Staff profile

Dr Viv Kendon joined Durham University Physics Department in August 2014. She is a member of the Quantum Light and Matter (QLM) Research Section and the Joint Quantum Centre (JQC) Durham-Newcastle. She held an EPSRC established career fellowship on Hybrid Quantum and Classical Computation from 2014-2019. Prior to Durham, she was part of the Quantum Information Group at the University of Leeds, where she held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship from 2004 to 2012. Dr. Kendon was educated at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, and initially researched in the area of Soft Condensed Matter, before switching to quantum information theory via postdoctoral positions held at the University of Strathclyde and Imperial College. Previous to her research career, Dr Kendon was active for over 10 years in global electronic networking and computer support in the voluntary sector. Her current main research interests are the computational physics of quantum information theory, and interfacing quantum and classical computational architectures.

• Computational Physics
• Quantum Computation
• Quantum Information Theory

• 2020: Chair of CCP-QC: Chair of the collaborative computational project in quantum computing - an EPSRC-STFC supported network linking computational scientists and quantum computing experts. Funded to 2024.

Journal Article

• Kendon, V. (in press). How to Compute Using Quantum Walks. Electronic proceedings in theoretical computer science, 315, https://doi.org/10.4204/eptcs.315.1
• Bennett, J., Callison, A., O’Leary, T., West, M., Chancellor, N., & Kendon, V. (2023). Using copies can improve precision in continuous-time quantum computing. Quantum Science and Technology, 8(3), Article 035031. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/acdcb5
• Mirkarimi, P., Callison, A., Light, L., Chancellor, N., & Kendon, V. (2023). Comparing the hardness of MAX 2-SAT problem instances for quantum and classical algorithms. Physical Review Research, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.5.023151
• Foulds, S., Kendon, V., & Spiller, T. (2021). The controlled SWAP test for determining quantum entanglement. Quantum Science and Technology, 6(3), Article 035002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/abe458
• Chancellor, N., & Kendon, V. (2021). Experimental test of search range in quantum annealing. Physical Review A, 104(1), Article 012604. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.012604
• Stepney, S., & Kendon, V. (2021). The representational entity in physical computing. Natural Computing, 20(2), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-020-09805-3
• Callison, A., Festenstein, M., Chen, J., Nita, L., Kendon, V., & Chancellor, N. (2021). Energetic Perspective on Rapid Quenches in Quantum Annealing. PRX Quantum, 2(1), Article 010338. https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.2.010338
• Callison, A., Chancellor, N., Mintert, F., & Kendon, V. (2019). Finding spin glass ground states using quantum walks. New Journal of Physics, 21, Article 123022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab5ca2
• Dodds, A. B., Kendon, V., Adams, C. S., & Chancellor, N. (2019). Practical designs for permutation-symmetric problem Hamiltonians on hypercubes. Physical Review A, 100(3), Article 032320. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.100.032320
• Lovett, N. B., Everitt, M., Heath, R. M., & Kendon, V. (2019). The quantum walk search algorithm: factors affecting efficiency. Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, 29(3), 389-429. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0960129518000051
• Morley, J. G., Chancellor, N., Bose, S., & Kendon, V. (2019). Quantum search with hybrid adiabatic–quantum-walk algorithms and realistic noise. Physical Review A, 99(2), Article 022339. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.99.022339
• Roffe, J., Headley, D., Chancellor, N., Horsman, D., & Kendon, V. (2018). Protecting quantum memories using coherent parity check codes. Quantum Science and Technology, 3(3), Article 035010. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/aac64e
• Proctor, T., Giulian, M., Korolkova, N., Andersson, E., & Kendon, V. (2017). Ancilla-driven quantum computation for qudits and continuous variables. Physical Review A, 95(5), Article 052317. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.95.052317
• Bougroura, H., Aissaoui, H., Chancellor, N., & Kendon, V. (2016). Quantum walk transport properties on graphene structures. Physical Review A, 94(6), Article 062331. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.062331
• Proctor, T. J., & Kendon, V. (2016). Hybrid quantum computing with ancillas. Contemporary Physics, 57(4), 459-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/00107514.2016.1152700
• Kendon, V., Sebald, A., & Stepney, S. (2015). Heterotic computing: exploiting hybrid computational devices. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373(2046), Article 20150091. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0091
• Proctor, T. J., Dooley, S., & Kendon, V. (2015). Quantum computation mediated by ancillary qudits and spin coherent states. Physical Review A, 91(1), Article 012308. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.91.012308
• Kendon, V., Sebald, A., & Stepney, S. (2015). Heterotic computing: past, present and future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373(2046), Article 20140225. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0225
• Horsman, C., Stepney, S., Wagner, R. C., & Kendon, V. (2014). When does a physical system compute?. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2169), Article 20140182. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2014.0182
• Proctor, T. J., & Kendon, V. (2014). Minimal ancilla mediated quantum computation. EPJ Quantum Technology, 1(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt13
• Proctor, T., Barr, K., Hanson, B., Martiel, S., Pavlovic, V., Bullivant, A., & Kendon, V. (2014). Nonreversal and nonrepeating quantum walks. Physical Review A, 89(4), Article 042332. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.89.042332
• Barr, K. E., Proctor, T. J., Allen, D., & Kendon, V. M. (2014). Periodicity and perfect state transfer in quantum walks on variants of cycles. Quantum information & computation, 14(5-6), 417-438