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Yi-Kai Liu (Fed)

Computer Scientist

Yi-Kai Liu is a researcher specializing in quantum computation, cryptography and machine learning. He has worked on tamper-resistant quantum devices for cryptography, compressed sensing methods for quantum tomography, quantum algorithms based on wavelet transforms, and the computational complexity of quantum chemistry. He is also a Fellow at QuICS, the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science at the University of Maryland. 

Publications

Lower Bounds on Quantum Annealing Times

Author(s)
Luis Pedro Garcia-Pintos, Lucas Brady, Jacob Bringewatt, Yi-Kai Liu
The adiabatic theorem provides sufficient conditions for the time needed to prepare a target ground state. While it is possible to prepare a target state much

Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Author(s)
Gorjan Alagic, Daniel Apon, David Cooper, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John M. Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl A. Miller, Dustin Moody, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Daniel Smith-Tone
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process

Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Author(s)
Gorjan Alagic, David Cooper, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John M. Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl A. Miller, Dustin Moody, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Daniel Smith-Tone, Daniel Apon
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process

Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Author(s)
Dustin Moody, Gorjan Alagic, Daniel C. Apon, David A. Cooper, Quynh H. Dang, John M. Kelsey, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl A. Miller, Rene C. Peralta, Ray A. Perlner, Angela Y. Robinson, Daniel C. Smith-Tone, Jacob Alperin-Sheriff
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting one or more public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition
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Patents (2018-Present)

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Created July 30, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022