Prof. HU, Alice

Associate Professor

  • Ph.D., Purdue University, 2014
  • M.S., Purdue University, 2011
  • B.S., National Taiwan University, 2009
Research Interests
  • Quantum Computing
  • Algorithms
  • Ab initio Methods
Education
  • 2014 Ph. D. Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University
  • 2011 M. S., Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University
  • 2009 B. S., Physics, National Taiwan University
Publications

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Selected publications

  • C.-L. Hong, T. Tsai, J.-P. Chou, P.-J. Chen, P.-K. Tsai, Y.-C. Chen, E.-J. Kuo, D. Srolovitz, A. Hu, Y.-C. Cheng, and H.-S. Goan, “Accurate and Efficient Quantum Computations of Molecular Properties Using Daubechies Wavelet Molecular Orbitals: A Benchmark Study against Experimental Data,” PRX Quantum, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 20360, Jun. 2022.
  •  Y.-C. Chen, Y.-Q. Chen, A. Hu*, C.-Y. Hsieh*, and S. Zhang, "Variational quantum simulation of the imaginary-time Lyapunov control for accelerating the ground-state preparation," arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11782, 2021.
  • C.Dang, J.-P.Chou, B.Dai, C.-T.Chou, Y.Yang, R.Fan, W.Lin, F.Meng, A.Hu*, J.Zhu*, J.Han, A. M.Minor, J.Li*, and Y.Lu*, “Achieving large uniform tensile elasticity in microfabricated diamond,” Science, vol. 371, no. 6524, pp. 76–78, 2021.
  • C. H.Hu, Y. C.Chen, P. J.Yu, K. Y.Fung, Y. C.Hsueh, P. K.Liaw, J. W.Yeh*, and A.Hu*, “From symmetry to entropy: Crystal entropy difference strongly affects early stage phase transformation,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 115, no. 26, Dec.2019.
  • P.Yu, R.Feng, J.Du, S.Shinzato, J. P.Chou, B.Chen, Y. C.Lo, P. K.Liaw, S.Ogata*, and A.Hu*, “Phase transformation assisted twinning in a face centered-cubic FeCrNiCoAl0.36 high entropy alloy,” Acta Mater., vol. 181, pp. 491–500, Dec.2019.
  • S.Li, J.-P.Chou*, J.Wei, M.Sun, A.Hu*, and A.Gali, “Oxygenated (113) diamond surface for nitrogen-vacancy quantum sensors with preferential alignment and long coherence time from first principles,” Carbon N. Y., vol. 145, pp. 273–280, Apr.2019.
  • T. Yang, Y. L. Zhao, Y. Tong, Z. B. Jiao, J. Wei, J. X. Cai, X. D. Han, D. Chen, A. Hu, J. J. Kai, K. Lu, Y. Liu, and C. T. Liu*, “Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys,” Science., vol. 362, no. 6417, pp. 933–937, Nov. 2018.
  • Y. H. Zhang, Y. Zhuang, A. Hu*, J. J. Kai, and C. T. Liu, “The origin of negative stacking fault energies and nano-twin formation in face-centered cubic high entropy alloys,” Scr. Mater., vol. 130, pp. 96–99, 2017.
  • A. Hu* and A. Hassanein, “How surface roughness affects the angular dependence of the sputtering yield,” Nucl. Instruments Methods Phys. Res. Sect. B Beam Interact. with Mater. Atoms, vol. 281, pp. 15–20, Jun. 2012.
Position Available

For PhD and postdoc opportunities, please contact: alicehu@cityu.edu.hk