CV

Education

• 2018–2024: Ph.D. in Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
  • Thesis: Characterizing the Bethe partition function of double-edge factor graphs via graph covers
  • Supervisor: Prof. Pascal O. Vontobel
• 2014–2018: B.Eng. in Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China
  • Supervisor: Prof. Yuan Liu

Work experience

• 11/2024–now: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK, Hong Kong
  • Supervisor: Prof. John C.S. Lui
  • Develop novel models for distributed quantum computing in collaboration with faculty, targeting high-impact journal publications.
  • Mentor Ph.D. students across the full research lifecycle from ideation to publication at venues such as ICML.

Skills

• Quantum information processing
• Quantum networks and distributed quantum computing
• Graphical models and Bethe approximations
• Optimization theory
• Information theory
• Programming: Matlab, C, LaTeX

Publications

Journal Papers (submitted)

• Y. Huang and P. O. Vontobel, “Characterizing the Bethe partition function of double-edge factor graphs via graph covers (extended version),” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2024. arXiv:2412.05942

Journal Papers

• Y. Huang, N. Kashyap and P. O. Vontobel, “Degree-M Bethe and Sinkhorn permanent based bounds on the permanent of a non-negative matrix,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 5289–5308, Jul. 2024. IEEE Xplore
• Y. Huang, Y. Liu and F. Chen, “NOMA-aided mobile edge computing via user cooperation,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2221–2235, Apr. 2020.
• Y. Huang, Y. Liu and G. Y. Li, “Energy efficiency of distributed antenna systems with wireless power transfer,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 89–99, Jan. 2019.
• Y. Huang, M. Liu and Y. Liu, “Energy-efficient SWIPT in IoT distributed antenna systems,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 2646–2656, Aug. 2018.

Conference Papers

• B. Luo, Y. Huang, J. Allcock, X. Lin, S. Zhang and J. C.S. Lui, “Quantum algorithms for finite-horizon Markov decision processes,” in *Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025. (*corresponding author)
• Y. Huang and P. O. Vontobel, “The Bethe partition function and the SPA for factor graphs based on homogeneous real stable polynomials,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Athens, Greece, Jul. 2024, pp. 3029–3034.
• Y. Huang and P. O. Vontobel, “Bounding the permanent of a non-negative matrix via its degree-M Bethe and Sinkhorn permanents,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Taipei, Taiwan, Jun. 2023, pp. 2774–2779.
• Y. Huang and P. O. Vontobel, “On the relationship between the global minimum of the Bethe free energy function of a factor graph and sum-product algorithm fixed points,” in Proceedings of IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Mumbai, India, Nov. 2022, pp. 666–671.
• Y. Huang and P. O. Vontobel, “Sets of marginals and Pearson-correlation-based CHSH inequalities for a two-qubit system,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Melbourne, Australia, Jul. 2021, pp. 1338–1343.
• Y. Huang and P. O. Vontobel, “Characterizing the Bethe partition function of double-edge factor graphs via graph covers,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Los Angeles, USA, Jun. 2020, pp. 1331–1336.
• Y. Huang and Y. Liu, “User cooperation for NOMA-based mobile edge computing,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Chengdu, China, Dec. 2018, pp. 395–400.
• Y. Huang and Y. Liu, “Energy-Efficient SWIPT in Distributed Antenna Systems,” in Proceedings of IEEE Globecom Workshops, Singapore, Dec. 2017, pp. 1–6.

Talks

• Feb. 2025 – The Bethe approximation for binary contingency table counting and nonnegative matrix permanents, Department of Computer Science, TU Dortmund University (virtual seminar)
• Sept. 2024 – The Bethe partition function and the SPA for factor graphs based on homogeneous real stable polynomials, School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University (virtual seminar)
• Mar. 2023 – Bounding the permanent of a non-negative matrix via its degree-M Bethe and Sinkhorn permanents, Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications, CUHK
• Nov. 2022 – On the relationship between the minimum of the Bethe free energy function of a factor graph and sum-product algorithm fixed points, Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications, CUHK
• Apr. 2022 – Sets of marginals and Pearson-correlation-based CHSH inequalities for a two-qubit system, Prof. Marco Tomamichel’s research group, National University of Singapore (virtual seminar)

Teaching

• 2022 – Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory (Teaching Assistant), CUHK (also 2019, 2020)
• 2022 – Social Media and Human Information Interaction (Teaching Assistant), CUHK
• 2021 – Basic Analog and Digital Circuits (Teaching Assistant), CUHK
• 2021 – Linear Algebra for Engineers (Teaching Assistant), CUHK
• 2018–2020 – Principles of Communication Systems (Teaching Assistant), CUHK

Service and leadership

• Journal reviewer for IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, and IEEE Communications Letters
• Conference reviewer for IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, IEEE International Conference on Communications, and IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference

Awards

• 2024 – Student Travel Grant, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
• 2018 – Bachelor’s Thesis Award, South China University of Technology

Languages

• Cantonese (native), Mandarin (native), English (fluent)