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Daniel Gottesman

Brin Family Professor of Theoretical Computer Science and Co-Director of QuICS

University of Maryland

Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Maryland
United States · work baseIdentification checked 2026-09-19
WHY INCLUDED

A quantum-information theorist whose work on stabilizer codes and oscillator encodings provides tools for protecting fragile quantum information and designing fault-tolerant computation.

Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of MarylandarXiv / California Institute of Technology dissertationarXiv / Physical Review A

Gottesman’s contributions address a central obstacle in quantum computing: useful information must survive imperfect physical operations. His stabilizer-code work supplied a mathematical framework for describing and analyzing quantum error correction. With Alexei Kitaev and John Preskill, he also developed an encoding of a qubit in an oscillator. These approaches link abstract logical information to the physical errors that threaten it, making his research important across more than one hardware platform.

Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of MarylandarXiv / California Institute of Technology dissertationarXiv / Physical Review A

Defining contributions

Work, in context
  1. 1997

    Stabilizer codes and error correction

    Gottesman’s doctoral thesis developed the stabilizer formalism for quantum error-correcting codes and examined fault-tolerant operations. It provides a structured way to describe encoded quantum information and the checks used to diagnose errors without simply measuring the stored state.

    Author of the doctoral thesis developing the stabilizer-code framework and fault-tolerant operations.

    Source-supported recordarXiv / California Institute of Technology dissertation
  2. 2001

    Encoding a qubit in an oscillator

    Gottesman, Alexei Kitaev and John Preskill proposed encoding a finite-dimensional quantum system in an oscillator. The GKP construction protects against small displacement errors, connecting continuous-variable physical systems with discrete logical quantum information.

    Coauthor of the oscillator encoding with Alexei Kitaev and John Preskill.

    Source-supported recordarXiv / Physical Review A

Follow the evidence

3 sources

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

  • Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Marylandinstitutional biography

    Daniel Gottesman

    Current Brin Family professorship and QuICS co-directorship.

    Checked 2026-09-19
  • arXiv / California Institute of Technology dissertationprimary research

    Stabilizer Codes and Quantum Error Correction

    Stabilizer formalism, codes and fault-tolerant computation.

    Published 1997-05-28 · Checked 2026-09-19
  • arXiv / Physical Review Aprimary research

    Encoding a qubit in an oscillator

    Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill authorship and oscillator encoding.

    Published 2000-08-08 · Checked 2026-09-19
QubitWire editorial · Content edition 2026-09-19.1Independent coverage. Inclusion does not imply endorsement.