Hsin-Yuan (Robert) Huang
Hsin-Yuan (Robert) Huang
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics; William H. Hurt Scholar
B.S., National Taiwan University, 2018; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2024. Visiting Associate, Caltech 2024-25; Assistant Professor, 2025-, Hurt Scholar, 2025-.
Research Interest: Quantum Information (theory)
Overview
I am Hsin-Yuan Huang (黃信元, pronounced "Shin Yuan Huan"). I also go by Robert.
My research aims to build a rigorous foundation for understanding how scientists, machines, and future quantum computers can learn and discover new phenomena governing our quantum-mechanical universe (molecules, materials, pharmaceutics, exotic quantum matter, engineered quantum devices, etc.).
I leverage quantum information theory, quantum many-body physics, learning theory, and complexity theory to formalize and explore new questions in the following directions:
- When can quantum machines learn and predict better than classical machines?
- How to accelerate/automate the development of quantum and physical sciences?
- What physical phenomena can classical vs quantum machines learn and discover?
My ultimate goal is to build quantum machines capable of discovering new facets of our universe beyond the capabilities of humans and classical machines.
Selected Awards
- Endowed Early Career Professorship, William H. Hurt Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2025
- Research Awards Frontiers of Science Award in Condensed Matter Physics, 2025; "Predicting Many Properties of a Quantum System from Very Few Measurements"
- American Physical Society DQI Best Thesis Award, 2025
- Broadcom Innovation Fund, 2024
- Milton and Francis Clauser Doctoral Prize, 2024 (awarded to a single Caltech Ph.D. graduate whose thesis exhibits the highest originality)
- Ben P. C. Chou Doctoral Prize in Information Science and Technology, 2024
- Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2021 - 2023
- Boeing Quantum Creators Prize, 2021
Selected Awards
- Endowed Early Career Professorship, William H. Hurt Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2025
- Research Awards Frontiers of Science Award in Condensed Matter Physics, 2025; "Predicting Many Properties of a Quantum System from Very Few Measurements"
- American Physical Society DQI Best Thesis Award, 2025
- Broadcom Innovation Fund, 2024
- Milton and Francis Clauser Doctoral Prize, 2024 (awarded to a single Caltech Ph.D. graduate whose thesis exhibits the highest originality)
- Ben P. C. Chou Doctoral Prize in Information Science and Technology, 2024
- Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2021 - 2023
- Boeing Quantum Creators Prize, 2021