Yongshan Ding

Yongshan Ding is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Applied Physics at Yale University. He leads the Quantum Systems Lab (QSL) and directs Yale's Quantum Science and Engineering Certificate program. Affiliated with the Yale Quantum Institute (YQI) and Computer Systems Lab (CSL), his research focuses on quantum computing systems spanning algorithms, architecture, and hardware/software co-design.

Dr. Ding earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.Sc. from Carnegie Mellon University. He has received prestigious awards including the Siebel Scholarship (2020) and William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship (2020).

• Research Interests: Quantum computing architectures, noise-resilient quantum algorithms, error correction methods, quantum compilation, hardware-software co-design, and NISQ system optimization.
• Editorial Roles: Editor at Quantum journal and Associate Editor at ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing.
• Labs: Founder of Yale's Quantum Systems Lab (QSL) and contributor to the Computer Systems Lab (CSL).
• Awards:
  • Siebel Scholarship (2020)
  • William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship (2020)
  • QCE Best Paper Award (2024)
  • IEEE Micro Top Picks Honorable Mention (2023, 2020)
  • IBM Q Best Paper Award, First Prize (2020)
  • Mathematics Competition Runner Up (2016)