Bio
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS). I am also an Amazon Visiting Academic working for AWS Braket. I am a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship, NSF CAREER, and AFOSR YIP awards.
Before coming to Maryland, I was an Assistant Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Oregon from 2015 to 2017. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2013 to 2015 (advisor: Aram Harrow, Scott Aaronson). I was also a Simons Research Fellow at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at Berkeley, for the program of Quantum Hamiltonian Complexity in Spring 2014. I also spent two summers at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo as a student intern (advisor: John Watrous). I received my Ph.D. in theoretical computer science in 2013 (advisor: Yaoyun Shi) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I received my B.S. degree in mathematics and physics in 2008 from the Academic Talent Program, Tsinghua University.
My research aims to bridge the gap between the theoretical foundation of quantum computing and the limitation of realistic quantum machines. More specifically, I am working on the foundations of practical quantum applications on realistic quantum machines by investigating computational models that capture the native programmability of quantum devices. I am also building efficient and reliable systems to operate both near-term and long-term quantum devices. Please check my research overview for details of my existing and ongoing projects.
Recent Publications
A Case for Synthesis of Recursive Quantum Unitary Programs
, , Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 8, 1759–1788, (2024)Differentiable Quantum Computing for Large-scale Linear Control
, , arXiv, (2024)Expanding Hardware-Efficiently Manipulable Hilbert Space via Hamiltonian Embedding
, , arXiv, (2024)
Courses
- Advanced Topics in Theory of Computing; The Foundation of End-to-End Quantum Applications (CMSC858O, Spring 2024)
- Introduction to Quantum Computing (CMSC457/PHYS457, Fall 2023)
- Introduction to Quantum Computing (CMSC457/PHYS457, Spring 2023)
- The Foundation of End-to-End Quantum Applications (CMSC858O, Fall 2022)
- Introduction to Quantum Computing (CMSC457/PHYS457, Spring 2022)
- Advanced Topics in Theory of Computing; The Foundation of End-to-End Quantum Applications (CMSC858O, Fall 2021)
- Introduction to quantum computing (CMSC457/PHYS457, Spring 2021)
- Introduction to quantum computing (CMSC457/PHYS457, Spring 2020)
- Introduction to quantum information processing (CMSC657, Fall 2019)
- Introduction to quantum information processing (CMSC657, Fall 2018)
- Introduction to quantum computing (CMSC457/PHYS457, Spring 2018)
Related Events
- September 9, 2022 3:00 pmCS Seminar
On the Foundation of End-to-End Quantum Applications
Xiaodi Wu(QuICS)
- March 9, 2017 11:00 amCS Seminar
From Monogamy of Entanglement to Quantum Programming Languages: A Theorist’s Adventure in Quantum Wonderland
Xiaodi Wu(University of Oregon)
Affiliated Research Centers
RQS