My name is Weiyuan Gong (龚维元), and I’m currently a second-year graduate student at John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, where I have the privilege of working with Prof. Sitan Chen.
My research primarily focuses on the intersection of learning theory, complexity theory, and quantum information. Additionally, I am exploring a range of other topics, including near-term quantum applications, quantum simulation, optimization theory, and algorithm design.
Prior to my studies at Harvard, I completed my Bachelor of Engineering at Yao Class, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS), Tsinghua University, under the guidance of Prof. Dong-Ling Deng at the Center for Quantum Information (CQI).
Email: wgong[at]g.harvard.edu
Selected Publications
[9] Exponential Separation between Quantum Learning with and without Purification [pdf]
Zhenhuan Liu*, Weiyuan Gong*, Zhenyu Du*, Zhenyu Cai
arXiv:2410.17718, QIP 2025
[8] On the sample complexity of purity and inner product estimation [pdf]
Weiyuan Gong†, Jonas Haferkamp, Qi Ye, Zhihan Zhang
arXiv:2410.12712
[7] Efficient Pauli channel estimation with logarithmic quantum memory [pdf]
Sitan Chen, Weiyuan Gong†
arXiv:2309.14326, QIP 2025
[6] Stabilizer bootstrapping: A recipe for efficient agnostic tomography and magic estimation [pdf]
Sitan Chen, Weiyuan Gong†, Qi Ye, Zhihan Zhang
Accepted to STOC 2025, QIP 2025 short plenary talk, arXiv:2408.06967
[5] Robustness of Quantum Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization [pdf]
Weiyuan Gong*, Chenyi Zhang*, Tongyang Li
Accepted to ICLR 2025, arXiv:2212.02548
[4] Optimal tradeoffs for estimating Pauli observables [video][FOCS][pdf]
Sitan Chen, Weiyuan Gong†, Qi Ye
FOCS 2024, QIP 2025
[Quanta Magazine][Wired Magazine]
[3] One Gate Scheme to Rule Them All: Introducing a Complex Yet Reduced Instruction Set for Quantum Computing [ASPLOS] [pdf]
Jianxin Chen, Dawei Ding, Weiyuan Gong†, Cupjin Huang, Qi Ye
ASPLOS 2024
[2] Learning Distributions over Quantum Measurement Outcomes [ICML] [pdf]
Weiyuan Gong*, Scott Aaronson
ICML 2023
[1] Universal Adversarial Examples and Perturbations for Quantum Classifiers [NSR] [pdf]
Weiyuan Gong*, Dong-ling Deng
National Science Review, Volume 9, Issue 6, nwab130, 2022
Miscellaneous
I have a passion for driving, swimming, and playing table tennis. As the leader and co-founder of the table tennis team at IIIS, I enthusiastically welcome opportunities to play! Additionally, I take great joy in spending time with my significant other, whom I affectionately refer to as my ‘potato kitty’. I’m grateful to my potato kitty for helping me polish my homepage.