Dr. Boaz Tamir
Dr. Boaz Tamir holds two doctoral degrees. He received his first doctorate from the Department of Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science for his work on representations of unitary algebraic groups over p-adic fields (a field within number theory and Lie group theory), under the supervision of Steve Gelbart. After his doctorate, he developed an interest in quantum physics, relativity theory, and philosophy of science. He received his second doctorate in 2008 from Bar-Ilan University, from the Science, Technology and Society Program, for his work on quantum simulation and quantum computing, under the supervision of Avshalom Elitzur.
His areas of interest include: Lie groups, representation theory, p-adic valuation theory, information theory, quantum physics, special and general relativity, quantum computing, quantum information, DNA computing, bioinformatics, philosophy of science, and the history of computing and computers.
In recent years, he has published several papers on group representations, quantum algorithms, quantum information, bioinformatics, and philosophy of science.
Additionally, Tamir teaches at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design on the connections between arts and sciences, and he is one of the founders of the new institute "Iyar" - the Israel Institute for Advanced Research.
In 2011, he was awarded the Pitowsky Prize from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the Hebrew University for his recent work in the fields of quantum computing and quantum information.
Publications
Mathematics: Group Representation
On L-functions and intertwining operators for unitary groups, by Boaz Tamir, Israel J. Math. 73 (1991), no. 2, 161—188
On Towers of liftings and hypercuspidality for unitary groups, by Boaz Tamir, Tohoku Math. J. (2) 45 (1993), no. 2, 147—157
Physics: Quantum Information and Quantum Computation
Grover's quantum search algorithm and Diophantine approximation by
Shahar Dolev, Itamar pitowsky and Boaz Tamir, Physical Review A 73 1, 2006
Communication complexity protocols for qutrits, by Boaz Tamir,
Physical Review A 75 1, 2007
Quantum query complexity for qutrits, by Boaz Tamir,
Physical Review A, 77, 1, 2008
A Quantum secret ballot, by Shahar Dolev, Itamar Pitowsky and Boaz Tamir, quant-ph/0602087, 2006
On Meaning, consciousness and quantum physics, by Y.Neumann, B.Tamir, Journal of Cosmology, 2009, Vol 3, pages 540-547.
A Quantum differentiation of k-SAT instances, by B.Tamir and G.Ortiz, New Journal of Physics 12, 2010.
Weak measurement and weak information, by B.Tamir and S.Masis, Foundation of Physics, vol. 42, (4), 2012
Introduction to weak measurements and weak values, by B.Tamir and E,Cohen, Quanta Vol 2, 2013
On the power of weak measurements in separating quantum states, by B.Tamir, E.Cohen and A.Priel, Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations, Vol 2, Issue 1, 2015
D-Wave and predecessors: From simulated to quantum annealing by E,Cohen and B.Tamir, International Journal of Quantum Information 12, 1430002 (2014)
Quantum annealing - foundations and frontiers by E,Cohen and B.Tamir, to appear in Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 224, 89–110 (2015)
Quantum Gaussian channels with weak measurements, by B.Tamr, E.Cohen , Quantum information processing, QIC Vol.15 No.13&14 , 2015
A Holevo type bound for a Hilbert –Schmidt distance measure by B.Tamr, E.Cohen, Journal of Quantum Information Science, Vol 5, No 4, 2015
The physics of categorization, B.Tamir, Y.Neuman, Journal of Complexity, Vol 21, 2015
Econo-physics
Econophysics of a ranked demand and supply resource allocation problem, to appear in Physica A 2018
Philosophy of Science
Can special relativity be derived from Galilean mechanics alone? by O.Sela, B.Tamir, S.Dolev, A.Elitzur, Foundations of Physics 39, 2009
Bioinformatics
Reversibility and efficiency in coding protein information, by B. Tamir, A. Priel, J. of Theoretical Biology, 267, 2010
Book Chapters
Notes on adiabatic quantum computers, in Quantum Spin Glasses, Annealing and Computation, Ed. B. Chakrabarty, A.Chatterjee, A.Ghosh, S.Mukherjee, to appear in Cambridge Univ. Press 2017
Channel capacity and rate distortion in amino acid networks, by B. Tamir, A. Priel, in: Bio-Communication. Ed.: J. Seckbach & R. Gordon. World Scientific Publishing Europe, 2017
Books
Econo-physics of the Kolkata Restaurant Problem and Related Games: Classical and quantum strategies for multi-agent multi-choice repetitive games, B. Chakrabarty, A. Chatterjee, A.Ghosh, S.Mukherjee, B.Tamir, Springer 2017
In Hebrew
Books
- Artificial Intelligence: Fundamental Principles, Resling 2019
- A Guide to the Perplexed on Quantum Physics, Resling 2018
Popular Science
- Charles Babbage and the Vision of the Digital Computer, Boaz Tamir and Merav Katz, Galileo 101, February 2007
Science and Art
- One Hundred Years of Relativity Theory: The Search for Symmetry and Completeness in Nature, Protokolazh 2009, a collection of articles from Bezalel's online journal, also appeared in Issue 1 of 'The Protocols of History and Theory', November 2005, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Last Updated Date : 10/03/2025
