Edward Farhi
| Edward Farhi | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Brandeis University |
| Doctoral advisor | Howard Georgi |
| Doctoral students |
Adam D Bookatz |
Adam D Bookatz
Michel Carreau
Andrew Childs
David Gosset
Noah Graham
Edi Halyo
Shelby Kimmel Hess
Jeffrey Isaacson
Stephen Jordan
Vishesh Khemani
Cedric Lin
Han-Hsuan Lin
Arthur Lue
Andrew Lutomirski
Daniel Nagaj
Angela Olinto
Haralambos Panagopoulos
Jose Wudka
Edward Henry Farhi is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been the Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT since 2004. He made contributions to particle physics, general relativity and astroparticle physics before turning to his current interest, quantum computation.
Edward (Eddie) Farhi attended the Bronx High School of Science and obtained his B.A. and M.A. in physics at Brandeis University before getting his Ph.D. in 1978 from Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Georgi. He was then on the staff at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland before coming to MIT, where he joined the faculty in 1982. At MIT, he has taught undergraduate courses in quantum mechanics and special relativity as well as freshman physics. At the graduate level he has taught quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, particle physics and general relativity. In July 2004, he was appointed the Director of MIT's Center for Theoretical Physics, a position he currently holds. He has supervised many graduate students who have since had successful careers.
Edward Farhi was trained as a theoretical particle physicist but has also worked on astrophysics, general relativity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. His present interest is the theory of quantum computation.
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