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📍Piscataway, New Jersey

Zihan Chen 陈子涵 /ziːˈhɑːn/ ; /tʃɛn/

Email: zihan.chen.cs [at] rutgers [dot] edu

Office: CoRE 632, 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Rutgers Logo Rutgers University, advised by Prof. Eddy Z. Zhang. I have obtained my M.Sc. in Computer Science from Rutgers University, and my B.E. in Telecommunication Engineering from nuist Logo Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (Changwang School of Honors), through a joint program with ucas Logo University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

[Google Scholar] [LinkedIn] [Github] [Curriculum Vitae (11/04/2025)]

Research Interest 💡

My research interests broadly span Computer Systems topics such as Computer Architecture, Compilers and High-Performance Computing.

Currently, I focus on Quantum Computing Logo Quantum Computing—specifically quantum computer architecture and applications. I am particularly interested in leveraging techniques from classical architecture, compiler design, and machine learning to improve the programmability, fault tolerance, and scalability of current quantum computers.

I am interested in potential research collaboration or internship opportunities. If you have any questions about my work or potential cooperation, please feel free to reach out.

News 📢

Publications 📚 ( show selected / show all by date / show all by topic )

Topics: QC Programmability / Circuit Optimization / (*/†: indicates equal contribution.)

Genesis: A Compiler Framework for Hamiltonian Simulation on Hybrid CV-DV Quantum Computers
Zihan Chen*, Jiakang Li*, Minghao Guo*, Henry Chen, Zirui Li, Joel Bierman, Yipeng Huang, Huiyang Zhou, Yuan Liu, Eddy Z. Zhang

[ISCA'2025] [Software] [Slides]

PhasePoly: An Optimization Framework for Phase Polynomials in Quantum Circuits
Zihan Chen, Henry Chen, Yuwei Jin, Minghao Guo, Enhyeok Jang, Jiakang Li, Caitlin Chan, Won Woo Ro, Eddy Z. Zhang

[QCE'25 Poster] [Arxiv]

Talks and Presentations 🎤

  • [Talk] Strategies and tools to compile CV-DV quantum circuits.

    CMSC 858Y: Quantum Computing Systems Seminar, University of Maryland. College Park, MD. Apr 29, 2026. [Slides]

    Hybrid Oscillator-Qubit Quantum Processors — Instruction Set Architecture, Abstract Machine Models, and Applications. ASPLOS'2026 Tutorial. Pittsburgh, PA. Mar 22, 2026. [Slides] [SIGARCH Highlight]

  • [Talk] Compiler framework on hybrid CV-DV quantum computers for Hamiltonian simulation.

    North Carolina State University CV-DV Group Meeting. Remote, May 21, 2025. [Slides]

Academic Service 🧾

Organizer of Rutgers QEC: Theory and Systems Reading Group

Weekly reading group on tutorial and papers related to Quantum Error Correction (QEC). Topics span from theoretical QEC, quantum compiler design optimized for QEC, to AI-driven approaches for QEC. There will be one presenter each week, followed by group discussion and Q&A. Hosted 37 invited talks by 23 speakers from 12 different academic institutions, spanning backgrounds in computer science, electrical engineering, applied physics, and mathematics (as of Apr 2026). Join us!

Journal Reviewer:
  • ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing
Technical Papers Program Committee:
  • QCE@25
Artifact Evaluation Committee:
  • SOSP@25
  • MICRO@25

Work Experience 💼

  • Software Engineer Intern, CARINA AI

    May 2023 - May 2024
    Developed a radiology AI solution and integrated Large Language Models (LLM) into healthcare applications. These products are now deployed in leading hospitals and research institutions globally, with some commercially available and others still in the experimental phase.

  • Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University

    Sep 2023 - May 2026

    • CS336: Principles of Information and Data Management (6 times)
    • ECE568: Software Engineering of Web Applications (1 time)
    • ECE518: Mobile Embedded Systems and On-Device AI (1 time)