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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Seminar

Milad Marvian

Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Monday, April 20, 2026, 11:00 am-12:00 pm

B02 CSL Auditorium or Online via Zoom

Title: Overcoming Noise in Quantum Computers: From Error Suppression to Fault Tolerance

Abstract: Quantum computers are expected to provide substantial advantages over classical systems for specific high-impact computational tasks. However, the susceptibility of quantum systems to noise remains a major obstacle to realizing their full potential. While the threshold theorem guarantees that arbitrarily long quantum computations can be performed reliably provided each component's noise level remains below a certain threshold, meeting the overhead and noise-level requirements poses significant technological challenges.  In this talk, I will review some recently developed strategies to suppress and correct quantum noise. I will discuss easy-to-implement techniques such as randomized dynamical decoupling to reduce the noise on each qubit, as well as design principles for low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum circuits.

Milad Marvian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC). His research focuses on the theoretical aspects of quantum computation, particularly quantum error correction and quantum algorithms. He is also interested in exploring connections to quantum optimal control and open quantum systems. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2018 and was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining UNM in 2020. He is a recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Award (2025) and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2023).