Faculty Profiles - HUANG Shilin | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Shilin HUANG
黃施霖

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University, 2023

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics

(852) 3469 2803
huangsl@ust.hk
Room 4479
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MFJ-2267-2025

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57195719195

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Quantum information
Quantum computation
Quantum error correction

Publications

All Years 25 2026 1 2025 2 2024 4 2023 2 2022 1 2021 4 2020 11

2026 1

Logical qubits with erasure conversion using metastable neutral atoms

Nature Physics, v. 22, (6), p. 910-916
Zhang, Bichen; Liu, Genyue; Bornet, Guillaume; Horvath, Sebastian P.; Peng, Pai; Ma, Shuo; Huang, Shilin; Puri, Shruti; Thompson, Jeff D.
Article

2025 2

Error Correction of Transversal cnot Gates for Scalable Surface-Code Computation

PRX Quantum, v. 6, (2), p. 020326-020326, article number 020326
Sahay, Kaavya; Lin, Yingjia; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.; Puri, Shruti
Article

Investigating pure state uniqueness in tomography via optimization

Physical Review A, v. 112, (6), p. 1-20, article number 062421
Jiahui, Wu; Zheng, An; Zhang, Chao; Zhu, Xuanran; Huang, Shilin; Zeng, Bei
Article

2024 4

Comparing Shor and Steane error correction using the Bacon-Shor code

Science Advances, v. 10, (45), article number eadp2008
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.; Cetina, Marko
Article

Increasing memory lifetime of quantum low-density parity check codes with sliding-window noisy syndrome decoding

Physical Review A, v. 110, (1), article number 012453
Huang, Shilin; Puri, Shruti
Article

Optimization Tools for Distance-Preserving Flag Fault-Tolerant Error Correction

PRX Quantum, v. 5, (2), article number 020336
Pato, Balint; Tansuwannont, Theerapat; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Single-shot error correction on toric codes with high-weight stabilizers

Physical Review A, v. 109, (5), article number 052438
Lin, Yingjia; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

2023 2

Angle-robust two-qubit gates in a linear ion crystal

Physical Review A, v. 107, (3), article number 032617
Jia, Zhubing; Huang, Shilin; Kang, Mingyu; Sun, Ke; Spivey, Robert F.; Kim, Jungsang; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Homomorphic Logical Measurements

PRX Quantum, v. 4, (3), July 2023, article number 030301
Huang, Shilin; Jochym-O'connor, Tomas; Yoder, Theodore J.
Article

2022 1

Crosstalk Suppression in Individually Addressed Two-Qubit Gates in a Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer

Physical Review Letters, v. 129, (24), article number 240504
Fang, Chao; Wang, Ye; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang
Article

2021 4

Batch Optimization of Frequency-Modulated Pulses for Robust Two-Qubit Gates in Ion Chains

Physical Review Applied, v. 16, (2), article number 024039
Kang, Mingyu; Liang, Qiyao; Zhang, Bichen; Huang, Shilin; Wang, Ye; Fang, Chao; Kim, Jungsang; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Between Shor and Steane: A Unifying Construction for Measuring Error Syndromes

Physical Review Letters, v. 127, (9), article number 090505
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Constructions for measuring error syndromes in Calderbank-Shor-Steane codes between Shor and Steane methods

Physical Review A, v. 104, (2), article number 022429
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Quantum Fan-out: Circuit Optimizations and Technology Modeling

Proceedings - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2021 / edited by Muller Hausi A.; Byrd Greg; Culhane Candace; Humble Travis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021, p. 276-290
Gokhale, Pranav; Koretsky, Samantha; Huang, Shilin; Majumder, Swarnadeep; Drucker, Andrew; Brown, Kenneth R.; Chong, Frederic T.
Conference paper

2020 5

Fault-tolerant compass codes

Physical Review A, v. 101, (4), article number 042312
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Fault-tolerant weighted union-find decoding on the toric code

Physical Review A, v. 102, (1), article number 012419
Huang, Shilin; Newman, Michael; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

High-Fidelity Two-Qubit Gates Using a Microelectromechanical-System-Based Beam Steering System for Individual Qubit Addressing

Physical Review Letters, v. 125, (15), article number 150505
Wang, Ye; Crain, Stephen; Fang, Chao; Zhang, Bichen; Huang, Shilin; Liang, Qiyao; Leung, Pak Hong; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang
Article

Logical performance of 9 qubit compass codes in ion traps with crosstalk errors

Quantum Science and Technology, v. 5, (3), article number 034002
Debroy, Dripto M.; Li, Muyuan; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

High-fidelity two-qubit gates using a MEMS-based beam steering system for individual qubit addressing

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, article number QW5B.1
Wang, Ye; Crain, Stephen; Fang, Chao; Zhang, Bichen; Leung, Pak Hong; Huang, Shilin; Liang, Qiyao; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang
Conference paper

2019 1

Symmetric versus bosonic extension for bipartite states

Physical Review A, v. 99, (1), article number 012332
Li, Youning; Huang, Shilin; Ruan, Dong; Zeng, Bei
Article

2018 3

NMRCloudQ: a quantum cloud experience on a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computer

Science Bulletin, v. 63, (1), p. 17-23
Xin, Tao; Huang, Shilin; Lu, Sirui; Li, Keren; Luo, Zhihuang; Yin, Zhangqi; Li, Jun; Lu, Dawei; Long, Guilu; Zeng, Bei
Article

Quantum state tomography for generic pure states

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, v. 61, (11), article number 110311
Huang, Shi Lin; Chen, Jian Xin; Li, You Ning; Zeng, Bei
Article

Separability-entanglement classifier via machine learning

Physical Review A, v. 98, (1), article number 012315
Lu, Sirui; Huang, Shilin; Li, Keren; Li, Jun; Chen, Jianxin; Lu, Dawei; Ji, Zhengfeng; Shen, Yi; Zhou, Duanlu; Zeng, Bei
Article

2017 2

Discrete gravity on random tensor network and holographic Rényi entropy

Journal of High Energy Physics, v. 2017, (11), article number 148
Han, Muxin; Huang, Shilin
Article

Optimal design of measurement settings for quantum-state-Tomography experiments

Physical Review A, v. 96, (3), article number 032307
Li, Jun; Huang, Shilin; Luo, Zhihuang; Li, Keren; Lu, Dawei; Zeng, Bei
Article

Article 1

Logical qubits with erasure conversion using metastable neutral atoms

Nature Physics, v. 22, (6), p. 910-916
Zhang, Bichen; Liu, Genyue; Bornet, Guillaume; Horvath, Sebastian P.; Peng, Pai; Ma, Shuo; Huang, Shilin; Puri, Shruti; Thompson, Jeff D.

Article 2

Error Correction of Transversal cnot Gates for Scalable Surface-Code Computation

PRX Quantum, v. 6, (2), p. 020326-020326, article number 020326
Sahay, Kaavya; Lin, Yingjia; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.; Puri, Shruti

Investigating pure state uniqueness in tomography via optimization

Physical Review A, v. 112, (6), p. 1-20, article number 062421
Jiahui, Wu; Zheng, An; Zhang, Chao; Zhu, Xuanran; Huang, Shilin; Zeng, Bei

Article 4

Comparing Shor and Steane error correction using the Bacon-Shor code

Science Advances, v. 10, (45), article number eadp2008
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.; Cetina, Marko

Increasing memory lifetime of quantum low-density parity check codes with sliding-window noisy syndrome decoding

Physical Review A, v. 110, (1), article number 012453
Huang, Shilin; Puri, Shruti

Optimization Tools for Distance-Preserving Flag Fault-Tolerant Error Correction

PRX Quantum, v. 5, (2), article number 020336
Pato, Balint; Tansuwannont, Theerapat; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.

Single-shot error correction on toric codes with high-weight stabilizers

Physical Review A, v. 109, (5), article number 052438
Lin, Yingjia; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.

Article 2

Angle-robust two-qubit gates in a linear ion crystal

Physical Review A, v. 107, (3), article number 032617
Jia, Zhubing; Huang, Shilin; Kang, Mingyu; Sun, Ke; Spivey, Robert F.; Kim, Jungsang; Brown, Kenneth R.

Homomorphic Logical Measurements

PRX Quantum, v. 4, (3), July 2023, article number 030301
Huang, Shilin; Jochym-O'connor, Tomas; Yoder, Theodore J.

Article 1

Crosstalk Suppression in Individually Addressed Two-Qubit Gates in a Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer

Physical Review Letters, v. 129, (24), article number 240504
Fang, Chao; Wang, Ye; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang

Article 3

Batch Optimization of Frequency-Modulated Pulses for Robust Two-Qubit Gates in Ion Chains

Physical Review Applied, v. 16, (2), article number 024039
Kang, Mingyu; Liang, Qiyao; Zhang, Bichen; Huang, Shilin; Wang, Ye; Fang, Chao; Kim, Jungsang; Brown, Kenneth R.

Between Shor and Steane: A Unifying Construction for Measuring Error Syndromes

Physical Review Letters, v. 127, (9), article number 090505
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.

Constructions for measuring error syndromes in Calderbank-Shor-Steane codes between Shor and Steane methods

Physical Review A, v. 104, (2), article number 022429
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.

Conference paper 1

Quantum Fan-out: Circuit Optimizations and Technology Modeling

Proceedings - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2021 / edited by Muller Hausi A.; Byrd Greg; Culhane Candace; Humble Travis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021, p. 276-290
Gokhale, Pranav; Koretsky, Samantha; Huang, Shilin; Majumder, Swarnadeep; Drucker, Andrew; Brown, Kenneth R.; Chong, Frederic T.

Article 4

Fault-tolerant compass codes

Physical Review A, v. 101, (4), article number 042312
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.

Fault-tolerant weighted union-find decoding on the toric code

Physical Review A, v. 102, (1), article number 012419
Huang, Shilin; Newman, Michael; Brown, Kenneth R.

High-Fidelity Two-Qubit Gates Using a Microelectromechanical-System-Based Beam Steering System for Individual Qubit Addressing

Physical Review Letters, v. 125, (15), article number 150505
Wang, Ye; Crain, Stephen; Fang, Chao; Zhang, Bichen; Huang, Shilin; Liang, Qiyao; Leung, Pak Hong; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang

Logical performance of 9 qubit compass codes in ion traps with crosstalk errors

Quantum Science and Technology, v. 5, (3), article number 034002
Debroy, Dripto M.; Li, Muyuan; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.

Conference paper 1

High-fidelity two-qubit gates using a MEMS-based beam steering system for individual qubit addressing

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, article number QW5B.1
Wang, Ye; Crain, Stephen; Fang, Chao; Zhang, Bichen; Leung, Pak Hong; Huang, Shilin; Liang, Qiyao; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang

Article 1

Symmetric versus bosonic extension for bipartite states

Physical Review A, v. 99, (1), article number 012332
Li, Youning; Huang, Shilin; Ruan, Dong; Zeng, Bei

Article 3

NMRCloudQ: a quantum cloud experience on a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computer

Science Bulletin, v. 63, (1), p. 17-23
Xin, Tao; Huang, Shilin; Lu, Sirui; Li, Keren; Luo, Zhihuang; Yin, Zhangqi; Li, Jun; Lu, Dawei; Long, Guilu; Zeng, Bei

Quantum state tomography for generic pure states

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, v. 61, (11), article number 110311
Huang, Shi Lin; Chen, Jian Xin; Li, You Ning; Zeng, Bei

Separability-entanglement classifier via machine learning

Physical Review A, v. 98, (1), article number 012315
Lu, Sirui; Huang, Shilin; Li, Keren; Li, Jun; Chen, Jianxin; Lu, Dawei; Ji, Zhengfeng; Shen, Yi; Zhou, Duanlu; Zeng, Bei

Article 2

Discrete gravity on random tensor network and holographic Rényi entropy

Journal of High Energy Physics, v. 2017, (11), article number 148
Han, Muxin; Huang, Shilin

Optimal design of measurement settings for quantum-state-Tomography experiments

Physical Review A, v. 96, (3), article number 032307
Li, Jun; Huang, Shilin; Luo, Zhihuang; Li, Keren; Lu, Dawei; Zeng, Bei

2020 5

Fault-tolerant compass codes

Physical Review A, v. 101, (4), article number 042312
Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

Fault-tolerant weighted union-find decoding on the toric code

Physical Review A, v. 102, (1), article number 012419
Huang, Shilin; Newman, Michael; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

High-Fidelity Two-Qubit Gates Using a Microelectromechanical-System-Based Beam Steering System for Individual Qubit Addressing

Physical Review Letters, v. 125, (15), article number 150505
Wang, Ye; Crain, Stephen; Fang, Chao; Zhang, Bichen; Huang, Shilin; Liang, Qiyao; Leung, Pak Hong; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang
Article

Logical performance of 9 qubit compass codes in ion traps with crosstalk errors

Quantum Science and Technology, v. 5, (3), article number 034002
Debroy, Dripto M.; Li, Muyuan; Huang, Shilin; Brown, Kenneth R.
Article

High-fidelity two-qubit gates using a MEMS-based beam steering system for individual qubit addressing

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, article number QW5B.1
Wang, Ye; Crain, Stephen; Fang, Chao; Zhang, Bichen; Leung, Pak Hong; Huang, Shilin; Liang, Qiyao; Brown, Kenneth R.; Kim, Jungsang
Conference paper

2019 1

Symmetric versus bosonic extension for bipartite states

Physical Review A, v. 99, (1), article number 012332
Li, Youning; Huang, Shilin; Ruan, Dong; Zeng, Bei
Article

2018 3

NMRCloudQ: a quantum cloud experience on a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computer

Science Bulletin, v. 63, (1), p. 17-23
Xin, Tao; Huang, Shilin; Lu, Sirui; Li, Keren; Luo, Zhihuang; Yin, Zhangqi; Li, Jun; Lu, Dawei; Long, Guilu; Zeng, Bei
Article

Quantum state tomography for generic pure states

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, v. 61, (11), article number 110311
Huang, Shi Lin; Chen, Jian Xin; Li, You Ning; Zeng, Bei
Article

Separability-entanglement classifier via machine learning

Physical Review A, v. 98, (1), article number 012315
Lu, Sirui; Huang, Shilin; Li, Keren; Li, Jun; Chen, Jianxin; Lu, Dawei; Ji, Zhengfeng; Shen, Yi; Zhou, Duanlu; Zeng, Bei
Article

2017 2

Discrete gravity on random tensor network and holographic Rényi entropy

Journal of High Energy Physics, v. 2017, (11), article number 148
Han, Muxin; Huang, Shilin
Article

Optimal design of measurement settings for quantum-state-Tomography experiments

Physical Review A, v. 96, (3), article number 032307
Li, Jun; Huang, Shilin; Luo, Zhihuang; Li, Keren; Lu, Dawei; Zeng, Bei
Article

Teaching Assignment

2026-27 Fall 2 2025-26 Summer 0 2025-26 Spring 5 2025-26 Winter 0 2025-26 Fall 4 2024-25 Summer 0

MSDM6771	Data-Driven Modeling Seminars and Tutorials
PHYS4051	Quantum Mechanics II

MSDM6771	Data-Driven Modeling Seminars and Tutorials
PHYS1007	Quantum Information for Everyone
SCIE1500	Guided Study on Research I
SCIE2500	Guided Study on Research II
SCIE4500	IRE Research Project II

PHYS2080	Physics Seminar and Tutorial I
PHYS3090B	Directed Studies in Physics II
PHYS4051	Quantum Mechanics II
SCIE3500	IRE Research Project I

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 10 September 2026)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

KONG, Xuhui
Physics
LIU, Cheng Yi
Physics
SHA, Hele
Physics
ZHOU, Zidong
Physics
ZHUANG, Zirui
Physics
ZHEN, Haoting
Physics
WU, Jiahui
Physics

Master of Philosophy

CHENG, Tsz Hin
Physics
CHEUNG, Man Yin
Physics
ZHOU, Zidong
Physics

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

YAN, Xu
Physics( Completed in 2025 )

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

All Projects 2

No Projects.
Circuit Design and Quantum Error Correction/Fault-Tolerance Algorithms for Practical Quantum Computing Systems

面向實用性大規模量子計算系統的線路設計和糾錯容錯算法 Participating

Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-HongKong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Project Team (HKUST)
HUANG Shilin
2026 -
Research on the Design of Superconducting Quantum Processors for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

面向容錯量子計算的超導量子處理器設計研究 Participating

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Project Team (HKUST)
HUANG Shilin

SONG Xueyang
2025 -

Research Interest

Publications

2026 1

2025 2

2024 4

2023 2

2022 1

2021 4

2020 5

2019 1

2018 3

2017 2

Article 1

Article 2

Article 4

Article 2

Article 1

Article 3

Conference paper 1

Article 4

Conference paper 1

Article 1

Article 3

Article 2

2020 5

2019 1

2018 3

2017 2

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 10 September 2026)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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