The optimal control of quantum systems and efficient control synthesis

Srinivas Sridharan (The Australian National University)

SYSTEMS AND CONTROL SERIES

DATE: 2011-04-08
TIME: 11:00:00 - 12:00:00
LOCATION: RSISE Seminar Room, ground floor, building 115, cnr. North and Daley Roads, ANU
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ABSTRACT:
This talk provides a broad overview of the optimal control of quantum systems using dynamic programming and viscosity solution methods. The problems described are motivated by applications to areas such as medical imaging and quantum circuit synthesis. Issues of numerically determining the optimal control strategy are discussed and some recent work on reduced dimensionality methods for the control of quantum systems are introduced.
BIO:
Srinivas Sridharan was recently awarded his PhD at the School of Engineering at the ANU. His dissertation was on the optimal control of quantum systems using dynamic programming. Prior to his PhD he was with the MathWorks Inc from 2005-2007, where he worked on projects in the areas of numerical computing, optimisation, distributed computing and image processing. He obtained his M.S in control systems and mathematics from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor after completing a B.E in Instrumentation and Control from the National Institute of Technology Trichy, India.

His current research interests are in the field of optimal control, quantum control and scalable control synthesis for higher dimensional systems.

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