Speaker: Dr. Hengyun (Harry) Zhou, MIT

Hengyun (Harry) Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He received his BS from MIT and his PhD from Harvard University, and previously served as Quantum Error Correction Architecture Lead at QuEra Computing. His research focuses on accelerating the development of largescale, fault-tolerant quantum computers through full-stack architectural innovation. He works across quantum error correction, algorithms and compilation, and hardware architecture, developing hardware-efficient fault-tolerant schemes that significantly reduce the space-time overhead required for scalable quantum systems. During his PhD, he also made key contributions to quantum sensing and many-body physics, and was named a finalist for the American Physical Society's Deborah Jin Thesis Prize

Abstract: The experimental realization of early fault-tolerant quantum processors marks an exciting opportunity to rethink how we architect large-scale quantum computation. Building a scalable quantum processor requires cross-cutting advances across the entire fault-tolerance stack, spanning algorithms and compilation, quantum error correction, and hardware. In this talk, I will present recent QEC progress in designing this stack for neutral atom platforms with transversal architectures, which have demonstrated key building blocks of fault-tolerant operation and achieved substantial space–time overhead reductions compared to conventional two-dimensional approaches.

Date: Wednesday April 15th, 2026

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 P.M CST 

Location: EER 3.640