Yongshan Ding, a graduate of the UChicago Department of Computer Science and advisee of Seymour Goodman Professor Fred Chong, started this fall at Yale University as an assistant professor of computer science.
Ding, who worked in Chong’s research group as part of the Enabling Practical-Scale Quantum Computing (EPiQC) collaboration, is the first quantum computing specialist hired by Yale’s CS department. There, he will continue his work on quantum architectures and algorithms that will help realize the potential of near-term quantum technologies.
Ding chose Yale after delivering over a dozen job talks — all virtual — during the 2020-21 hiring season. He decided on his ultimate destination due to Yale’s strengths in quantum physics, providing an opportunity for cross-disciplinary collaboration.
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