Talks

A collection of my talk presentations (🎉 highlight).

Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP).

Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC).

Asian Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS).

IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT).

Beyond IID in Information Theory (BIID).

* indicates delivery by my co-author.

Geometric optimization for quantum communication*

2026-09

Contributed Talk @ 21st Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography

Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

TQC

Channel coding and quantum channel discrimination against jammers: a minimax approach*

2026-09

Contributed Talk @ 21st Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography

Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

TQC

An almost complete picture of quantum hypothesis testing with composite correlated hypotheses

2026-06

Contributed Talk @ 14th Beyond IID in Information Theory

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

BIID

Generalized quantum Chernoff bound

2026-06

Contributed Talk @ 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Center (GYICC), Guangzhou, China

ISIT

Error exponents of quantum state discrimination with composite correlated hypotheses

2026-06

Contributed Talk @ 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Center (GYICC), Guangzhou, China

ISIT

Quantum channel discrimination against jammers*

2026-06

Contributed Talk @ 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Center (GYICC), Guangzhou, China

ISIT

Upper bound on entanglement distillation via Riemannian optimization*

2026-06

Contributed Talk @ 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Center (GYICC), Guangzhou, China

ISIT

Capabilities and limitations of magic state distillation: an information-theoretic perspective on fault-tolerant quantum computing

2026-05

Invited Talk @ Quantum Frontiers Workshop

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Workshop

An almost complete picture of quantum hypothesis testing with composite correlated hypotheses

2026-03

Contributed Talk @ Quantum Resources 2026

RIKEN and University of Tokyo, Japan

Workshop

An almost complete picture of quantum hypothesis testing with composite correlated hypotheses

2025-12

Invited Talk @ Thrust of Artificial Intelligence, Information Hub

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China

Seminar

An almost complete picture of quantum hypothesis testing with composite correlated hypotheses

2025-11

Invited Talk @ School of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi, China

Seminar

An almost complete picture of quantum hypothesis testing with composite correlated hypotheses

2025-10

Invited Talk @ Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics

Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Seminar

An almost complete picture of quantum hypothesis testing with composite correlated hypotheses

2025-09

Invited Talk @ Shenzhen-Nagoya Workshop on Quantum Science 2025

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Nagoya University, Hybrid Workshop

Workshop

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition and its applications

2025-08

Invited Talk @ Quantum Theory and Operator Theory 2025

Satellite Conference of International Congress of Basic Science, Beijing, China

Workshop

Surpassing the fundamental limits of distillation with catalysts

2025-08

Invited Talk @ The 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Characterization, Verification, and Validation

Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Workshop

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition and its applications

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2025-08

Contributed Talk (Long Talk) @ 25th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Surpassing the fundamental limits of distillation with catalysts

2025-08

Contributed Talk @ 25th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition and its applications

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2025-07

Contributed Talk (Long Talk) @ 13th Beyond IID in Information Theory

Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Surpassing the fundamental limits of distillation with catalysts

2025-07

Invited Talk @ Mathematics of Quantum Information 2025

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Workshop

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation and remapping

2025-05

Invited Talk @ The 2nd CCF Workshop on Quantum Circuit Design Automation

Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, China

Workshop

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition

2025-04

Invited Talk @ Seminar on Quantum Information and Optimization

Tianyuan Mathematics Research Center, Kunming, China

Workshop

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition

2025-03

Invited Talk @ Quantum Resources 2025

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Jeju, Korea

Workshop

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition

2025-03

Invited Talk @ Analysis and Quantum Information Seminar

Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Seminar

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition and its applications

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2025-02

Contributed Talk @ 28th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition

2025-01

Invited Talk @ Seminar on Noncommutative Analysis and Its Applications

Tianyuan Mathematics Research Center, Kunming, China

Workshop

Generalized quantum asymptotic equipartition

2025-01

Invited Talk (Plenary Talk) @ “100 Years of Matrix Mechanics” International Symposium

Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum (TSIMF) in Sanya, China

Workshop

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2025-01

Invited Talk @ Forum on Optical Quantum Information Processing

Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, China

Workshop

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2024-12

Invited Talk @ Seminar at International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen

International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen, China

Seminar

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2024-11

Invited Talk @ East Lake Quantum Seminar

Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Workshop

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2024-10

Invited Talk @ CSIAM FM04 Session

China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Nanjing, China

Workshop

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2024-09

Invited Talk @ Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

Seminar

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2024-09

Invited Talk @ Shenzhen-Nagoya Workshop 2024

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Nagoya University, Hybrid Workshop

Workshop

Symmetry-based quantum circuit mapping*

2024-09

Invited Talk @ Shenzhen-Nagoya Workshop 2024

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Nagoya University, Hybrid Workshop

Workshop

A new entanglement conversion distance for a complete characterization of entanglement embezzlement and closed-form expressions for entanglement distillation and dilution*

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2024-01

Contributed Talk @ 26th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing

Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taipei, China

Dynamic quantum circuit compilation

2023-12

Invited Talk @ School of Mathematics and Statistics

Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Seminar

Quantum NETwork: from theory to practice

2022-12

Invited Talk @ Quantum Software Seminar

Tsinghua University & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Seminar

Quantum NETwork: from theory to practice

2022-12

Invited Talk @ Baidu Technology Salon

Technology Management Department, Baidu, Beijing, China

Seminar

Geometric Rényi divergence and its applications in quantum channel capacities

2021-07

Contributed Talk @ 16th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography

University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

TQC

No-go theorems for quantum resource purification*

2021-07

Contributed Talk @ 16th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography

University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

TQC

Finite block length analysis on quantum coherence distillation and incoherent randomness extraction*

2021-07

Contributed Talk @ 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Virtual event, Melbourne, Australia

ISIT

No-go theorems for quantum resource purification*

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2021-02

Contributed Talk @ 24th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing

Technical University of Munich & the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Munich, Germany

Chain rule for the quantum relative entropy*

2020-12

Contributed Talk @ 20th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

AQIS

Geometric Rényi divergence and its applications in quantum channel capacities

2020-12

Contributed Talk @ 20th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

AQIS

Finite block length analysis on quantum coherence distillation and incoherent randomness extraction*

2020-12

Contributed Talk @ 20th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

AQIS

Chain rules for quantum relative entropies and their applications

2020-11

Contributed Talk @ 8th Beyond IID in Information Theory

Stanford University, California, US

Finite block length analysis on quantum coherence distillation and incoherent randomness extraction*

2020-11

Contributed Talk @ 8th Beyond IID in Information Theory

Stanford University, California, US

Chain rules for quantum relative entropies and their applications

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2020-01

Contributed Talk @ 23rd Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing

Southern University of Science and Technology & Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China

Chain rule for quantum relative entropies and their applications in quantum information theory

2019-10

Invited Talk @ Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Seminar

Polynomial optimization on the sphere and quantum entanglement testing

2019-08

Invited Talk @ Summer Workshop on Quantum Algorithm and Software

Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China

Workshop

Polynomial optimization on the sphere and quantum entanglement testing

2019-08

Contributed Talk @ 6th International Conference on Continuous Optimization

Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

ICCOPT

Complementary information principle and universal uncertainty regions

2019-08

Contributed Talk @ 19th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea

AQIS

Quantum coherence manipulation with finite resources

2019-03

Invited Talk @ Institute for Quantum Computing

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Seminar

Distillation of quantum coherence in non-asymptotic settings*

2018-09

Contributed Talk @ 18th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

AQIS

Quantum channel simulation and the channel's smooth max-information

2018-07

Contributed Talk @ 13th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography

Centre for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Quantum channel simulation and the channel's smooth max-information

2018-07

Contributed Talk @ 6th Beyond IID in Information Theory

University of Cambridge, UK

Distillation of quantum coherence

2018-06

Invited Talk @ Rocky Mountain Summit on Quantum Information

JILA, University of Colorado Boulder, US

Workshop

On finite blocklength converse bounds for classical communication over quantum channels*

2018-06

Contributed Talk @ 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Talisa Hotel in Vail, Colorado, US

ISIT

Quantum channel simulation and the channel's smooth max-information

2018-06

Contributed Talk @ 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Talisa Hotel in Vail, Colorado, US

Non-asymptotic entanglement distillation

2018-01

Invited Talk @ Quantum Correlations Group Seminar

University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Seminar

On converse bounds for classical communication over quantum channels*

🎉

2018-01

Contributed Talk @ 21st Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing

QuTech, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Efficiently computable upper bounds for quantum communication

🎉

2018-01

Contributed Talk @ 21st Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing

QuTech, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Approximate broadcasting of quantum correlations*

2017-09

Contributed Talk @ 17th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

National University of Singapore, Singapore

AQIS

Non-asymptotic entanglement distillation

🎉

2017-09

Contributed Talk (Long Talk) @ 17th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Semidefinite programming converse bounds for quantum communication

2017-09

Contributed Talk @ 17th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference

National University of Singapore, Singapore