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Murphy Niu
Intelligent Quantum Control Optimization
Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum Algorithm Design
Near-term Quantum Error Correction
Photonic Quantum Computation
2013 Henley Hall
About
Murphy Yuezhen Niu is an Assistant Professor and Stansbury Chair in Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 2024. Previously, she was a senior research scientist in the Google Quantum AI team, where her work focused on intelligent quantum control optimization and metrology, quantum machine learning, quantum algorithm design and near-term quantum error correction. Niu received her doctorate in theoretical and mathematical physics from MIT in 2018. She received the Claude E. Shannon Research Assistantship for her work at the intersection of photonic quantum computation, quantum error correction and quantum cryptography.
Research Performance Summary
2003-2026
Active Research Span
First Recorded Paper
Tensorflow quantum: a software framework for quantum machine learning. 2020
Year:
2003
Citations:
59
Venue:
arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02989
Latest Recorded Paper
Evidence for a two-dimensional quantum glass state at high temperatures
Year:
2026
Citations:
0
Venue:
arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.01309
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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Publication Venues and Collaboration
Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown
Research Impact by Period
Papers
18
Citations
962
Avg. Citations / Paper
53.4
H-Index
6
Papers
61
Citations
8100
Avg. Citations / Paper
132.8
H-Index
30
Papers
27
Citations
12272
Avg. Citations / Paper
454.5
H-Index
11
Papers
5
Citations
251
Avg. Citations / Paper
50.2
H-Index
3
Papers
1
Citations
59
Avg. Citations / Paper
59
H-Index
1
Contact and Professional Links
Detected Research Keywords
Quantum Error Correction
Quantum Supremacy Programmable
Supremacy Programmable Superconducting
Programmable Superconducting Processor
Quantum Approximate Optimization
Variational Quantum Unsampling
Accurately Computing Electronic
Computing Electronic Properties
Universal Quantum Computation
Quantum Photonic Neural