# Andrew Childs > American computer scientist and physicist focused on quantum computing **Wikidata**: [Q23016708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23016708) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Childs) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/andrew-childs ## Summary Andrew Childs is an American computer scientist and physicist who studies and develops quantum computing theory and algorithms. He is a professor-level researcher affiliated with the University of Maryland and is known for his research in quantum computing and for advising a generation of doctoral students in the field. ## Biography - Born: 2000 - Nationality: United States - Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; California Institute of Technology - Known for: Research and scholarship focused on quantum computing - Employer(s): University of Maryland; California Institute of Technology (2004–2007); University of Waterloo (assistant professor 2007–2012; associate professor 2012–2014) - Field(s): Computer science; quantum computing ## Contributions Andrew Childs has produced scholarly research in computer science with a focus on quantum computing and has trained multiple doctoral students who went on to their own research careers. He completed graduate study under doctoral advisor Edward Farhi. Childs held appointments at the California Institute of Technology (2004–2007), then joined the University of Waterloo as an assistant professor in 2007 and became an associate professor there (2012–2014), and is affiliated with the University of Maryland. He has supervised doctoral students including Tongyang Li, Yuan Su, Māris Ozols, Laura Mančinska, Robin Kothari, Zak Webb, and Aaron Ostrander. His professional presence includes author identifiers and profiles that document his publications and citations (dblp, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, zbMATH, ORCID, ResearcherID, MR Author ID), which serve as concrete records of his published research and academic output in quantum computing. ## FAQs ### Q: What does Andrew Childs research? A: He researches quantum computing within computer science and physics, focusing on quantum algorithms and related theory. ### Q: Where does Andrew Childs work? A: He is affiliated with the University of Maryland and has held prior positions at the California Institute of Technology (2004–2007) and the University of Waterloo (assistant professor 2007–2012; associate professor 2012–2014). ### Q: Who supervised Andrew Childs' doctoral research? A: His doctoral advisor was Edward Farhi. ## Why They Matter Andrew Childs matters as a researcher who advanced the academic study of quantum computing and as a mentor who trained a cohort of doctoral researchers now active in the field. His appointments at leading institutions (Caltech, University of Waterloo, University of Maryland) placed him in centers of quantum and theoretical computer science research, enabling collaborations and student supervision that propagate his influence. The list of doctoral students he supervised indicates a direct impact on subsequent research programs and contributions across quantum computing and theoretical computer science. His presence in bibliographic and author-identification systems (dblp, Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearcherID, zbMATH) provides a documented record of his publications and citations that contribute to the scholarly infrastructure of the field. Without researchers like Childs, the development and dissemination of quantum computing theory and training of new researchers at these institutions would have been smaller in scale. ## Notable For - Being an American computer scientist and physicist focused on quantum computing. - Faculty and research appointments at the California Institute of Technology (2004–2007), the University of Waterloo (assistant professor 2007–2012; associate professor 2012–2014), and affiliation with the University of Maryland. - Doctoral research supervised by Edward Farhi. - Supervising multiple doctoral students who continued research in quantum computing, including Robin Kothari, Māris Ozols, Laura Mančinska, Tongyang Li, Yuan Su, Zak Webb, and Aaron Ostrander. - Maintaining widely used academic profiles and author identifiers (Google Scholar, dblp, ORCID, ResearcherID, zbMATH). ## Body ### Names and identifiers - Full name / alias: Andrew MacGregor Childs. - Common name: Andrew Childs. - Online presence: personal website (http://www.cs.umd.edu/~amchilds/), Twitter handle @andrewmchilds. - Author and researcher identifiers: dblp author id 57/6150; Google Scholar id 7MOW-j4AAAAJ; ORCID and other researcher IDs (ResearcherID B-6329-2009; MR author id 663440; zbMATH author id childs.andrew-m; Dimensions author id 01271167622.92). ### Education and mentorship - Educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology. - Doctoral advisor: Edward Farhi. - Doctoral students supervised: Tongyang Li; Yuan Su; Māris Ozols; Laura Mančinska; Robin Kothari; Zak Webb; Aaron Ostrander. ### Academic appointments - California Institute of Technology: affiliated 2004–2007. - University of Waterloo: assistant professor 2007–2012; associate professor 2012–2014. - University of Maryland: listed employer/affiliation (current affiliation per provided data). ### Research focus - Field of work listed as computer science with specialization in quantum computing. - Described professionally as an American computer scientist and physicist focused on quantum computing. - Publication and citation records are maintained across standard academic platforms (dblp, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, ORCID, ResearcherID), which catalog his peer-reviewed work in theoretical computer science and quantum computing. ### Professional impact and dissemination - Childs’ work is documented through multiple bibliographic systems and institutional affiliations, supporting scholarly access to his research outputs. - Through student supervision and institutional roles, he has contributed to training researchers active in quantum computing research. ## Schema Markup ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Childs", "jobTitle": "Computer scientist; physicist (quantum computing researcher)", "worksFor": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "University of Maryland" }, "nationality": { "@type": "Country", "name": "United States" }, "birthDate": "2000", "alumniOf": [ { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" }, { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "California Institute of Technology" } ], "knowsAbout": [ "Computer science", "Quantum computing" ], "sameAs": [ "http://www.cs.umd.edu/~amchilds/", "https://twitter.com/andrewmchilds", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Childs" ], "description": "Andrew Childs is an American computer scientist and physicist who researches quantum computing and has held faculty positions at Caltech, the University of Waterloo, and the University of Maryland." } ## References 1. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-9903-837X/employment/79693) 2. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-9903-837X/employment/79697) 3. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-9903-837X/employment/79691) 4. Mathematics Genealogy Project 5. [SciGraph](https://scigraph.springernature.com/person.01271167622.92)