Matthew Hastings | |
Fields: | Physics Mathematics |
Workplaces: | Microsoft Duke University Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Matthew Hastings is an American physicist, currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft. Previously, he was a professor at Duke University and a research scientist at the Center for Nonlinear Studies and Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory. He received his PhD in physics at MIT, in 1997, under Leonid Levitov.[1]
While Hastings primarily works in quantum information science, he has made contributions to a range of topics in physics and related fields.
He proved an extension of the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem (see Lieb-Robinson bounds) to dimensions greater than one,[2] providing foundational mathematical insights into topological quantum computing.
He disproved the additivity conjecture for the classical capacity of quantum channels, a long standing open problem in quantum Shannon theory.[3]
He and Michael Freedman formulated the NLTS conjecture, a precursor to a quantum PCP theorem (qPCP).[4]
He is invited to speak at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians in St. Petersburg in the mathematical physics section.[5]