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
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Ph.D.
2020
Chemical Physics
Brown University -
Master's
2018
Electrical Engineering
Brown University -
Bachelor's
2015
Physics
Tsinghua University
Recent Publications
- Hybrid Oscillator-Qubit Quantum Processors: Instruction Set Architecture, Abstract Machine Models, and Applications (2025)
- Implementing Finite Impulse Response Filters on Quantum Computers (2025)
- Tutorial on \Hybrid Continuous-Discrete Variable Quantum Computation (2025)
- Unification of nite symmetries in simulation of many-body systems on quantum computers (2025)
- Unleashing the power of quantum computation with oscillators and qubits (2025)
- ARQUIN: Architectures for Multinode Superconducting Quantum Computers (2024)
- Bootstrap embedding on a quantum computer (2024)
- Error Mitigation of Hamiltonian Simulations from an Analog-Based Compiler (SimuQ) (2024)
- Hybrid Oscillator-Qubit Quantum Processors: Instruction Set Architectures, Abstract Machine Models, and Applications (2024)
Expert In
Quantum Photonics , quantum computing , Cavity QED
Awards & Honors
- Scialog Fellow, 2025
- ECE Rising Star Award, NC State University, 2025
- William R. Potter Prize, Brown University, 2020
- Sigma Xi Award, Brown University, 2019
- Presidential Fellow, Brown University, 2015-2018
Recent News

NC State to Lead DOE-Backed $10M Quantum Computing Research Project
Posted on October 4, 2024 | Filed Under: News and Research
Our university will partner with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Rutgers University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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.