About

Hi, I’m Liu Yang, a junior at Yale studying Computer Science and Intellectual History! My interests lie at the intersection of theory and systems, and I’m currently exploring this through research on Quantum Error Correction with Professor Lin Zhong and Yue Wu, as well as parallel graph algorithms with Professor Quanquan Liu. I’m still in the process of discovering my academic passions, so feel free to email me if you’d like to discuss anything interesting!

I’m currently taking (or compiling notes for) the following courses, which I hope to share here by the end of the year:

• Combinatorial Optimization and Approximation Algorithms
• Quantum Coding Theory
• Deep Learning on Graph-Structured Data (Half-done)
• Quantum Information (Half-done)
• Algorithmic Game Theory (Handwritten)
• Scalable and Private Graph Algorithms (Half-done)
• Parallel Programming Techniques
• Operating Systems and Computer Architecture
• Spectral Graph Theory (Supposedly)

Additionally, I plan to document my philosophy readings so that I keep track of the development of my own thoughts. Recently, I have been looking into the History and Philosophy of Science and its intersection with the History of Ideas.

Education

• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science and B.A. in History, Yale University, 2022 - present

Past or Onging Projects

Parallel Minimum-Weight Parity Factor Decoding for Quantum Error Correction
Liu Yang, Yue Wu, Lin Zhong
IEEE QCE 2024 Poster

Fractional magnetic charges and channeling of Faraday lines by disclinations in artificial spin ice
Anthony Hurben, Yinchen Hao, Ioan-Augustin Chioar, Liu Yang, Nanny Strandqvist, Michael Saccone, Nicholas S. Bingham, Justin Ramberger, Chris Leighton, Cristiano Nisoli, Peter Schiffer
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2025

Theoretical and experimental studies of the Wilberforce pendulum
Qinghao Wen*, Liu Yang*
European Journal of Physics 2021
*Contributed equally

Nonlinear dynamics and onset of steady precession of a ring on a vertical rod
Xinrui Li, Shanay Jindal, Liu Yang
Phys. Rev. E. 2024

Miscellaneous

• I grew up in Hubei, China and studied in Singapore at Raffles Institution.
• I was involved in the Online/International Young Physicists’ Tournament, where I had the chance to see many cool physics!
• I greatly enjoy reading the works of Rousseau and Hobbes. Though their perspectives often contradict one another, they also complement each other in surprisingly numerous ways.
• I recently came across this great book Leviathan and Air Pump by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer – highly recommended! The debate between Robert Boyle and Thomas Hobbes on methods of knowledge production details the core of my intellectual curiosity over the years. I am seeking a balanced point between Boyle’s empiricism and Hobbes’ emphasis on logic and rationalism.