Wenyuan Wang, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Toronto, 2020Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Physics and Computer Science (Double Major), University of Hong Kong, 2015
Areas of Research
Quantum Information (Theory)
I am a theorist who mainly works on quantum communication, especially the design and optimization of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols, quantum networks, as well as computational techniques (e.g. machine learning and semi-definite programming) in QKD. I am also expanding the quantum optical platform into fields beyond QKD, such as quantum conferencing, linear optical quantum computing, quantum metrology, and quantum machine learning. I collaborate with theorists and experimentalists both locally and worldwide. Currently, I am looking for students to take up projects in (1) QKD, quantum communication, and quantum networks, (2) optical quantum information processing (computing/metrology), (3) classical ML-enhanced quantum systems and quantum ML, or (4) topics in other related quantum information fields the student is interested in.
I am a theorist who mainly works on quantum communication, especially the design and optimization of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols, quantum networks, as well as computational techniques (e.g. machine learning and semi-definite programming) in QKD. I am also expanding the quantum optical platform into fields beyond QKD, such as quantum conferencing, linear optical quantum computing, quantum metrology, and quantum machine learning. I collaborate with theorists and experimentalists both locally and worldwide. Currently, I am looking for students to take up projects in (1) QKD, quantum communication, and quantum networks, (2) optical quantum information processing (computing/metrology), (3) classical ML-enhanced quantum systems and quantum ML, or (4) topics in other related quantum information fields the student is interested in.
Supervising degrees
Physics and Astronomy - Masters: Seeking Students
Physics and Astronomy - Doctoral: Seeking Students
Working with this supervisor
Looking for graduate students incoming in 2026 Fall/Summer. Please contact wenyuan.wang@ucalgary.ca for inquiries.