Driven dissipative systems for novel physics and sensors.

Exploring non-hermitian physics.

Generating novel open systems Liouvillians.

Learning to use driven-dissipative dynamics as a resource for stabilizing quantum states.

Nonequilibrium quantum simulation using lattices of resonators and qubits.

Relevant Publications:

• M. Fitzpatrick, N. M. Sundaresan, A. C. Y. Li, J. Koch, and A. A. Houck, "Observation of a Dissipative Phase Transition in a One-Dimensional Circuit QED Lattice", Phys. Rev. X 7, 011016 (2017)

• V. P. Flynn, E. Cobanera, and L. Viola, ''Topology by dissipation: Majorana bosons in metastable quadratic Markovian dynamics'', Physical Review Letters 127, 245701 (2021)

• A. J. Kollár, M. Fitzpatrick, and A. A. Houck, "Hyperbolic Lattices in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics", Nature 571, 45 (2019)

Developing new techniques for quantum optimal control for applications in quantum computing and quantum sensing.

Exploring the intersection between quantum systems and artificial intelligence.

Developing software and hardware for quantum error correction.

Optimizing the performance of state-of-the-art quantum computers.

Relevant Publications:

• H. Landa, D. Meirom, N. Kanazawa, M. Fitzpatrick, and C. J. Wood, "Experimental Bayesian Estimation of Quantum State Preparation, Measurement, and Gate Errors in Multi-Qubit Devices", Phys. Rev. Research 4, 013199 (2022)

• Y. Baum, M. Amico, S. Howell, M. Hush, M. Liuzzi, P. Mundada, T. Merkh, A. R.R. Carvalho, and M. J. Biercuk, "Experimental Deep Reinforcement Learning for Error-Robust Gate-Set Design on a Superconducting Quantum Computer", PRX Quantum 2, 040324 (2021)

• P. Campagne-Ibarcq, A. Eickbusch, S. Touzard, E. Zalys-Geller, N. E. Frattini, V. V. Sivak, P. Reinhold, S. Puri, S. Shankar, R. J. Schoelkopf, L. Frunzio, M. Mirrahimi & M. H. Devoret, "Quantum error correction of a qubit encoded in grid states of an oscillator", Nature 584 (2020)