Andrew Childs
Professor
Department of Computer Science and
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
University of Maryland
Fellow
Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS)
Director
NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation
Contact
| Email: | amchilds@umd.edu |
| Phone: | +1 301-405-2329 |
| Office: | ATL 3359 |
| Address: | Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science 3100 Atlantic Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742, USA |
Research
My research aims to better understand the power of quantum systems to process information. I am especially interested in quantum algorithms, including topics such as quantum simulation, quantum query complexity, quantum walk, and quantum algorithms for algebraic problems.
Teaching
- Fall 2024: Design and analysis of computer algorithms (CMSC 451)
- Spring 2025: Quantum algorithms (CMSC 858Q)
- Past courses
- Lecture notes on quantum algorithms
Advising
- Information for prospective students and postdocs
- Current students
- Joseph Carolan
- Dhruv Devulapalli (co-advised with Alexey Gorshkov)
- Amin Shiraz Gilani (co-advised with Matt Coudron)
- Matt Kovacs-Deak
- Zhenning Liu (co-advised with Daniel Gottesman)
- Connor Mooney (co-advised with Alexey Gorshkov)
- Manasi Shingane (co-advised with Gorjan Alagic)
- Mahathi Vempati
- Jeffery Yu (co-advised with Alexey Gorshkov)
- Former students and postdocs
Academic service
- Program Committee, STOC 2025
- Editorial Board, Communications in Mathematical Physics
- QIP Conference: Program committee member, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024; program committee chair, 2020; steering committee member, 2015–18