Siyuan Niu

Siyuan Niu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Prior to joining UCF, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Computational Research Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Quantum Computing from the University of Montpellier, France, a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Polytech Nice Sophia, France, and a Bachelor's from Xidian University, China.

Education:

• Ph.D., Quantum Computing, University of Montpellier, France
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Polytech Nice Sophia, France
• B.S., Xidian University, China

Research Interests: Dr. Niu specializes in quantum computing, with a focus on quantum compilation, error mitigation and correction, algorithm optimization, and benchmarking of quantum systems. Her work bridges theoretical advancements with practical implementations in near-term quantum devices.

Publication Trends: Her research spans the NISQ era, emphasizing hardware-aware algorithms, quantum control techniques, and open-source quantum compilation frameworks. Key contributions include circuit resizing, dynamical decoupling for noise reduction, and qubit mapping heuristics.

Collaboration: Dr. Niu is a core contributor to the Berkeley Quantum Synthesis Toolkit (BQSKit), an open-source quantum compilation framework with over 100,000 downloads, highlighting her impact on the quantum computing community.