colored indicate lab members, * indicate equal contribution, ^ indicate corresponding author

2027

[C35] BRIDGE: Lazy-Move Compilation for Dual-Species Neutral-Atom Quantum Computers

Chen Huang*, Jingbo Wang*, Zhemin Zhang, Ming Zhong, Zhuo Fu, Zhiding Liang^, Yuan Sun, Dong Liu

The 33rd IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2027)

[C34] QTUNER: A Feature-Guided Adaptive Framework for Quantum-Compiler Optimization Pass Tuning

Ming Zhong, Xiangyu Ren, Jinglei Cheng, Shaohua Li, Zhiding Liang^

49th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2027) [119/2375 5% direct accept]

2026

[C33] LLM-Empowered Cross-SDK Tuning of Quantum Compiler Optimization Passes

Ming Zhong, Zhiding Liang^

IEEE 44th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD 2026)

[C32] CASCO: Communication-Aware Circuit Co-Design Compiler for Zoned Neutral-Atom Architectures

Zefan Du, Panayiotis Christou, Zhiding Liang, Ying Mao

IEEE 44th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD 2026)

[C31] TransCache: Opportunistic Pre-Transpilation Caching for Low-Latency Quantum-as-a-Service

Xinyi Li, Yifeng Peng, Siyuan Niu, Zhiding Liang, Hao Wan, Ying Wang 

ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing 2026 (SoCC2026) 

[C30] MERA: A Mid-Circuit-Measurement Error-Aware Compilation Framework for Quantum Circuits

Ming Zhong, Zhemin Zhang, Xiangyu Ren, Chenghong Zhu, Siyuan Niu, Zhiding Liang^

45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2026)

[C29] Does Scaling Up Quantum Circuits Always Help? You May Need FALCON: A Fast Latency‑Aware Hypergraph Compiler for Large-Scale Variational Quantum Circuits

Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Yidong Zhou, Samuel Chen, Huanhsin Tseng, Siyuan Niu, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang

45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2026)

[C28] SQD-Enabled Circuit Compression for Resource-Efficient Quantum Chemistry

Kangyu Zheng, Yidong Zhou, Jinglei Cheng, Zhemin Zhang, Shaohua Li, Zhiding Liang^

45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2026)

[C27] Thermal-Aware Design Automation for Early Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing: A Multi-Scale Modeling Framework

Zhemin Zhang, Zhiding Liang^

45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2026)

[C26] A Spatial-Topology Preserving Compiler for Quantum Many-Body Systems Simulation

Xiangyu Ren, Yuexun Huang, Zhaohui Yang, Yuchen Zhu, Tsung-Wei Huang, Tsungyi Ho, Zhiding Liang^, Antonio Barbalace

The 59th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO 2026) 

[J11]Quantum Machine Learning for Biomedical Classification Problems: A Feasibility Study on Real Quantum Hardware

Hongbin Liu, Zhemin Zhang, Kangyu Zheng, Zhiding Liang, Chi-Sheng Chen, Christopher Carothers & Juergen Hahn

Annals of Biomedical Engineering 

[C25]Photonic Quantum Computing on Spin Memory Architecture with Tree-Encoded Fusion

Xiangyu Ren, Yuexun Huang, Zhemin Zhang, Yuchen Zhu, Tsungyi Ho, Antonio Barbalace, Zhiding Liang^

The 53rd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2026)

[C24]Compiler Framework for Directional Transport in Zoned Neutral Atom Systems with AOD Assistance: A Hybrid Remote CZ Approach

Lingyi Kong*, Chen Huang*, Zhemin Zhang, Yidong Zhou, Xiangyu Ren, Shaochen Li, Zhiding Liang^

63rd IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. (DAC 2026) 

[J10]QCS-ADME: Quantum Circuit Search for Drug Property Prediction with Imbalanced Data and Regression Adaptation

Kangyu Zheng, Tianfan Fu, Zhiding Liang^

Quantum Machine Intelligence

[J9]QAOA-Driven PMU Placement Optimization with Graph Learning-Based Parameter Initialization Refinement

Yuqi Jiang , Xiangyue Wang , Zhiding Liang , Yan Li , Thomas Morstyn , Pedro Lopes , Matthew J. Brandsema

Quantum Machine Intelligence

[J8]Beyond Affinity: A Benchmark of 1D, 2D, and 3D Methods Reveals Critical Trade-offs in Structure-Based Drug Design

Kangyu Zheng, Kai Zhang, Jiale Tan, Xuehan Chen, Yingzhou Lu, ZAIXI ZHANG, Lichao Sun, Marinka Zitnik, Tianfan Fu, Zhiding Liang^

Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR)

[J7]Quantum-machine-assisted Drug Discovery

Yidong Zhou*, Jintai Chen*, Jinglei Cheng, Xu Cao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Gopal Karemore, Marinka Zitnik, Frederic T. Chong, Junyu Liu, Tianfan Fu, and Zhiding Liang^

npj Drug Discovery

[C23]DC-MBQC: A Distributed Quantum Compilation Framework for Measurement-Based Quantum Computing

Yecheng Xue, Rui Yang, Zhiding Liang, Tongyang Li

The 32nd IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2026)

[C22]Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Advanced QEC Architecture Decoding

Yidong Zhou, Lingyi Kong, Yifeng Peng, Zhiding Liang^

The 31st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2026)

Invited Paper

2025

[C21]TITAN: A Trajectory-Informed Technique for Adaptive Parameter Freezing in Large-Scale VQE

Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Kaining Zhang, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang, Yuxuan Du

The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (Neurips 2025)

[J7]EDDQC: Enhanced Dynamical Distributing Quantum Compilation

Yidong Zhou, Kecheng Liu, Haochen Luo, Lingjun Xiong, Yuchen Zhu, Eilis Casey, Jinglei Cheng, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang^

IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)

[J6]Optimal PMU Placement via Quantum Optimization

Yuqi Jiang, Zhiding Liang, Yan Li, Thomas Morstyn

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG)

[C20]Peer-to-Peer Distribution of Graph States Across Spacetime Quantum Networks of Arbitrary Topology

Yuexun Huang, Xiangyu Ren, Bikun Li, Yat Wong, Zhiding Liang, Liang Jiang

ACM International SIGMETRICS Conference (SIGMETRICS 2025)

[C19]Hardware-aware Calibration Protocol for Quantum Computers

Yuchen Zhu*, Jinglei Cheng*, Boxi Li, Kecheng Liu, Yidong Zhou, Hanrui Wang, Yufei Ding, Zhiding Liang^

The 52nd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture 2025 (ISCA 2025)

[C18]CaliQEC: In-situ Qubit Calibration for Surface Code Quantum Error Correction

Xiang Fang, Keyi Yin, Yuchen Zhu, Jixuan Ruan, Dean Tullsen, Zhiding Liang, Andrew Sornborger, Ang Li, Travis Humble, Yufei Ding, Yunong Shi

The 52nd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture 2025 (ISCA 2025)

[C17]Intuit: Explain Quantum Computing Concepts via AR-based Analogy

Manusha Karunathilaka, Shaolun Ruan, Lin-Ping Yuan, Jiannan Li, Zhiding Liang, Kavinda Athapaththu, Qiang Guan, Yong WANG

Late Breaking Work at 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025)

[C16]A Novel Pulse Generation Framework Incorporating Advanced Synthesis Techniques for Quantum Circuits

Yuchen Zhu*, Jinglei Cheng*, Yidong Zhou, Hang Ren, Zhixin Song, Zhiding Liang^

62nd IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. (DAC 2025) 

[C15]A Scalable and Robust Compilation Framework for Emitter-Photonic Graph State

Xiangyu Ren, Yuexun Huang, Zhiding Liang^, Antonio Barbalace

62nd IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. (DAC 2025) 

[C14]Breaking Through Barren Plateaus: Reinforcement Learning Initializations for Deep Variational Quantum Circuits

Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhemin Zhang, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering. (QCE 2025)

[C13]Can Classical Initialization Help Variational Quantum Circuits Escape the Barren Plateau?

Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhemin Zhang, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering. (QCE 2025)

[C12]Quantum Computing-Enabled Contingency Analysis for Power Systems

Yuqi Jiang, Zhiding Liang, Yan Li, Qiang Guan, Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering. (QCE 2025)

[C11]Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Architecture Search

Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2025)

[J5]ECDQC: Efficient Compilation for Distributed Quantum Computing with Linear Layout 

Kecheng Liu, Yidong Zhou, Haochen Luo, Lingjun Xiong, Yuchen Zhu, Eilis Casey, Jinglei Cheng, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang^

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2025)

Invited to submit extended version to TVLSI

[C10]Qsco: A Quantum Scoring Module for Open-set Supervised Anomaly Detection 

Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhiding Liang, and Ying Wang

The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2025) 

2024

[J4]Synergizing Quantum Techniques with Machine Learning for Advancing Drug Discovery Challenge

Zhiding Liang, Zichang He, Yue Sun, Dylan Herman, Xiaowei Xu, Weiwen Jiang, Di Wu, Marco Pistoia, and Yiyu Shi

Scientific Reports

[J3]HyQ2: A Hybrid Quantum Neural Network for NextG Vulnerability Detection 

Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhiding Liang, and Ying Wang

IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering (TQE)

[C9]Compiler Optimizations for Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

Yuchen Zhu*, Yidong Zhou*, Jinglei Cheng*, Yuwei Jin*, Boxi Li, Siyuan Niu, and Zhiding Liang^

43rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2024)

Invited Paper

[J2]NAPA: Intermediate-level Variational Native-pulse Ansatz for Variational Quantum Algorithm

Zhiding Liang, Jinglei Cheng, Hang Ren, Hanrui Wang, Fei Hua, Zhixin Song, Yongshan Ding, Fred Chong, Song Han, Xuehai Qian, and Yiyu Shi

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. (TCAD)

Highlighted in IBM Qiskit

[J1]VIOLET: Visual Analytics for Explainable Quantum Neural Networks

Shaolun Ruan, Zhiding Liang, Qiang Guan, Paul Griffin, Xiaolin Wen, Yanna Lin, and Yong Wang

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. (TVCG)

[C8]SpacePulse: Combining Parameterized Pulses and Contextual Subspace for More Practical VQE

Zhiding Liang*, Zhixin Song*, Jinglei Cheng*, Hang Ren*, Tianyi Hao*, Rui Yang*, Yiyu Shi and Tongyang Li

61th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. (DAC 2024) 

[C7]Graph Machine Learning for Variational Quantum Algorithms

Zhiding Liang, Gang Liu, Zheyuan Liu, Jinglei Cheng, Tianyi Hao, Kecheng Liu, Hang Ren, Zhixin Song, Ji Liu, Fanny Ye, Yiyu Shi

61th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. (DAC 2024) 

Invited Paper

2023

[C6]Hybrid Gate-Pulse Model for Variational Quantum Algorithms

Zhiding Liang, Zhixin Song, Jinglei Cheng, Zichang He, Ji Liu, Hanrui Wang, Ruiyang Qin, Yiru Wang, Song Han, Xuehai Qian, Yiyu Shi

60th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. (DAC 2023)

[C5]QuCS: A Lecture Series on Quantum Computer Software and System

Zhiding Liang, Hanrui Wang

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering. (QCE 2023)

2022

[C4]Variational Quantum Pulse Learning

Zhiding Liang*, Hanrui Wang*, Jinglei Cheng, Yongshan Ding, Hang Ren, Zhengqi Gao, Duane Boning, Xuehai Qian, Song Han, Weiwen Jiang, Yiyu Shi

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering. (QCE 2022)

[C3]TorchQuantum Case Study for Robust Quantum Circuits

Hanrui Wang, Zhiding Liang, Jiaqi Gu, Zirui Li, Yongshan Ding, Weiwen Jiang, Yiyu Shi, Xuehai Qian, David Z. Pan, Frederic T. Chong, Song Han

41th International Conference On Computer-Aided Design. (ICCAD 2022)

Invited Paper

2021

[C2]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

40th International Conference On Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2021).

[C1]Exploration of Quantum Neural Architecture by Mixing Quantum Neuron Designs

Zhepeng Wang, Zhiding Liang, Shanglin Zhou, Caiwen Ding, Yiyu Shi, Weiwen Jiang

40th International Conference On Computer-Aided Design. (ICCAD 2021)

Invited Paper