Beta Decay in ⁷⁶Ge (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• King, William Robert — Advancing Applications of Quantum Computers in Quantum Simulation, Optimization, Learning, and Topological Data Analysis (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harrington, James William — Analysis of Quantum Error-Correcting Codes: Symplectic Lattice Codes and Toric Codes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Polychronakos, Alexios P. — Anomalous Quantum Mumbers and Topological Properties of Field Theories (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Ming-Shr Matt — Applications of Combinatorial Analysis to the Calculation of the Partition Function of the Ising Model (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Iverson, Joseph Kramer — Aspects of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bradford, Kent B. — Aspects of Non-Abelian Many Body Physics (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pivovarov, Evgueny (Eugene) — Aspects of Non-Fermi-Liquid Metals (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Apostolakis, John — Asymptotic scaling in the two-dimensional O(3) Nonlinear sigma model: a Monte Carlo study on parallel computers (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fornal, Bartosz — Baryon Number Violation beyond the Standard Model (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goldberger, Walter D. — Brane Models and the Hierarchy Problem (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Popescu, Costin Radu — Branes, Brane Actions and Applications to Field Theory (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buck, Joseph Robert — Cavity QED in Microsphere and Fabry-Perot Cavities (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hunter-Jones, Nicholas R. — Chaos and Randomness in Strongly-Interacting Quantum Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spedalieri, Federico Maximiliano — Characterizing Entanglement in Quantum Information (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mills, Geoffrey Blount — Charged Kaon Production in Tau Lepton Decays (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bijnens, Johan Lambert — Chiral Perturbation Theory and the Weak Interaction (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bliss, Joshua Lovis — Collisional Studies of Ultracold Cesium (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Jiaqing — Computational Complexity and Quantum Gibbs Sampling for Local Hamiltonians (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Isaac Hyun — Conditional Independence in Quantum Many-Body Systems (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Landahl, Andrew John — Controlling Quantum Information (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fishman, Matthew Theodore — Development of Tensor Network Algorithms for Studying Classical and Quantum Many-Body Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Junyu — Does Richard Feynman Dream of Electric Sheep? Topics on Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Computing, and Computer Science (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zwolak, Michael Philip — Dynamics and Simulation of Open Quantum Systems (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cline, James Michael — Effective Lagrangians and Infinity Cancellations for Open String Theories (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sinha, Savar Dayal — Efficient and SPAM-Robust Ansatz-Free Lindbladian Learning (2026, Senior thesis (Major))
• Daftuar, Sumit Kumar — Eigenvalue Inequalities in Quantum Information Processing (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mandayam Doddamane, Prabha — Emerging Paradigms in Quantum Error Correction and Quantum Cryptography (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gingrich, Robert Michael — Entanglement of Multipartite Quantum States and the Generalized Quantum Search (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ahn, Charlene Sonja — Extending Quantum Error Correction: New Continuous Measurement Protocols and Improved Fault-Tolerant Overhead (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dionne, Jennifer Anne — Flatland Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic Architectures (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ver Steeg, Gregory Lee — Foundational Aspects of Nonlocality (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mochon, Carlos — From Non-Abelian Anyons to Quantum Computation to Coin-Flipping by Telephone (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Douglas, Michael Ronald — G/H Conformal Field Theory (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hatfield, Brian F. — Gauge Fields in the Functional Schrödinger Representation (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Skerritt, Paul Michael — Geometric Quantization and Foliation Reduction (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khandekar, Aamod Dinkar — Graph-Based Codes and Iterative Decoding (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chatwin-Davies, Aidan Émile — Gravity Informed (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lane, Charles E. — GUT Monopole Detection with Scintillator (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chow, Chi-Keung — Heavy hadrons in the large Nc limit (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Gang — In Search of Slow-Moving Ionizing Massive Particles (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ng, Hui Khoon — Information Amidst Noise: Preserved Codes, Error Correction, and Fault Tolerance in a Quantum World (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hamidi, Shahram — Interactions of Strings Compactified on Orbifolds (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beckman, David Eugene — Investigations in Quantum Computing: Causality and Graph Isomorphism (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Flower, Jonathan William — Lattice Gauge Theory on a Parallel Computer (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haah, Jeongwan — Lattice Quantum Codes and Exotic Topological Phases of Matter (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Hsin-Yuan (Robert) — Learning in the Quantum Universe (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shaw, Adam Lawrence — Learning, Verifying, and Erasing Errors on a Chaotic and Highly Entangled Programmable Quantum Simulator (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aliferis, Panagiotis (Panos) — Level-Reduction and the Quantum Threshold Theorem (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Caticha Alfonso, Nestor — Limit Theorems for Classical Spin Systems with an Abelian Discrete Symmetry (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Tian — Lorentz Symmetry and Non-Unitary Quantum Field Theories (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pattison, Christopher Anand — Low-Overhead Quantum Fault Tolerance (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lynn, Theresa Wan-Zhen — Measurement and Control of Individual Quanta in Cavity QED (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patel, Apoorva Dayaram — Monte-Carlo Renormalisation Group for Lattice QCD (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bonderson, Parsa Hassan — Non-Abelian Anyons and Interferometry (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Espinosa, Olivier R. — Non-Conservation of Baryon Number at High Energy in the Standard Model (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yi, Piljin — On quantum fluctuations and black holes (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Evnin, Oleg — On Quantum Interacting Embedded Geometrical Objects of Various Dimensions (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bucher, Martin — On the Theory of Non-Abelian Vortices and Cosmic Strings (1991, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Toner, Benjamin Francis — Quantifying Quantum Nonlocality (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mijić, Milan B. — Quantum and Inflationary Cosmology with Higher Derivative Gravity (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kómár, Anna — Quantum Computation and Information Storage in Quantum Double Models (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bohdanowicz, Thomas Christopher — Quantum Constructions on Hamiltonians, Codes, and Circuits (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coladangelo, Andrea Wei — Quantum Correlations, Certifying Quantum Devices, and the Quest for Infinite Entanglement (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Shouzhen — Quantum Error Correction Using Low-Density Parity-Check Codes and Erasure Qubits (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brooks, Peter Bernard — Quantum Error Correction with Biased Noise (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Chi-Fang — Quantum Gibbs Sampling (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tang, Yu Qing (Eugene) — Quantum Information at High and Low Energies (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cortese, John Anthony — Quantum Information Theory: Classical Communication Over Quantum Channels (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Singh, Ashmeet — Quantum Mechanical Vistas on the Road to Quantum Gravity (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Tony Eilo — Quantum Nonequilibrium Physics with Rydberg Atoms (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yunger Halpern, Nicole — Quantum Steampunk: Quantum Information, Thermodynamics, Their Intersection, and Applications Thereof Across Physics (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boozer, Allen David — Raman Transitions in Cavity QED (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dalzell, Alexander Moos — Random Quantum Circuits and Their Simulation Complexity: an Analysis with Statistical Mechanics (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hood, Christina J. — Real-Time Measurement and Trapping of Single Atoms by Single Photons (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poremba, Alexander Mario — Revocable Cryptography in a Quantum World (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ozakin, Arkadas Inan — RG-Flows, AdS/CFT Correspondence and Stability of Non-Dilatonic Branes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bilgin, Ersen — Simulation of Strongly Correlated Quantum Many-Body Systems (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yurtsever, Ulvi Hamit — Singularities and Horizons in the Collisions of Gravitational Waves (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mozgunov, Evgeny — Slow Drive of Many-Body Localized Systems (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feng, Jiyu — Some Aspects of Open String Field Theories (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Siopsis, George — Some Aspects of the Quantization of Theories with a Gauge Invariance (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gottesman, Daniel Eric — Stabilizer Codes and Quantum Error Correction (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shirley, Wilbur Eric — Structure of Entanglement in Fracton Phases of Matter (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shukla, Sujeet Kumar — Tensor Network Representation of Many-Body Quantum States and Unitary Operators (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kubica, Aleksander Marek — The ABCs of the Color Code: A Study of Topological Quantum Codes as Toy Models for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation and Quantum Phases Of Matter (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fefferman, William Jason — The Power of Quantum Fourier Sampling (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Michael Scott — The R +ɛR² Cosmology (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Warr, Brian John — The Regularisation and Renormalisation of Gauge Theories (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Allen, Theodore John — The Singular Mechanics of Particles and Strings (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maguire, Shaun Cohn — The Spectral Theory of Multiboundary Wormholes (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bartolotta, Anthony Leo — The Union of Quantum Field Theory and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Angus, Ian Gareth — The ΔI = 1/2 Rule and the Strong Coupling Expansion (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kiritsis, Elias B. — Topics in Conformal Field Theory (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bondarescu, Mihai — Topics in General Relativity (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salem, Michael Phillip — Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beverland, Michael Edward — Toward Realizable Quantum Computers (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chou, Chin-wen — Towards a Quantum Network with Atomic Ensembles (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cao, ChunJun — Towards a Theory of Quantum Gravity Through Geometrization of Quantum Mechanics (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Markey, John Kevin — Transverse Polarization of Beta Particles from Polarized Nuclei (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Abeyesinghe, Anura Yamesh — Unification of Quantum Information Theory (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connell, Dónal — Unusual Signs in Quantum Field Theory (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Graeme Stewart Baird — Upper and Lower Bounds on Quantum Codes (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goyal, Kovid — Using Graph States for Quantum Computation and Communication (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Eun Jong — Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics in Superconducting Circuits (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))