Designs fault-tolerant architectures for photonic quantum computers, developing ways to assemble small entangled resources and use connectivity efficiently while controlling the cost of error correction.
arXivarXivNickerson works on the architecture between physical photonic components and reliable computation. Fusion-based quantum computing makes small resource states and entangling measurements the building blocks of a larger machine. Her work with Daniel Litinski on active volume asks a complementary question: how can available nonlocal connections reduce the cost of logical operations? These are theoretical architecture contributions with explicit assumptions. They help define what hardware must deliver rather than establish that the full proposed computer has already been built.
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Work, in context- 2021
Fusion-based quantum computing
Coauthored the architecture and fault-tolerance framework that combines small entangled resource states through fusion measurements, treating photon loss and probabilistic operations within error correction.
Coauthor of the fusion-based computing architecture and fault-tolerance framework.
Source-supported recordarXiv - 2022
Active-volume architecture
With Daniel Litinski, proposed a way to exploit limited nonlocal connections so computation costs track logical operations more directly than the full circuit volume.
Coauthor with Daniel Litinski of the active-volume architecture proposal.
Source-supported recordarXiv
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Fusion-based quantum computing
Fusion-based quantum computation
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Published 22 Jan 2021 · Checked 19 Sept 2026Credit & limits: Coauthor of the fusion-based computing architecture and fault-tolerance framework.
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| Fusion-based quantum computing2021 | Primary paperFusion-based quantum computation Coauthorship, architecture and fault-tolerance framework Published 22 Jan 2021 · Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Coauthor of the fusion-based computing architecture and fault-tolerance framework. |
| Active-volume architecture2022 | Primary paperActive volume: An architecture for efficient fault-tolerant quantum computers with limited non-local connections Coauthorship and active-volume architecture Published 28 Nov 2022 · Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Coauthor with Daniel Litinski of the active-volume architecture proposal. |
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Naomi Nickerson
Professional identification and photonic architecture research
Checked 19 Sept 2026 - arXivPrimary paper
Fusion-based quantum computation
Coauthorship, architecture and fault-tolerance framework
Published 22 Jan 2021 · Checked 19 Sept 2026 - arXivPrimary paper
Active volume: An architecture for efficient fault-tolerant quantum computers with limited non-local connections
Coauthorship and active-volume architecture
Published 28 Nov 2022 · Checked 19 Sept 2026