Shuo Zhou

Hello world 👋, I am a 3rd-year Ph.D. student in Theoretical Computer Science at the Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies, Peking University, where I am extremely fortunate to be advised by Prof. Tongyang Li. Before that, I received my B.S. in Physics with Liberal Education from Yuanpei College, Peking University.

During my journey, I am also pleased to have worked with Prof. Anurag Anshu at Harvard, Prof. Lin Lin at UC Berkeley, Tencent Quantum Lab, and DP Technology. Currently, I am working on provably efficient quantum algorithms.

Publications

(* equal contribution, alphabetical ordering authorship.)

(Nature Commun.) Efficient Classical Sampling from Gaussian Boson Sampling Distributions on Unweighted Graphs

Yexin Zhang*, Shuo Zhou*, Xinzhao Wang*, …, Tongyang Li

(npj Computational Materials) DPA-2: a Large Atomic Model as a Multi-Task Learner

Duo Zhang*, Xinzijian Liu*, …, Shuo Zhou, …, Weinan E, Linfeng Zhang, Han Wang

(Quantum) Complexity of Digital Quantum Simulation in the Low-Energy Subspace: Applications and a Lower Bound

Weiyuan Gong*, Shuo Zhou*, Tongyang Li

Preprints

Time-Dependent Hamiltonian Simulation in the Low-Energy Subspace

Shuo Zhou, Zhaokai Pan, Weiyuan Gong, Tongyang Li

Time-Dependent Hamiltonian Simulation with Optimal Query Complexity

Boyang Chen, Minbo Gao, Xinzhao Wang, Shuo Zhou

Gate-Efficient Implementation of the Query-Optimal Time-Dependent Hamiltonian Simulation

Boyang Chen, Minbo Gao, Zhengfeng Ji, Tongyang Li, Xinzhao Wang, Shuo Zhou

Lindbladian Simulation with Commutator Bounds

Xinzhao Wang*, Shuo Zhou*, Xiaoyang Wang, Yi-Cong Zheng, Shengyu Zhang, Tongyang Li

Trotter Error Compensation with Polylogarithmic Precision and Nested-Commutator Scaling without Ancillas

Xinzhao Wang, Shuo Zhou, Ziruo Wang, Pei Zeng, Jinzhao Sun, Qi Zhao, Tom Gur, Tongyang Li

Quantum-Classical Crossover in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Dynamics Simulation

Jinzhao Sun*, Bowen Zhou*, …, Shuo Zhou, …, Pan Zhang, Xiao Yuan

Non-Convex Optimization via Quantum Tunneling Search on a Photonic Chip

Xi-Jun Yuan*, Shuo Zhou*, Yizhou Liu, …, Tongyang Li, Hao Tang, Xian-Min Jin

Academic Service

Conference reviewer: QIP (2023, 2025, 2026), TQC (2024, 2025, 2026)

Journal reviewer: Quantum

Teaching

Introduction to Quantum Computing

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Mac OS & VS Code & iTerm Setup

Experience

Tencent Quantum Lab (Jul. 2026 - Now)

Qingyun Talent Program

Tencent Quantum Lab (Jun. 2025 - Dec. 2025)

Research Intern

Simons Institute (Jul. 2024 - Aug. 2024)

Visiting Graduate Student

ZhuoShi Fund (Aug. 2023)

Quantitative Research Intern

DP Technology (Jan. 2023 - Jul. 2023)

AI for Science Research Intern

Miscellaneous

My Chinese name is 周烁, which means twinkling.

I embarked on a Ph.D. journey at the age of 20 in Turing Program.

I served as President of Hubei Association, Peking University.

In Honor of Kings mobile game, I once ranked 29th Ma Chao (马超) in Beijing with nearly 70% win rate, alongside top 100 Mirror and several other characters.

In my spare time, I love fingerstyle guitar & Brit-pop. I have a collection of vinyl records and PS5 discs in my dormitory. My favourite game series is Final Fantasy, and my favourite guitarist is Sungha Jung (郑成河).