Xiantao Li

Professor of Mathematics
Penn State University

Research Focus

My group develops rigorous mathematical methods for Quantum Algorithms for PDEs and Quantum Algorithms for Scientific Computing.

Key Affiliations:
• Center for Computational Mathematics and Applications (CCMA)
• The Quantum Hub at Penn State
• Center for Theory of Emergent Quantum Matter (C-TEQ)
• Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)

Selected lectures on Quantum Algorithms and Scientific Computing:

IPAM Workshop: New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms: Quantum Algorithms A general dilation framework for non-Hermitian dynamics >[Watch Video]
Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture (Feb 2025): Public Lecture on Quantum Algorithms for Scientific Computing What can quantum computing do for scientific computing? >[Watch Video]
SIAM NNP Conference 2025: Quantum Algorithm for PDEs Power point slides
ICDS Symposium 2025: Making Classical Problems Quantum
SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems (May 2025): Quantum advantage in simulating non-resonant nonlinear systems
NSF PI Meeting (May 2025): Presentation on funded Quantum Algorithm research
SIAM CSE 2025 (March 2025): Optimal control of Open Quantum Systems
Simons Institute Workshop (Oct 2024): Simons Talk Quantum Simulation Algorithms for Lindblad Dynamics (Video)
QSIM 2024 (Aug 2024): Efficient Optimal Control of Open Quantum Systems [Watch Video]
APS March Meeting 2024: Quantum Algorithms for DFT
ICML 2023: Efficient Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Optimal Control (PDF)