Thomas Wong, PhD
Associate Professor
Physics
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Graduate School
Medical Physics (Master of Science)
Physics (Master of Science)
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HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - G66
Thomas Wong, PhD
Associate Professor
Physics
For nearly three years, Tom served at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO), where he coordinated workforce and outreach activities and international cooperation efforts in support of the National Quantum Initiative, and served as the Designated Federal Officer for the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. Concurrently, he also served for nearly two years as a program manager in the Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program at the Department of Energy Office of Science, where he funded research in quantum algorithms.
Tom is the author of the textbook, Introduction to Classical and Quantum Computing, whose only prerequisite is trigonometry. He is also the creator of Qubit Touchdown, a board game that teaches single-qubit gates with an American football theme. Tom is a former high school teacher; before graduate school, he was a math teacher at an inner-city high school.
Prior to joining Creighton, Tom was a postdoctoral researcher in computer science at the University of Texas at Austin under Dr. Scott Aaronson. Before that, he was a postdoctoral researcher in computer science at the University of Latvia under Dr. Andris Ambainis. Tom earned a PhD in theoretical physics from UC San Diego under Dr. David Meyer, and his dissertation was selected as the best thesis in the Division of Physical Sciences. Tom graduated from Santa Clara University, triple majoring in physics, computer science, and mathematics while minoring in urban education.
While in graduate school, Tom designed, built, and programmed a photo booth, which he turned into a successful business. While in undergrad, Tom interned for IBM for two years, where he created a system to manage test software for enterprise disk storage systems.
As an Eagle Scout, Tom enjoys backpacking and the outdoors. He also plays guitar, renovates homes, and enjoys open source software. He also serves on the editorial board of Quantum Information Processing, a quantum computing journal published by Springer Nature.
Research Focus
Quantum computingDepartment
Physics
Position
Associate Professor
Publications
- Physical review. A
DalFavero Benjamin, Meill Alexander, Meyer David A., Wrubel Jonathan P., Wong Thomas G., Constant-time quantum search with a many-body quantum system
110:5 2024 - Quantum Information Processing
Herrman Rebekah, Wong Thomas G., Simplifying continuous-time quantum walks on dynamic graphs
21:2 2022 - Quantum Information and Computation
Wong Thomas G., UNSTRUCTURED SEARCH BY RANDOM AND QUANTUM WALK
22:1-2, p. 53 - 85 2022 - Physical Review A
Rapoza Jacob, Wong Thomas G., Search by lackadaisical quantum walk with symmetry breaking
104:6 2021 - Physical Review A
Wong Thomas G., Lockhart Joshua, Equivalent Laplacian and adjacency quantum walks on irregular graphs
104:4 2021 - Physical Review A
Adisa Ibukunoluwa A., Wong Thomas G., Implementing quantum gates using length-3 dynamic quantum walks
104:4 2021 - Quantum Information Processing
Rhodes Mason L., Wong Thomas G., Search on vertex-transitive graphs by lackadaisical quantum walk
19:9 2020 - Physical Review A
Wong Thomas G., Isolated vertices in continuous-time quantum walks on dynamic graphs
100:6 2019 - Physical Review A
Rhodes Mason L., Wong Thomas G., Search by lackadaisical quantum walks with nonhomogeneous weights
100:4 2019 - Physical Review A
Rhodes Mason L., Wong Thomas G., Quantum walk search on the complete bipartite graph
99:3 2019 - Physical Review A
Glos Adam, Wong Thomas G., Optimal quantum-walk search on Kronecker graphs with dominant or fixed regular initiators
98:6 2018 - Physical Review A
Wong Thomas G., Wünscher Konstantin, Lockhart Joshua, Severini Simone, Quantum walk search on Kronecker graphs
98:1 2018 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Faster search by lackadaisical quantum walk
17:3 2018 - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Wong Thomas G., Coined quantum walks on weighted graphs
50:47 2017 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Equivalence of Szegedy's and Coined Quantum Walks
16:9 2017 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Santos Raqueline A.M., Exceptional quantum walk search on the cycle
16:6 2017 - Physical Review A
Ambainis Andris, Prusis Krišjanis, Vihrovs Jevgenijs, Wong Thomas G., Oscillatory localization of quantum walks analyzed by classical electric circuits
94:6 2016 - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Wong Thomas G., Quantum walk search through potential barriers
49:48 2016 - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Prusis Krišjanis, Vihrovs Jevgenijs, Wong Thomas G., Doubling the success of quantum walk search using internal-state measurements
49:45 2016 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Tarrataca Luís, Nahimov Nikolay, Laplacian versus adjacency matrix in quantum walk search
15:10, p. 4029 - 4048 2016 - Physical Review A
Prusis Krišjanis, Vihrovs Jevgenijs, Wong Thomas G., Stationary states in quantum walk search
94:3 2016 - Physical Review A
Wong Thomas G., Philipp Pascal, Engineering the success of quantum walk search using weighted graphs
94:2 2016 - Physical Review A
Wong Thomas G., Meyer David A., Irreconcilable difference between quantum walks and adiabatic quantum computing
93:6 2016 - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Wong Thomas G., Quantum walk search on Johnson graphs
49:19 2016 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Spatial search by continuous-time quantum walk with multiple marked vertices
15:4, p. 1411 - 1443 2016 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Quantum walk on the line through potential barriers
15:2, p. 675 - 688 2016 - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Wong Thomas G., Grover search with lackadaisical quantum walks
48:43 2015 - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Wong Thomas G., Faster quantum walk search on a weighted graph
92:3 2015 - Quantum Information and Computation
Ambainis Andris, Wong Thomas G., Correcting for potential barriers in quantum walk search
15:15-16, p. 1365 - 1372 2015 - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Wong Thomas G., Quantum walk search with time-reversal symmetry breaking
48:40 2015 - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Wong Thomas G., Ambainis Andris, Quantum search with multiple walk steps per oracle query
92:2 2015 - Quantum Information Processing
Wong Thomas G., Diagrammatic approach to quantum search
14:6, p. 1767 - 1775 2015 - Physical Review Letters
Meyer David A., Wong Thomas G., Connectivity is a poor indicator of fast quantum search
114:11 2015 - Physical Review Letters
Janmark Jonatan, Meyer David A., Wong Thomas G., Global symmetry is unnecessary for fast quantum search
112:21 2014 - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Meyer David A., Wong Thomas G., Quantum search with general nonlinearities
89:1 2014 - New Journal of Physics
Meyer David A., Wong Thomas G., Nonlinear quantum search using the Gross-Pitaevskii equation
15 2013 - Applied Mathematical Finance
Ostrov Daniel N., Wong Thomas G., Optimal asset allocation for passive investing with capital loss harvesting
18:4, p. 291 - 329 2011 - European Journal of Physics
Wong T. G., Foster M., Colgan J., Madison D. H., Treatment of ion-atom collisions using a partial-wave expansion of the projectilewavefunction
30:3, p. 447 - 452 2009
Grants
CAREER: Quantum Walks and Quantum Circuits/Sponsor: National Science Foundation/NSF
QLCI: Advances in Materials Science for Quantum Technologies (AMSQuT)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL
RII Track-1: Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL
Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE) Cost Share/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692
Federal award match/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692