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Jerry M. Chow

American physicist

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Jerry M. Chow was a quantum physicist, known for Quantum computing.

Jerry Moy Chow is a physicist who conducts research in quantum information processing. He has worked as the manager of the Experimental Quantum Computing group at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York since 2014 and is the primary investigator of the IBM team for the IARPA Multi-Qubit Coherent Operations and Logical Qubits programs. After graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in physics and M.S. in applied mathematics from Harvard University,

His work at IBM has led to the publication of findings related to the characterization of a universal set of all-microwave gates that can be executed on two transmon qubits, as well as the implementation of a subsection of a surface code fault-tolerant superconducting quantum computing architecture. His leadership at IBM has led to progress being made in quantum error correction and quantum machine learning, as well as the release of the cloud-based IBM Quantum Experience. He was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2021.

Personal life Jerry grew up in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn.

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Important facts

Occupation
Quantum physicist
Known for
Quantum computing
Education
Yale University, Harvard University, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Employers
IBM
Awards
Forbes 30 Under 30; Fellow of the American Physical Society
Also known as
Jerry Chow, Jerry Moy Chow

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American physicist

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Jerry M. Chow was a quantum physicist.

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Jerry M. Chow was known for Quantum computing.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jerry M. Chow

· Wikidata: Q35279769

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