Zhiding Liang

Google Scholar Profile (Email: zliang5@nd.edu)

I am currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Notre Dame (ND), advised by Prof. Yiyu Shi and Prof. Weiwen Jiang. And I received my bachelor degree from the Electrical Engineering department in University of Wisconsin, Madison (UWM) in 2020.

My research interests lie in Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Optimal Control, my research aim to find methods to reduce the compilation overhead and noise problem in NISQ era quantum computer.

  • B.S. in Computer Engineering, Auburn University (Transfer to UWM), USA, 2018
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, 2020
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, USA, 2021.7 - Current

Publications

Can Noise on Qubits Be Learned in Quantum Neural Network? A Case Study on QuantumFlow
Zhiding Liang, Zhepeng Wang, Junhuan Yang, Lei Yang, Yiyu Shi, Weiwen Jiang
Proc. IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov. 2021.

Exploration of Quantum Neural Architecture by Mixing Quantum Neuron Designs
Zhepeng Wang, Zhiding Liang, Shanglin Zhou, Caiwen Ding, Yiyu Shi, Weiwen Jiang
Proc. IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov. 2021.

Honors & Awards

  • Young Student Fellow Award, Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2022
  • Certificate of Quantum Excellence (100/100), Qiskit Global Summer School on Quantum Machine Learning, 2021
  • Dean’s List, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2018 - 2020 (4 semesters)
  • Dean’s Honor List, Auburn University 2017 - 2018 (3 semesters)

Teaching

  • Operating System, Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame (Silicon Vally Campus), 2022 Spring
  • Systems Programming, Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, 2021 Fall

Professional activities

Invited Speaker

  • Tutorial of QuantumFlow, Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK), 2021

Contact

  • Email: zliang5 [AT] nd [DOT] edu
  • Address: 254 Cushing Hall of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 46637