Dr. Lev Levitin

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Boston University
College of Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Distinguished Professor
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Mailing Address

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (617) 353-4607
Fax: (617) 353-6440
levitin@enga.bu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Institute of Information Transmission Problems, USSR Academy of Sciences, and Gorky University, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1969.
M.Sc., Moscow University, Physics, 1960.

Expertise and Research Interests

Information Theory;
Physics of Communication and Computing;
Quantum Theory of Measurements;
Complex and Organized Systems;
Reliable Computing

Other Expertise

Honor: Fellow, IEEE
Honor: Member, New York Academy of Sciences

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Computer and Information Sciences, Information Theory.

Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
New York Academy of Sciences

Publications

  • L.B. Levitin, 'Quantum Generalization of Conditional Entropy and Information,' NASA International Conference on Quantum Computing and Quantum Information, Palm Spring, CA, February 1998
  • K. Chakrabarty, M. G. Karpovsky, and L. B. Levitin, 'Fault isolation and diagnosis in multiprocessor systems with point-to-point connections,' in Fault-Tolerant Parallel and Distributed Systems, D. R. Avresky and D. R. Kaeli, (eds.), pp. 285-301, Kluwe, 1998
  • M. G. Karpovsky, K. Chakrabarty, and L.B. Levitin, 'On a new class of codes for covering vertices in graphs,' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 44, pp. 599-611, 1998
  • L.B. Levitin, 'Energy Requirements in Quantum Communication,' International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 1998
  • L.B. Levitin, 'Energy Cost of Information Transmission (Along the Path to Understanding),' Physica D, 1967, pp. 1-6, 1998
  • N. Margolus and L.B. Levitin, 'The Maximum Speed of Dynamic Evolution,' Physica D, 1967, 1998
  • L.B. Levitin, 'On the Nature of Creative Activity,' ISAS ï97 Intelligent Systems and Semiotics Conference, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, September 1997

Profile Details

Last Updated: 8/31/1999

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