Associate Professor Michael Bremner
ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor
Core Member, Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems
Email: Michael.Bremner"at"uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 1308
Fax: +61 2 9514 4517
Room: CB11.10.208 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia
Biography
Education
2001 - 2005: PhD, Department of Physics, University of Queensland. Supervised by Prof. Michael Nielsen and Prof. Gerard Milburn.
2000: BSc with Honours Class I, Department of Physics, University of Queensland. Supervised by Prof. Tim Ralph and Dr Bill Munro.
1997 - 1999: BSc (Physics), University of Queensland.
Employment
May 2012 - Present: Associate Professor and Future Fellow, Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems, University of Technology, Sydney.
2009 - 2012: Postdoctoral scientist, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leibniz University of Hannover. Employer: Prof. Reinhard Werner.
2007 - 2009: Postdoctoral research assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol. Employer: Prof. Richard Jozsa.
2005 - 2007: Postdoctoral scientist, Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, University of Innsbruck.Employer: Prof. Hans Briegel.
Selected Honours and Prizes
2005: Dean’s commendation for an "Outstanding Research Higher Degree thesis", awarded for PhD thesis by the University of Queensland.
2001:Australian Postgraduate Award, Australian Research Council.
Research Areas
1. Quantum Information Theory
2. Quantum Algorithms
3. Quantum Computational Complexity
Research Grants
1. 2012.05 - 2016.04: Supra-classical quantum simulation in physically restricted models of quantum computation. Australian Research Council (ARC Future Fellowship). Michael Bremner, Sole Investigator. Total Amount: AUD 583,416.
Community Services
1. I have been serving as a referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Quantum Information and Computation, etc.
Research Publications
All publications
1. M. J. Bremner, R. Jozsa, and D. J. Shepherd, “Classical simulation of commuting quantum computations implies collapse of the polynomial hierarchy”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 467, 459 (2011). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 2.378) View Details
2. M. J. Bremner, C. Mora, and A. Winter, “Are random pure states useful for quantum computation?”, Physical Review Letters 102, 190502 (2009). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 7.943) View Details
3. D. Shepherd and M. J. Bremner, “Temporally unstructured quantum computation”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 465, 1413 (2009). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 2.378) View Details
4. W. Dür, M. J. Bremner, and H. J. Briegel, “Quantum simulation of interacting high-dimensional systems: the influence of noise”, Physical Review A 78, 052325 (2008). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
5. A. G. White, A. Gilchrist, G. J. Pryde, J. L. O'Brien, M. J. Bremner, and N. K. Langford, “Measuring two-qubit gates”, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 24, 172 (2007). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 2.210) View Details
6. M. J. Bremner, D. Bacon, and M. A. Nielsen, “Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics using many- qudit Hamiltonians and local unitary control”, Physical Review A 71, 052312 (2005). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
7. M. J. Bremner, J. L. Dodd, M. A. Nielsen, and D. Bacon, “Fungible dynamics: There are only two types of entangling multiple-qubit interactions”, Physical Review A 69, 012313 (2004). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
8. M. A. Nielsen, C. M. Dawson, J. L. Dodd, A. Gilchrist, D. Mortimer, T. J. Osborne, M. J. Bremner, A. W. Harrow, and A. Hines, “Quantum dynamics as a physical resource”, Physical Review A 67, 052301 (2003). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
9. M. A. Nielsen, M. J. Bremner, J. L. Dodd, A. M. Childs, and C. M. Dawson, “Universal simulation of Hamiltonian dynamics for quantum systems with finite-dimensional state spaces”, Physical Review A 66, 022317 (2002). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
10. J. L. Dodd, M. A. Nielsen, M. J. Bremner, and R. T. Thew, “Universal quantum computation and simulation using any entangling Hamiltonian and local unitaries”, Physical Review A (Rapid Communications) 65, 040301(R) (2002). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
11. M. J. Bremner, C. M. Dawson, J. L. Dodd, A. Gilchrist, A. W. Harrow, D. Mortimer, M. A. Nielsen, and T. J. Osborne, “A practical scheme for quantum computation with any two-qubit entangling gate”, Physical Review Letters 89, 247902 (2002). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 7.943) View Details
Journal Articles
1. M. J. Bremner, R. Jozsa, and D. J. Shepherd, “Classical simulation of commuting quantum computations implies collapse of the polynomial hierarchy”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 467, 459 (2011). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 2.378) View Details
2. M. J. Bremner, C. Mora, and A. Winter, “Are random pure states useful for quantum computation?”, Physical Review Letters 102, 190502 (2009). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 7.943) View Details
3. D. Shepherd and M. J. Bremner, “Temporally unstructured quantum computation”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 465, 1413 (2009). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 2.378) View Details
4. W. Dür, M. J. Bremner, and H. J. Briegel, “Quantum simulation of interacting high-dimensional systems: the influence of noise”, Physical Review A 78, 052325 (2008). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
5. A. G. White, A. Gilchrist, G. J. Pryde, J. L. O'Brien, M. J. Bremner, and N. K. Langford, “Measuring two-qubit gates”, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 24, 172 (2007). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 2.210) View Details
6. M. J. Bremner, D. Bacon, and M. A. Nielsen, “Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics using many- qudit Hamiltonians and local unitary control”, Physical Review A 71, 052312 (2005). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
7. M. J. Bremner, J. L. Dodd, M. A. Nielsen, and D. Bacon, “Fungible dynamics: There are only two types of entangling multiple-qubit interactions”, Physical Review A 69, 012313 (2004). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
8. M. A. Nielsen, C. M. Dawson, J. L. Dodd, A. Gilchrist, D. Mortimer, T. J. Osborne, M. J. Bremner, A. W. Harrow, and A. Hines, “Quantum dynamics as a physical resource”, Physical Review A 67, 052301 (2003). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
9. M. A. Nielsen, M. J. Bremner, J. L. Dodd, A. M. Childs, and C. M. Dawson, “Universal simulation of Hamiltonian dynamics for quantum systems with finite-dimensional state spaces”, Physical Review A 66, 022317 (2002). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
10. J. L. Dodd, M. A. Nielsen, M. J. Bremner, and R. T. Thew, “Universal quantum computation and simulation using any entangling Hamiltonian and local unitaries”, Physical Review A (Rapid Communications) 65, 040301(R) (2002). (ARC ranked A, 2012 ISI impact factor: 3.042) View Details
11. M. J. Bremner, C. M. Dawson, J. L. Dodd, A. Gilchrist, A. W. Harrow, D. Mortimer, M. A. Nielsen, and T. J. Osborne, “A practical scheme for quantum computation with any two-qubit entangling gate”, Physical Review Letters 89, 247902 (2002). (ARC ranked A*, 2012 ISI impact factor: 7.943) View Details
