Speaker's Brief Introduction:Dr. Yuan Liu is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science. Prior to joining NC State, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Physics from Tsinghua University, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Brown University, where he was a Presidential Fellow.
His research lies at the intersection of quantum information science, theoretical chemistry and physics, and quantum engineering. He is the recipient of the Goodnight Early Career Innovator Award and the ECE Rising Star Award.
Website: https://ece.ncsu.edu/people/yliu335/ https://cvdv.ncsu.edu/
Abstract: Hardware platforms based on native continuous-variable (CV, oscillator) systems have attracted growing attention as an alternative to discrete-variable (DV, qubit) quantum systems. In this talk, I will highlight how hybrid CV-DV hardware offers a powerful computational paradigm by combining the complementary strengths of both CV and DV processors. I will present novel quantum control techniques and algorithms for CV-DV systems that enable new opportunities and applications in quantum error correction, quantum simulation, and quantum sensing. I will also highlight software tools for benchmarking and compiling these novel processors.