Seminar: IEEE Philadelphia and Villanova -- Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Security
IEEE Philadelphia and Villanova Co-Sponsored Seminar Series -- Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Security will launch its second seminar on November 13, 11:00am-12:00pm, Drosdick Hall 312 (Villanova University). The invited speaker, Dr. Qiaoyan Yu, from the University of New Hampshire (also a former NSF Program Director), will give her talk about
Trustworthy Quantum Sensing: From Noise-Aware Design to Cross-Layer Security and Validation.
Zoom or in-person attendance is welcome!
Light refreshments will be provided!
Zoom: https://villanova.zoom.us/j/94605519042
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- 800 E Lancaster Ave
- Villanova, Pennsylvania
- United States 19085
- Building: Drosdick Hall
- Room Number: 312
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- Co-sponsored by Villanova University
- Starts 09 November 2026 05:00 AM UTC
- Ends 13 November 2026 05:00 PM UTC
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Qiaoyan Yu
Trustworthy Quantum Sensing: From Noise-Aware Design to Cross-Layer Security and Validation
Quantum sensing promises transformative advances in precision measurement, but realizing its full potential requires more than improving quantum hardware. We expect systems to be robust, reliable, and secure across the entire technology stack. This talk will present a cross-layer perspective on trustworthy quantum sensing, spanning quantum circuits, noise mitigation, sensing systems, validation, and security. First, we will present a cross-layer design and validation framework, Q-STEP, which brings these perspectives together to support systematic development and evaluation of quantum sensing systems. Next, we will introduce localized noise fingerprints for quantum circuit authentication and readout discriminator manipulation attacks against quantum sensing systems. By integrating noise awareness, validation, authentication, and security into the design process, we can move toward quantum sensors that are not only precise, but also robust, verifiable, and resilient in real-world environments.
Biography:
Dr. Qiaoyan Yu was a Program Director at the Division of Computer and Information Science & Engineering (CISE), Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Program from 2024-2026. She is now currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Hampshire, where she directs the Reliable & Secure VLSI Systems Laboratory and the New Hampshire Cyber Security Enhanced Education Laboratory (NHCyberSEE Lab). Dr. Yu received her B.S. from Xidian University (2002), M.S. in Communication and Information Engineering from Zhejiang University (2005), and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Rochester (2011). Dr. Yu’s research expertise includes hardware security with special emphases on integrated circuit security, FPGA security, embedded system security, Internet-of-Things (IoT) security, approximate computing security, and Networks-on-Chip architecture for fault tolerance and error management.
Dr. Yu received the NSF CAREER Award and the Air Force Research Lab Faculty Fellowship in 2017. Her work was also supported by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and UNH NSF Nanomanufacturing Center. She received the Best Poster Award at GLSVLSI’24, ISVLSI’16, Best Paper Award Finalist in MWSCAS’15, Best Paper Award Finalist in NOCS’11, and the Best ECE Ph.D. Dissertation Award at the University of Rochester in 2011. She received the Excellence in Teaching Award at UNH in 2015. She has served on the technical program committees of HOST, Asian HOST, DAC, ASP-DAC, GLSVLSI, ISVLSI, DFT, ISCAS, MWSCAS, and ICCD.
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