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Hezi Zhang

Hezi Zhang

Assistant Professor

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), advised by Prof. Yufei Ding. Before that, I received my M.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) and my B.S. in Physics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). My research interests lie in quantum computing, with a focus on compiler and architecture.

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Contact

p: (608) 262-4615

  • PhD 2026, University of California, San Diego
  • MS 2019, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • BS 2016, University of Science and Technology of China

  • Heterogeneous Quantum Computing: Exploring various qubit technologies and opportunities for combining them into heterogeneous systems
  • Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing: Co-designing quantum error correction with compiler/architecture and optimizing their fault-tolerant implementation
  • AI for Quantum Computing and Scientific Discovery: Developing AI/ML approaches for quantum computing optimization and other scientific problems

  • 2024 ASPLOS'24, Distinguished Artifact Award
  • 2023 ACM, Student Travel Grant for ISCA’23
  • 2015 USTC, Outstanding Undergraduates Scholarship
  • 2015 USTC, Third Prize in Physics Research Oriented Experiment Competition
  • 2014 USTC, Outstanding Undergraduates Scholarship
  • 2013 USTC, Outstanding Undergraduates Scholarship
  • 2011 28th Chinese Physics Olympiad, Heilongjiang Province, Second Prize

  • Zhang, H., Ruan, J., Tullsen, D., Ding, Y., Li, A., & Humble, T. (2025). OneAdapt: Resource-Adaptive Compilation of Measurement-Based Quantum Computing for Photonic Hardware. In Proceedings of the 58th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecturetextregistered (p. 733-748).
  • Ruan, J., Fang, X., Zhang, H., Li, A., Humble, T., & Ding, Y. (2025). Powermove: Optimizing compilation for neutral atom quantum computers with zoned architecture. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 3 (p. 163-178).
  • Yin, K., Zhang, H., Fang, X., Shi, Y., Humble, T. S., Li, A., & Ding, Y. (2025). QECC-Synth: A Layout Synthesizer for Quantum Error Correction Codes on Sparse Architectures. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 1 (p. 876-890).
  • Zhang, H., Xu, Y., Hu, H., Yin, K., Shapourian, H., Zhao, J., Kompella, Ramana_Rao,, Nejabati, R., & Ding, Y. (2025). SwitchQNet: Optimizing Distributed Quantum Computing for Quantum Data Centers with Switch Networks.
  • Ruan, J., Zhang, H., Fang, X., Li, A., Campbell, W. C., Hudson, E., Hayes, D., Haeffner, H., Humble, T., Palsberg, J., & others, (2025). TrapSIMD: SIMD-Aware Compiler Optimization for 2D Trapped-Ion Quantum Machines. arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.17886.
  • Zhang, H., Yin, K., Wu, A., Shapourian, H., Shabani, A., & Ding, Y. (2024). MECH: Multi-Entry Communication Highway for Superconducting Quantum Chiplets. In Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 2 (p. 699-714).
  • Zhang, H., Ruan, J., Shapourian, H., Kompella, R. R., & Ding, Y. (2024). OnePerc: A Randomness-aware Compiler for Photonic Quantum Computing. In Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 3 (p. 738-754).
  • Yin, K., Fang, X., Ruan, J., Zhang, H., Tullsen, D., Sornborger, A., Liu, C., Li, A., Humble, T., & Ding, Y. (2024). SymBreak: Mitigating Quantum Degeneracy Issues in QLDPC Code Decoders by Breaking Symmetry. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.02885.
  • Zhang, H., Wu, A., Wang, Y., Li, G., Shapourian, H., Shabani, A., & Ding, Y. (2023). OneQ: A Compilation Framework for Photonic One-Way Quantum Computation. In Proceedings of the 50th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (p. 1-14).
  • Wu, A., Li, G., Zhang, H., Guerreschi, G. G., Ding, Y., & Xie, Y. (2022). A synthesis framework for stitching surface code with superconducting quantum devices. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (p. 337-350).

  • COMP SCI 252 - Introduction to Computer Engineering (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 252 - Introduction to Computer Engineering (Fall 2026)