Bill Fefferman

Bill Fefferman

Associate Professor,
University of Chicago

Bill Fefferman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. His research explores the power of quantum computers in both the near-term and the indefinite future. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award (2020), a Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2018), and a Google Scholar Award (2022). Before coming to Chicago he held research positions at the University of Maryland/NIST and at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in computer science in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences and the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech.

Program Visits

Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing 2026, Summer 2026, Visiting Scientist
Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing 2025, Summer 2025, Visiting Scientist
Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing, Summer 2023, Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer
Extended Reunion: The Quantum Wave in Computing, Summer 2022, Visiting Scientist
Summer Cluster in Quantum Computation, Summer 2021, Visiting Scientist
The Quantum Wave in Computing, Spring 2020, Visiting Scientist