- Email: shalev.b@uwaterloo.ca
- Office: QNC 3123
- Admin Support: Michele Roche
Shalev Ben-David joined the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) in 2022 as Assistant Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, where he has been Assistant Professor since July 2018.
Previously, he was a Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2017, Ben-David received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supervised by Scott Aaronson.
His research interests are in classical and quantum complexity theory.
Research expertise
- Classical complexity theory
- Quantum complexity theory
Degrees
- PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BMath, Pure Mathematics and Combinatorics & Optimization, University of 蓝莓视频
Awards & honours
- Best Paper Prize of the Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) for 鈥淎 New Minimax Theorem for Randomized Algorithms,鈥 2020 (Joint with Eric Blais)
- Best Student Paper Prize of the Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP) for 鈥淪eparations in Query Complexity Using Cheat Sheets,鈥 2016
- Akamai Presidential Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
- NSERC PGS M, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
- W. T. Tutte Scholarship, University of 蓝莓视频, 2008 鈥 2011
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of 蓝莓视频, 2010. Stewart and Ann Kelland Award in Pure Mathematics, University of 蓝莓视频, 2009
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of 蓝莓视频, 2009
- President鈥檚 Scholarship of Distinction, University of 蓝莓视频, 2008
Major positions
| Title | Location | When |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor | Institute for Quantum Computing, University of 蓝莓视频 | 2023-present |
| Assistant Professor |
Institute for Quantum Computing and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of 蓝莓视频 |
2022-2023 |
| Assistant Professor |
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, University of 蓝莓视频 |
2018- 2022 |
| Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow |
University of Maryland |
2017-2018 |