Dr. Mark Novotny is a Professor and Head of the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University.

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Graduate Students

• Bhavika Bhalgamiya, 2019 MS
• Fariba Nofeli,
• John Spencer Hall, 2018 MS
• Sultana Ababtin, 2015 MS
• Godfred Inkoom, 2016 MS, 2017 PhD
• Zhou Li, 2015 MS

Teaching Areas

• PH 1133 General Physics III
• PH 2233-H01 Honors Physics III
• PH 4000 Directed Individual Study
• PH 4723 Applications of Quantum Mechanics
• PH 4990 Quantum Computing

Education

• Ph. D., Physics, Stanford University, 1978
• B.S., Physics, North Dakota State University, 1973

Experience

• 2001-present: Professor and Department Head, Mississippi State University
• 2002-2005: Director, High Performance Computing Collaboratory (HPC²), Mississippi State University
• 1991-2001: Scholar/Scientist, Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (SCRI), Florida State University
• 1988-1991: Associate Scholar/Scientist, SCRI, Florida State University
• 1986-1988: Senior Scientist, IBM Bergen Scientific Centre, Norway
• 1981-1986: Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
• 1979-1981: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
• 1978-1979: Lecturer/Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia
• 1974-1978: Research Assistant, Stanford University

Research Interests

• Quantum computing; algorithm development; parallelization of algorithms; high performance computing
• Computational materials; nanomaterials; magnetic materials; electrochemisty; transport through materials

Patents

• Mark Novotny, Gyorgy Korniss, "Fully scalable computer architecture," United States Patent #6,996,504; G06F 30/20 (Feb 7 2006).

Publication Impact

Selected Invited Presentations

Qubits 2018, D-Wave Users Conference, Knoxville, TN

Classical and Noncommutative Boltzmann Machines: An Update from the Magnolia State, Sept. 2018.

42nd International Conference of Theoretical Physics: Correlation and Coherence at Different Scales, Ustron, Poland

How to Approach a Quantum Dragon, Sept. 2018.

Canary Center at Stanford, Stanford, CA

Quantum Computing: All Hype or Huge Advance?, Jan. 2018.

Honors/Professional Activities

• 2016-2017: Fulbright Distinguished Chair award
• 2013 designated William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, highest honorary distinction awarded to Mississippi State University faculty
• 2013 Elected Fellow of AAAS, Physics Division
• 2012 Dynasty Foundation Visiting Scientist
• 2011 selected as ‘Outstanding Referee’ by the American Physical Society