I work in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds funded by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, in the Quantum Information group.
I am researching into many aspects of quantum computation,
from understanding how the quantum speed up is achieved
to comparisons of analog and digital versions of quantum
computers. Much of my work involves classical numerical
simulation, calculating the entanglement in quantum registers
and investigating the properties of quantum versions of random walks.
You can find many more references to current groups and conferences on the subject of quantum information by going to the home page of the Centre for Quantum Computation in Cambridge. If you want to know more specifically what I do you can search for my papers in the quant-ph section of the preprint archive (UK Mirror).
Before this I was part of the Quantum Information and Quantum Optics Theory Group at Imperial College. My (ex)-colleagues there are almost normal people... Before coming to Imperial (April 2000), I was in the Computational Nonlinear & Quantum Optics group at Strathclyde University working on quantum measurement.
I finished my PhD at Edinburgh in July 1999, in the Soft condensed matter group. It was an investigation of the basic dynamics of phase separation when a binary fluid mixture is quenched to region where the two fluids prefer to be separated - spinodal decomposition. For more details, you can read a poster (warning: contains two large images) that I prepared for the MolSim 99 online conference (April 1999). I also helped to teach the online course for the first year physics undergraduates, the first year it was offered using WebCT.
Before my PhD, I used to work for GreenNet, a non-profit Internet service
provider (now TWENTY
years old!!!) and member the Association
for Progressive Communications.
I have also done work for Oxfam and Amnesty International.
Prior to joining GreenNet I lived in Glasgow and was an active campaigner for
Scottish CND.
I have a fine gallery of photos and
links to photos from various holidays, conferences, trips, hill-walks etc.
(including the one that provided my mug shot above).
Photo of the moment:
Herding sheep above Settle, April 2009.
You can best contact me by e-mail:
V.Kendon
leeds.ac.uk
Revision: 5th April 2009