Lov Grover Explained

Lov Grover
Workplaces:	Bell Labs Cornell University
Alma Mater:	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Stanford University
Thesis Title:	New concepts in free electron lasers
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Thesis Year:	1985
Known For:	Grover's algorithm
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Lov Kumar Grover (born 1961) is an Indian-American computer scientist. He is the originator of the Grover database search algorithm used in quantum computing.^[1] Grover's 1996 algorithm won renown as the second major algorithm proposed for quantum computing (after Shor's 1994 algorithm),^{[2] [3]} and in 2017 was finally implemented in a scalable physical quantum system.^[4] Grover's algorithm has been the subject of numerous popular science articles.^{[5] [6]}

Grover received his bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1981^[7] and his PhD in Electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1985.^{[8] [9]} In 1984, he went to Bell Laboratories. He worked as a visiting professor at Cornell University from 1987 to 1994. He retired in 2008 becoming an independent researcher.^[10]

Publications

• Grover L.K.: A fast quantum mechanical algorithm for database search, Proceedings, 28th Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, (May 1996) p. 212
• Grover L.K.: From Schrödinger's equation to quantum search algorithm, American Journal of Physics, 69(7): 769–777, 2001. Pedagogical review of the algorithm and its history.
• Grover L.K.: Quantum Computing: How the weird logic of the subatomic world could make it possible for machines to calculate millions of times faster than they do today The Sciences, July/August 1999, pp. 24–30.
• What's a Quantum Phone Book?, Lov Grover, Lucent Technologies

Notes and References

1. News: Quantum Leap in Searching . 19 July 2010 . Wired . 25 July 2000 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703044742/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/05/36574 . July 3, 2011 .
2. The Wired Guide to Quantum Computing. Simonite. Tom. 2018-08-24. Wired. 2019-01-22. 1059-1028.
3. The Ongoing Battle Between Quantum and Classical Computers. Bleicher. Ariel. 2018-02-19. Wired. 2019-01-22. 1059-1028.
4. Web site: The first quantum search algorithm on a scalable quantum computer has important implications. Emerging Technology from the arXiv. MIT Technology Review. en. 2019-01-22.
5. Web site: Quantum Searching in Your Browser. By. 2018-02-07. Hackaday. en. 2019-01-22.
6. Web site: Cats, Qubits, and Teleportation: The Spooky World of Quantum Computation Applications (Part 3). InfoQ. 2019-01-22.
7. Web site: Dr Lov K. Grover. Alumni Affairs, IITD. 10 November 2021.
8. Grover. L. K.. 1985-12-01. New concepts in free electron lasers. Ph.D. Thesis. 1985PhDT........18G.
9. Grover. Lov. Pantell. R.. July 1985. Simplified analysis of free-electron lasers using Madey's theorem. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 21. 7. 944–951. 10.1109/JQE.1985.1072775. 1985IJQE...21..944G. 0018-9197.
10. Web site: Dr. Lov Grover: Is Quantum Searching a Universal Property of Nature?. 2021-10-14. Columbia University. en. 2022-03-27.