Dave Bacon

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Dave Bacon is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dave Bacon has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Dave Bacon's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (39 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (30 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (17 papers). Dave Bacon is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (39 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (30 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (17 papers). Dave Bacon collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Dave Bacon's co-authors include K. Birgitta Whaley, Julia Kempe, Daniel A. Lidar, David P. DiVincenzo, Guido Burkard, Ben Toner, Isaac L. Chuang, Aram W. Harrow, Wim van Dam and Steven T. Flammia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

Dave Bacon

42 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Universal quantum computation with the exchange interaction 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Universal quantum computation with the exchange interaction
    2000 669 citations David P. DiVincenzo, Dave Bacon et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dave Bacon United States 21 2.6k 2.5k 332 312 153 43 3.0k
Lev S. Bishop United States 19 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 169 0.5× 393 1.3× 105 0.7× 35 3.4k
Dan E. Browne United Kingdom 31 4.3k 1.7× 3.6k 1.4× 408 1.2× 519 1.7× 136 0.9× 75 4.8k
Bei Zeng China 26 1.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 234 0.7× 112 0.4× 279 1.8× 108 2.4k
Stefan Filipp Switzerland 31 3.0k 1.2× 3.5k 1.4× 88 0.3× 330 1.1× 183 1.2× 65 3.8k
Julia Kempe United States 25 4.2k 1.6× 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 3.6× 310 1.0× 197 1.3× 56 4.7k
Zaki Leghtas France 20 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 87 0.3× 303 1.0× 191 1.2× 37 3.3k
M. Mariantoni United States 25 3.5k 1.4× 3.4k 1.4× 391 1.2× 672 2.2× 91 0.6× 42 4.3k
Christopher Eichler Switzerland 28 2.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 110 0.3× 620 2.0× 168 1.1× 55 3.5k
K. A. Landsman United States 15 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 195 0.6× 139 0.4× 136 0.9× 19 1.8k
Alessandro Fedrizzi Australia 31 3.1k 1.2× 3.2k 1.3× 191 0.6× 756 2.4× 241 1.6× 85 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dave Bacon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dave Bacon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dave Bacon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dave Bacon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dave Bacon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dave Bacon. Dave Bacon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McEwen, Matt, Dave Bacon, & Craig Gidney. (2023). Relaxing Hardware Requirements for Surface Code Circuits using Time-dynamics. Quantum. 7. 1172–1172. 36 indexed citations
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Landahl, Andrew J., et al.. (2015). Adiabatic topological quantum computing. Physical Review A. 92(1). 11 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave, et al.. (2014). Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography (TQC 2011). Springer eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave, et al.. (2011). Automated searching for quantum subsystem codes. Physical Review A. 83(2). 3 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave. (2010). Ubiquity symposium 'What is computation?'. Ubiquity. 2010(December). 2 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave, et al.. (2010). Making classical ground-state spin computing fault-tolerant. Physical Review E. 82(3). 31106–31106. 5 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave & Steven T. Flammia. (2009). Adiabatic Gate Teleportation. Physical Review Letters. 103(12). 120504–120504. 41 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave. (2008). Blog life:The Quantum Pontiff. Physics World. 21(1). 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave, Isaac L. Chuang, & Aram W. Harrow. (2007). The quantum Schur and Clebsch-Gordan transforms: I. efficient qudit circuits. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 1235–1244. 13 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave & Debbie Leung. (2007). Toward a world with quantum computers. Communications of the ACM. 50(9). 55–59. 3 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave, Isaac L. Chuang, & Aram W. Harrow. (2006). Efficient Quantum Circuits for Schur and Clebsch-Gordan Transforms. Physical Review Letters. 97(17). 170502–170502. 98 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave. (2004). Quantum computational complexity in the presence of closed timelike curves. Physical Review A. 70(3). 41 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave & Ben Toner. (2003). Bell Inequalities with Auxiliary Communication. Physical Review Letters. 90(15). 157904–157904. 35 indexed citations
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Toner, Ben & Dave Bacon. (2003). Communication Cost of Simulating Bell Correlations. Physical Review Letters. 91(18). 187904–187904. 171 indexed citations
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Kempe, Julia, Dave Bacon, David P. DiVincenzo, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (2001). Encoded universality from a single physical interaction. arXiv (Cornell University). 1(4). 33–55. 26 indexed citations
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Bacon, Dave, Kenneth R. Brown, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (2001). Coherence-Preserving Quantum Bits. Physical Review Letters. 87(24). 247902–247902. 52 indexed citations
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Kempe, Julia, Dave Bacon, Daniel A. Lidar, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (2001). Theory of decoherence-free fault-tolerant universal quantum computation. Physical Review A. 63(4). 402 indexed citations
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DiVincenzo, David P., Dave Bacon, Julia Kempe, Guido Burkard, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (2000). Universal quantum computation with the exchange interaction. Nature. 408(6810). 339–342. 669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bacon, Dave, Daniel A. Lidar, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (1999). Robustness of decoherence-free subspaces for quantum computation. Physical Review A. 60(3). 1944–1955. 98 indexed citations

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