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Aram W. Harrow

Professor of Physics, MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT
United States · work baseIdentification checked 2026-09-19
WHY INCLUDED

Harrow develops mathematical tools for quantum computation, from the HHL linear-systems algorithm to a resource framework connecting communication, entanglement and quantum information protocols.

MITarXiv / IEEE Transactions on Information TheoryarXiv / Physical Review Letters

Harrow connects the search for useful quantum algorithms with rigorous accounts of the resources they consume. With Hassidim and Lloyd, he showed how a quantum computer could estimate properties of certain linear-system solutions under explicit input and conditioning assumptions. With Devetak and Winter, he developed a language for combining quantum communication protocols. These contributions make him a useful guide to both the potential of quantum processing and the conditions that an advantage claim must satisfy.

MITarXiv / IEEE Transactions on Information TheoryarXiv / Physical Review Letters

Defining contributions

Work, in context
  1. 2008

    A calculus for quantum information resources

    With Igor Devetak and Andreas Winter, Harrow developed resource inequalities that organize quantum communication and entanglement protocols and allow existing coding results to be combined into new ones. The journal article appeared in 2008.

    Coauthor with Igor Devetak and Andreas Winter of the resource-framework paper.

    Source-supported recordarXiv / IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  2. 2009

    The HHL linear-systems algorithm

    With Avinatan Hassidim and Seth Lloyd, Harrow introduced an algorithm for estimating properties of solutions to suitable sparse, well-conditioned linear systems. Its speedup depends on input preparation, conditioning and the requested output.

    Coauthor with Avinatan Hassidim and Seth Lloyd of the linear-systems algorithm.

    Source-supported recordarXiv / Physical Review Letters

Keep in perspective

HHL is not presented as a generic practical speedup for arbitrary linear systems.

Follow the evidence

3 sources

Primary papers, institutional records and attributed announcements. Each source supports the claims linked above.

QubitWire editorial · Content edition 2026-09-19.1Independent coverage. Inclusion does not imply endorsement.