Andris Ambainis is a professor of computer science at the University of Latvia. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (2001) and worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the University of Waterloo, Canada, before returning to Latvia in 2007.
Andris Ambainis is known for his research on quantum computing and the mathematical foundations of computer science. He has developed methods for constructing new quantum algorithms (such as quantum walks and the quantum adversary method for quantum lower bounds) that are widely used by scientists worldwide and has constructed record-breaking examples of advantages for quantum computers.
Andris Ambainis has co-authored more than 160 research papers, including 25 papers in the world’s two leading theoretical computer science conferences (STOC and FOCS) and papers in Nature Communications and Physical Review Letters. He has been an invited speaker at many scientific and research policy conferences, including International Congress of Mathematicians in 2018 and “Quantum Europe”, the conference launching the EU’s Quantum Technology Flagship programme.
Andris Ambainis’ work has been recognized by an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (2012) and the Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Science.