My name is Jin-Peng Liu (刘锦鹏). I am a postdoctoral associate at the Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, mainly hosted by Aram Harrow from 2023. I was a Simons Quantum Postdoctoral Fellow at Simons Institute and UC Berkeley, hosted by Umesh Vazirani and Lin Lin in 2022-2023.
I received my Ph.D. degree in AMSC program at University of Maryland in 2022, advised by Andrew Childs. Prior to that, I received my B.S. degree in Chinese Academy of Sciences Hua Loo Keng Class at Beihang University in 2017, supervised by Ya-xiang Yuan.
My research focuses on Quantum for Science. I attempt to develop, analyze, and optimize provably efficient quantum algorithms for challenges in natural and data sciences, including topics: (i) robust quantum simulations; (ii) efficient quantum scientific computation; (iii) scalable quantum machine learning, toward end-to-end applications in areas such as quantum chemistry, biology and epidemiology, fluid dynamics, finance, machine learning and AI.
Editor: Quantum.
Publications in journals: PNAS, PRL, CMP, Quantum, Proc. R. Soc. A, and conferences: NeurIPS, QIP, TQC.
Media highlights: first-page coverage and annual review in Quanta Magazine.
Grants/Awards: NSF Robust Quantum Simulation Seed Grant (CO-PI), NSF QISE-NET Triplet Award, James C. Alexander Prize.
PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2017 - 2022
University of Maryland
BSc in Mathematics, 2017
Beihang University
Sep 2023: I’m invited to present two talks about quantum algorithms for differential equations and financial applications at IEEE QCE 23.
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023: I’m a long-term core participant and an invited speaker at Program on Mathematical and Computational Challenges in Quantum Computing, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA.
Aug 2023: Our paper Linear combination of Hamiltonian simulation for non-unitary dynamics with optimal state preparation cost is accepted by Physical Review Letters.
May 2023: I’m a session chair and a speaker at SIAM OP 23.
May 2023: I receive the James C. Alexander Prize for Graduate Research in Mathematics.
May 2023: I serve as an editor of Quantum.
Mar 2023: I become a CO-PI of NSF Robust Quantum Simulation Seed Grant: End-to-end applications of quantum linear system and differential equation algorithms.
Nov 2022: Our paper Quantum algorithms for sampling log-concave distributions and estimating normalizing constants is accepted by NeurIPS 2022 and QIP 2023.
May 2022 - Jun 2022: I’m a long-term visitor of Extended Reunion: The Quantum Wave in Computing Program, Simons Institute, Berkeley.
May 2022: I obtained my Ph.D. degree!
Apr 2022: I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation!
Mar 2022: As a QISE-NET Triplet awardee, I’m invited to present at QISE-NET Reception, APS March Meeting in Chicago.
Feb 2022: I’m thrilled to accept the Simons Quantum Postdoctoral Fellowship at Simons Institute, Berkeley and defer the CTP Postdoctoral Associate at Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology!
Jan 2022: I’m a session chair and an invited speaker at Workshop on Quantum Numerical Linear Algebra, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA.
Jan 2022: I receive the Graduate School’s Outstanding Research Assistant Award.
Dec 2021: I’m invited to visit Harvard Quantum Initiative and give a talk at HQI QuantumFest 2021.
Nov 2021: I’m an invited speaker at The 74th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics.
Aug 2021: Our paper Efficient quantum algorithm for dissipative nonlinear differential equations is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Jun 2021: I’m an applied scientist intern at Amazon Web Services Center for Quantum Computing this summer.
Jun 2021: Our paper Quantum-accelerated multilevel Monte Carlo methods for stochastic differential equations in mathematical finance is accepted by TQC 2021 and published in Quantum.
Feb 2021: I am selected as a NSF Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network (QISE-NET) Triplet Awardee. I benefit from the mentorship of QuICS, University of Maryland and Microsoft Research Quantum.
Jan 2021: Our paper Efficient quantum algorithm for dissipative nonlinear differential equations is highlighted by a front-page coverage in Quanta Magazine: New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations.
Jan 2020 - May 2020: I’m a long-term visitor of The Quantum Wave in Computing Program, Simons Institute, Berkeley.
Feb 2020: Our paper Quantum spectral methods for differential equations is published in Communications in Mathematical Physics.
Efficient quantum algorithms for regularized optimization
Towards provably efficient quantum algorithms for nonlinear dynamics and large-scale machine learning models
Quantum algorithms for sampling log-concave distributions and estimating normalizing constants
Efficient quantum algorithms for nonlinear ODEs and PDEs
Quantum algorithms for linear and nonlinear differential equations
Quantum-accelerated multilevel Monte Carlo methods for stochastic differential equations in mathematical finance
Efficient quantum algorithm for dissipative nonlinear differential equations
High-precision quantum algorithms for ODEs and PDEs
High-precision quantum algorithms for partial differential equations
Quantum computation for linear algebra (QCLA)
Quantum algorithms for differential equations and optimization
Dense outputs from quantum simulations
Jin-Peng Liu and Lin Lin
Towards provably efficient quantum algorithms for large-scale machine learning models
Junyu Liu, Minzhao Liu, Jin-Peng Liu, Ziyu Ye, Yunfei Wang, Yuri Alexeev, Jens Eisert, and Liang Jiang
Linear combination of Hamiltonian simulation for non-unitary dynamics with optimal state preparation cost
Dong An, Jin-Peng Liu, and Lin Lin
A theory of quantum differential equation solvers: limitations and fast-forwarding
Dong An, Jin-Peng Liu, Daochen Wang, and Qi Zhao
Quantum algorithms for sampling log-concave distributions and estimating normalizing constants
Andrew M. Childs, Tongyang Li, Jin-Peng Liu, Chunhao Wang, and Ruizhe Zhang
Efficient quantum algorithm for nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations and energy estimation
Dong An, Di Fang, Stephen Jordan, Jin-Peng Liu, Guang Hao Low, and Jiasu Wang
Quantum simulation of real-space dynamics
Andrew M. Childs, Jiaqi Leng, Tongyang Li, Jin-Peng Liu, and Chenyi Zhang
Quantum-accelerated multilevel Monte Carlo methods for stochastic differential equations in mathematical finance
Dong An, Noah Linden, Jin-Peng Liu, Ashley Montanaro, Changpeng Shao, and Jiasu Wang
Efficient quantum algorithm for dissipative nonlinear differential equations
Jin-Peng Liu, Herman Øie Kolden, Hari K. Krovi, Nuno F. Loureiro, Konstantina Trivisa, and Andrew M. Childs
Solving generalized eigenvalue problems by ordinary differential equations on a quantum computer
Changpeng Shao and Jin-Peng Liu
High-precision quantum algorithms for partial differential equations
Andrew M. Childs, Jin-Peng Liu, and Aaron Ostrander
Quantum spectral methods for differential equations
Andrew M. Childs and Jin-Peng Liu
New stepsizes for the gradient method
Cong Sun and Jin-Peng Liu
May 2023: Editor of Quantum
May 2023: James C. Alexander Prize for Graduate Research in Mathematics
Apr 2023 - May 2023: Long-term visitor at Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT
Mar 2023: NSF Robust Quantum Simulation Seed Grant (CO-PI)
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022: Long-term visitor at Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT
May 2022 - Jun 2022: Long-term visitor at Simons Institute, UC Berkeley