rgmelko.github.io
Melko group website
Roger G. Melko
Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo
Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Canada Research Chair in Computational Quantum Many-Body Physics
Affiliations
- Scientific Lead, Perimeter Institute Quantum Intelligence Lab
- Faculty Affiliate, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- Scientific Lead, Creative Destruction Labs
- Affiliate, Institue for Quantum Computing
Computing the world of quantum matter
We perform research on strongly correlated quantum many-body systems, with an emphasis on computational methods as a theoretical technique. Our work includes the development of state-of-the-art algorithms and codes for the study of quantum matter, materials and devices. We are also interested in broader ideas in computational physics, the theory of efficient simulations of quantum mechanics on classical computers, and its relationship to the field of quantum information science.
Research Interests
- Entanglement in condensed matter
- Machine learning in quantum physics
- Unconventional quantum phase transitions
- Frustrated quantum magnetism
- Novel numerical techniques
Graduate Students
Current
Past
- Dan Sehayek
- Anna Golubeva
- Isaac De Vlugt
- Matt Beach
- Bohdan Kulchytskyy
- Giacomo Torlai
- Pedro Ponte
- Lauren Hayward Sierens
- Jason Iaconis
- Ann Kallin
- Stephen Inglis
Future
- Apply for graduate studies through the University of Waterloo
Links
- PIQuIL software
- Physics/Machine Learning Group Blog
- KITP Machine Learning for Quantum Many-Body Physics
In the News
- Roger Luo is honoured for his open-source software contributions
- Quantum Machine Learning
- Intelligent Machines are Teaching Themselves Quantum Physics
- The most complex problem in physics could be solved by machines with brains
- AI physicists: The machines cracking the quantum code
- Three Ways Physics Could Help Save Humanity
- Waterloo and Harvard physicists’ eureka moment
- University of Waterloo prof finds way to split virtual electron