Hello world 👋, I am a 2nd 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 and Dr. Linfeng Zhang as CSO of DP Technology. Currently, I am working on provably efficient quantum algorithms.
Publications
(* equal contribution, alphabetical ordering authorship.)
- Non-Convex Optimization via Quantum Tunneling Search on a Photonic Chip
Xi-Jun Yuan*, Shuo Zhou*, …, Tongyang Li, Hao Tang, Xian-Min Jin
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
Experience
- 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
Academic Service
- Conference reviewer: QIP (2023, 2025) , TQC (2024, 2025)
- Journal reviewer: Quantum
Miscellaneous
- My Chinese name is 周烁, which means twinkling.
- I embarked on Ph.D. journey at the age of 20 in Turing Program.
- I served as President of Hubei Association, Peking University. My personal WeChat post is: 周群的变换, which contains lots of my life photos.
- In Honor of Kings mobile game, I once ranked 29th Ma Chao (马超) in Beijing with nearly 70% win rate, altogether with Top 100 Mirror, Lan, Charlotte.
- 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).