Xiongfeng Ma
Professor
IIIS, Tsinghua Univeristy
Research Experience
| Years | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2023–present | Changjiang Distinguished Professor | Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, China |
| 2023–present | Professor | Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, China |
| 2018–2023 | Associate Professor | Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, China |
| 2012–2018 | Assistant Professor | Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, China |
| 2011–2012 | Visiting Researcher | University of Leeds, UK |
| 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Toronto, Canada |
| 2008–2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada |
Research Summary
Xiongfeng Ma’s primary field of research in quantum information science includes quantum key distribution, quantum random number generation, (semi) self-testing / device-independent quantum information processing, multipartite entanglement, quantum resource theory (such as coherence and entanglement measures), quantum benchmarking, quantum computing, quantum network, and quantum hacking. In particular, his research works explore the connections among quantum cryptography, quantum foundation theory, and quantum computing.
- Publications: 120 journal papers, 36 patents, and 17 conference proceedings, including 1 in Reviews of Modern Physics, 4 in PRX, 20 in PRL, 2 in Nature, 1 in Nature Photonics, 1 in Nature Communication, 2 Optica, and 2 PNAS.
- SCI Citations: 9800 with an H-index of 48; from https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/B-2000-2008
- Google Scholar Citations: 15179 with an H-index of 57; from https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xxckIDQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- According to the Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications from 1992 to 2019, Xiongfeng was one of the most productive researchers worldwide in quantum cryptography by ResearchGate https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2021.1892563.
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Physical Society (2023)
- Changjiang Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China (2019)
- IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award, (2019)
- OSA Outstanding Reviewer Award, (2018)
- Tsinghua Distinguished Teaching Award, (2018)
- Lachlan Gilchrist Fellowship, Canada, (2007)
Ph.D. Students Supervision
- Xiao Yuan, Ph.D. 2016, “Interplay between Quantumness, Randomness, and Selftesting”, faculty at Peking University
- Jiajun Ma, Ph.D. 2017, “Quantum Information Processing with Coherence and Quantum Correlations”, editor of the QKD ISO standard
- Zhen Zhang, Ph.D. 2017, “Security analysis of practical quantum cryptography”, senior researcher at Worldquant LLC
- Qi Zhao, Ph.D. 2018, “Coherence and Entanglement in Quantum Information Processing”, faculty at the University of Hong Kong
- Hongyi Zhou, Ph.D. 2019, “Quantum Randomness Generation and Quantification”, faculty at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- You Zhou, Ph.D. 2019, “Quantifying quantum resources and its application”, faculty at Fudan University
- Pei Zeng, Ph.D. 2020, “Toward a reliable and high performance quantum communication system”, post-doc at the University of Chicago
- Yihong Zhang, Ph.D. 2022, “Quantum Benchmarking and Variational Quantum Algorithms”, post-doc at Peking University
- Xingjian Zhang, Ph.D. 2023, “Theory and Applications of Device-Independent Quantum Information Processing”, post-doc at the University of Hong Kong
- Yizhi Huang, Ph.D. 2024, “Practical and efficient quantum key distribution system”, researcher at ZZ Quantum
Education
B.Sc., Jul. 2003
School of Physics, Peking University, China
Ph.D., Apr. 2008
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada