Yuan Liu

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Yuan Liu is an Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science at North Carolina State University. He is also an affiliated faculty in Physics. He received his B.S. in physics from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He received his M.S. in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Prior to joining NC State faculty as an NSF Quantum Computing & Information Science Faculty Fellow, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.

His research interests lie at the intersection of quantum information science, theoretical chemistry and physics, and quantum engineering. Some recent topics include quantum algorithms and simulation, quantum signal processing, hybrid continuous-discrete-variable quantum information processing, algorithmic-level error-correction, and quantum sensing.

Education

  • Ph.D. 2020
    Chemical Physics
    Brown University
  • Master's 2018
    Electrical Engineering
    Brown University
  • Bachelor's 2015
    Physics
    Tsinghua University

Expert In

Quantum Photonics , quantum computing , Cavity QED

Awards & Honors

  • William R. Potter Prize, Brown University, 2020
  • Sigma Xi Award, Brown University, 2019
  • Presidential Fellow, Brown University, 2015-2018
 

Recent News

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Researchers Develop General Framework for Designing Quantum Sensors

Posted on August 2, 2024 | Filed Under: Faculty and News and Research

A new protocol gives quantum sensor designers the ability to sense signals of interest.

ECE Department Welcomes New Faculty

Posted on August 17, 2023 | Filed Under: Faculty and News

The ECE Department has hired 4 new faculty members for the 2023-2024 academic year.

 

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