William D. Oliver is a principal investigator in the Engineering Quantum Systems Group at MIT and the Quantum Information and Integrated Nanosystems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He provides programmatic and technical leadership targeting the development of quantum and classical high-performance computing technologies. Will’s research interests include the materials growth, fabrication, design, and measurement of superconducting qubits, as well as the development of cryogenic packaging and control electronics involving cryogenic CMOS and single-flux quantum digital logic.

Will is a fellow of the American Physical Society and serves on the US Committee for Superconducting Electronics. He is an IEEE Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) board member and a member of the AAAS, IEEE, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.

Will received his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University, his MS in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a BS in electrical engineering and BA in Japanese from the University of Rochester.