Quantum Engineering and Simulation Theory (QuEST) @ NC State

We are the Quantum Engineering and Simulation Theory (QuEST) group in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our research aims at developing quantum-information-science-inspired algorithms and framework to tackle long-lasting challenges in physical sciences and engineering, with a focus on quantum algorithms and simulation, hybrid discrete-continuous-variable quantum information processing, and quantum engineering. We have Ph.D. positions available. We are always looking for motivated Master’s and undergraduate students to join us. Interested students and scholars are encouraged to contact Prof. Liu.

News

Mar 22, 2024 Congratulations to the QuEST group to receive the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s QCUP award to use quantum computing hardware time from Quantinuum, IonQ, and Regetti for quantum chemistry simulation!
Mar 4, 2024 Prof. Liu gave an invited talk at APS March Meeting on Opportunities and challenges of bosonic oscillators for quantum computation and information processing in Minneapolis, MN!
Jan 7, 2024 Prof. Liu is teaching a new graduate-level course on Quantum Algorithms for Physical Sciences this semester at NC State! See here for more details.
Nov 22, 2023 Our paper on Single-shot quantum signal processing interferometry is posted on arXiv, where we proposed a general algorithmic framework, quantum signal processing interferometry (QSPI), for quantum sensing at the fundamental limits of quantum mechanics, i.e., the Heisenberg sensing limit, by generalizing Ramsey-type interferometry.
Aug 11, 2023 Prof. Liu is attending ACS Fall Meeting 2023 August 13-17 in San Francesco CA, giving a talk on quantum bootstrap embedding at the Quantum Computing for Tackling Challenges in Quantum Chemistry Symposium!

Selected Publications

2023

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    Single-shot Quantum Signal Processing Interferometry
    Jasmine Sinanan-Singh, Gabriel L Mintzer, Isaac L Chuang, and Yuan Liu\(^\dagger\)
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.13703, 2023
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    Bootstrap Embedding on a Quantum Computer
    Yuan Liu\(^\dagger\), Oinam R Meitei, Zachary E Chin, Arkopal Dutt, Max Tao, Isaac L Chuang, and Troy Van Voorhis\(^\dagger\)
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023
  3. OneShot_Circuit2.pdf
    Efficient fully-coherent quantum signal processing algorithms for real-time dynamics simulation
    John M Martyn, Yuan Liu, Zachary E Chin, and Isaac L Chuang
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023
  4. ALEC.pdf
    Error Correction of Quantum Algorithms: Arbitrarily Accurate Recovery Of Noisy Quantum Signal Processing
    Andrew K Tan\(^\dagger\), Yuan Liu\(^\dagger\), Minh C Tran\(^\dagger\), and Isaac L Chuang
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.08542, 2023

2021

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    Constructing qudits from infinite-dimensional oscillators by coupling to qubits
    Yuan Liu\(^\dagger\), Jasmine Sinanan-Singh, Matthew T Kearney, Gabriel Mintzer, and Isaac L Chuang
    Physical Review A, 2021

2020

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    Observation of a \(\pi\)-type dipole-bound state in molecular anions
    Dao-Fu Yuan*, Yuan Liu*, Chen-Hui Qian, Yue-Rou Zhang, Brenda M Rubenstein, and Lai-Sheng Wang
    Physical Review Letters, 2020
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    Observation of a symmetry-forbidden excited quadrupole-bound state
    Yuan Liu, Guo-Zhu Zhu, Dao-Fu Yuan, Chen-Hui Qian, Yue-Rou Zhang, Brenda M Rubenstein, and Lai-Sheng Wang
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020

2018

  1. J. Chem. Theory Comput.
    Ab initio finite temperature auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo
    Yuan Liu, Minsik Cho, and Brenda Rubenstein
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2018