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Contact
- Email: phyao1985#gmail.com , pyao#nju.edu.cn
Short Bio
I am a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Nanjing University. I am a member of CS Theory group.
I obtained Bsc. from East China Normal University majored in mathematics and Ph.D. degree from Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore fortunately supervised by Rahul Jain and Miklos Santha. Prior to joining Nanjing University, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Centrum Wiskunde Informatica(CWI), then Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at University of Waterloo, then Hartree postdoctoral research fellow at Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), University of Maryland. My full cv is here.
Research interest
Applications of AI in quantum computing
Quantum algorithms and complexity (circuit complexity, communication complexity, etc)
Analysis of Boolean functions and its applications in quantum computing
Quantum Information Theory
See preprints and publications.
Graduate students
I am constantly looking for highly motivated, self-driven Postdocs and Ph.D. students to work in quantum computing, theoretical computer science, and their intersection with mathematics. If you are interested in this active, rapidly growing interdisciplinary area, please contact me.
Haigang Zhou (Ph.D., 2023.9 -)
Fengning Ou (Ph.D., 2024.9 -)
Zhengyu Jiang(Ph.D., coadvised with Linxiao Huang 2024.9 -)
Yifan Zhou (Msc., 2025.9-)
Ruoting Dou (Msc.coadvised with Shengjun Wu, 2025.9-)
Yuheng Zhang (Ph.D., 2026.9-)
Alumni
Mingnan Zhao (Ph.D., 2020.9- 2026.8) Postdoc @ Technical University of Denmark,Christian Majenz's group
Xudong Wu (Ph.D. co-advised with Yitong Yin, 2020.9-2026.8) Sytrix (瞬元技术)
Yangjing Dong (Ph.D. 2021.9-2026.7) Postdoc @ Aalto University,Jukka Suomela's group
Zekun Ye (Ph.D., 2021.9-2025.7) -> Associate Prof. @ Fuzhou University
Minglong Qin (Ph.D., 2019.4-2024.7) -> Postdoc @ Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT)
Zongbo Bao (MSc., 2021.9-2024.7) -> Ph.D. @ Centrum Wiskunde Informatica(CWI)
Changsheng Wang (MSc., 2020.9-2023.7) -> Microsoft (Suzhou)
Interns
We have a few intern positions in quantum computing/TCS. Please email me if you are interested.2026.3- : Rohit Bhattarai (Bsc. Tribhuvan University)
2025.1- 2026.7 : Yuheng Zhang (Msc. Nanjing University)
2024.8-2025.7 : Shen Cao (Bsc. Central South University, now Ph.D. @ The University of Hong Kong)
2023.9-2024.1 : Yizhou Yan (Bsc. Southern University of Science and Technology)
2020.12-2022.1 : Yunqi Huang (Bsc. Sun Yat-sen University, now Ph.D. @ University of Technology, Sydney)
2020.12-2021.7: Ziyi Guan (Bsc. CMU, now Ph.D. @ EPFL)
2020.9-2021.1: Tingjia Cao (Bsc. Fudan University, now Ph.D. @ University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Services
Program Committee: QIP 2020, TQC 2021, TQC 2022, QIP 2023 QIP 2024 TQC 2024 AQIS 2024, ALT 2025, QIP 2025, AQIS 2025, QIP 2027, ICALP 2027
Students Travel Awards Commitee: Program Committees: QIP 2022
Organizer: NII Shonan Meeting (with François Le Gall and Fang Song)
Resources
Quantum Computing. A collection of references useful for students and researchers interested in the theoretical aspects of quantum information and quantum computation.The Theory of Quantum Information by John Watrous.
Lecture Notes on Quantum Algorithms by Andrew Childs.
Quantum Computing: Lecture Notes by Ronald de Wolf.
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang.
Matrix Analysis by Rajendra Bhatia.
Positive Definite Matrices by Rajendra Bhatia.
Matrix Analysis by Roger A. Horn and Charles R. Johnson.
Computational Complexity: A Modern Approach by Sanjeev Arora and Boaz Barak.
Analysis of Boolean Functions by Ryan O'Donnell.
Foundations of Cryptography: Vol 1, Vol 2 by Oded Goldreich.