Apoorva D. Patel is a professor at the Centre for High Energy Physics,

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

. He is notable for his work on

quantum algorithms In quantum computing, a quantum algorithm is an algorithm which runs on a realistic model of quantum computation, the most commonly used model being the quantum circuit model of computation. A classical (or non-quantum) algorithm is a finite sequ ...

, and the application of

information theory Information theory is the scientific study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley, in the 1920s, and Claude Shannon in the 1940s. ...

concepts to understand the structure of

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languages. His major field of work has been the theory of

quantum chromodynamics In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons. Quarks are fundamental particles that make up composite hadrons such as the proton, neutron and pion. QCD is a ty ...

, where he has used

lattice gauge theory In physics, lattice gauge theory is the study of gauge theories on a spacetime that has been discretized into a lattice. Gauge theories are important in particle physics, and include the prevailing theories of elementary particles: quantum elec ...

techniques to investigate spectral properties, phase transitions, and matrix elements.

Education

He obtained his MSc in physics (1980) from the

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IITB) is a public research university and technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered as one of the best engineering universities in India and is top ranke ...

, and PhD in physics from the

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under

Geoffrey C. Fox Geoffrey Charles Fox (born 7 June 1944) is a British-born American theoretical physicist and computer scientist. As of March 2024, he is a professor in the Computer Science Biocomplexity Institute at the University of Virginia. Fox was educate ...

(1984), with a thesis entitled: ''Monte Carlo Renormalisation Group for Lattice QCD.''

Career

He was a Scientific Associate, Theory Division, CERN in

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, Switzerland, 1987–1989, and then in 1989 he joined the

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

, Bangalore, as a faculty member.Patel's CV

Personal life

In 1989, he married Rashmi, a surgeon specializing in

laparoscopy Laparoscopy () is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis using small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera. The laparoscope aids diagnosis or therapeutic interventions with a few small cuts in the abdomen.Medl ...

and endosurgery. His son, Aavishkar, was born in 1990.

References

External links

Patel's homepage

Patel on Scientific Commons

Patel on Math Genealogy

Scientific publications of Apoorva D. Patel
on

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