Quantum Computation and Information

Hiroshi Imai was born in 1958 at Kobe, Japan. He obtained B.Eng. in Mathematical Engineering, and M.Eng. and D.Eng. in Information Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1981, 1983 and 1986, respectively. In 1986-1990, he was an associate professor of Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University. He was also a visiting associate professor at School of Computer Science, McGill University in 1987 and a visiting scientist at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in 1988. Since 1990, he joined Department of Information Science, University of Tokyo. He is now a professor in Department of Computer Science, Univeristy of Tokyo. He has been a project leader of ERATO Quantum Computation and Information Project, JST from 2000. His research interests include quantum information science, algorithmics, computational geometry, and optimization.

Quantum Computation.- Quantum Identification of Boolean Oracles.- Query Complexity of Quantum Biased Oracles.- Quantum Information.- Quantum Statistical Inference.- Quantum Cloning Machines.- Entanglement and Quantum Error Correction.- On Additivity Questions.- Quantum Security.- Quantum Computational Cryptography.- Quantum Key Distribution: Security, Feasibility and Robustness.- Why Quantum Steganography Can Be Stronger Than Classical Steganography.- Realization of Quantum Information System.- Photonic Realization of Quantum Information Systems.

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