Felix Leditzky

Felix Leditzky

I am an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Mathematics. I have recently been named a David Blackwell Scholar (2023-25), as well as a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professor (LEAP) Scholar (2023-25). I'm also a member of IQUIST. My research focuses on mathematical and computational aspects of quantum information theory. For more information, please explore this website and see my full academic CV.

Contact me at <lastname>@illinois.edu. You can send me encrypted email using my public PGP key D9FC951B.

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Research

My research focuses on quantum information theory, in particular the mathematical and computational aspects of quantum Shannon theory. Below is a list of topics that I am particularly interested in, together with some selected papers I worked on. More information on my papers can be found in the next section.

Papers

Below is a list of my most recent papers, including both preprints and published articles. For a full list, see arXiv.org, Google Scholar, or my CV.

Recent preprints

Recent published papers

At this point I want to plug the awesome python script arxiv-collector written by D.J. Sutherland. This script generates a .tar.gz archive of your latex project that can be uploaded to the arXiv, avoiding in particular any version mismatches between your local biblatex installation and the one on the arXiv servers. It continues to save me a lot of time at each arXiv submission!

Talks

Below you can find links to slides, videos and files for a selection of talks and posters I have presented at conferences and seminars. For a full list of conference and seminar talks and posters, see my full CV.

For the slides of my more recent presentations, I am explaining my workflow and what software I am using in this Twitter thread.

Teaching

I have taught the courses below at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Misc

Useful links and references

Editorial service

Conference & workshop organization

I have acted as an organizer for the following conferences and workshops:

About me

Short CV

Jan 2021 to present
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dec 2019 to Dec 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Nov 2016 to Nov 2019
Postdoctoral Research Associate
JILA, University of Colorado Boulder
Oct 2013 to Oct 2016
PhD (Mathematics)
DPMMS, University of Cambridge [thesis]
Oct 2006 to Apr 2013
Diploma (Physics)
University of Vienna [thesis]
Oct 2006 to Feb 2012
Diploma (Mathematics)
University of Vienna [thesis]

Roughly equivalent to BSc+MSc.

Before joining UIUC, I held postdoctoral positions at the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics from Dec 2019 to Dec 2020, and at JILA at the University of Colorado Boulder from Nov 2016 to Nov 2019. I obtained my PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2016 with a thesis on Relative entropies and their use in quantum information theory. My academic journey started in my hometown Vienna, Austria, where I obtained diploma degrees (≈ BSc + MSc) in Mathematics and Physics. Here is a link to my full academic CV.

Personal

I was born in Vienna, Austria. In my spare time I like to play the guitar, read, listen to music, play and watch (European) football, get better at cooking, and travel. Actually, I'm interested in pretty much everything.

Contact

Email: <lastname>@illinois.edu

Postal address:
Office 39, Computing Applications Building
605 E Springfield Ave
Champaign, IL 61820
USA