Ziyan Zhang

Ziyan Zhang

PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam

About me

I am currently a third year Ph.D. candidate at University of Amsterdam, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Paola Grosso and Dr. Florian Speelman.

Research Interests

Affiliated with the Quantum Delta Netherlands Programme, I am currently conducting research on the integration of quantum and classical computing science, encompassing areas such as network management, network virtualization, and programmable networking.

Preprints and Publications

  • Z. Zhang, P. Grosso, “Coordinating Time-Critical Quantum Operations with a Programmable Control Plane”, in 2026 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC), Kobe, Japan, April 2026

  • Z. Zhang, F. Speelman, and P. Grosso, “Leveraging SDN Control for Time-Precise Quantum Position Verification”, in IEEE QCNC 2025 - International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing, Nara, Japan, March 2025 pdf

  • Z. Zhang, F. Speelman, and P. Grosso, “Enhancing Position Verification in Multi-Node Quantum Networks,” in IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, London, United Kingdom, May 2025, pp. 9.52 pdf.

  • Z. Zhang, F. Speelman, and P.Grosso, “Leveraging SDN Control for Time-Precise Quantum Position Verification”, in IEEE QCNC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing, Nara, Japan, March 2025 pdf

  • Z. Zhang, F. Speelman, and P. Grosso, “Toward Complete Quantum Network Stacks: A Survey,” in IEEE Network, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 153-159, Sept. 2024, doi: 10.1109/MNET.2024.3402951.

  • C. Lyu, Z. Zhang, et al., “Multilevel Variational Spectroscopy Using a Programmable Quantum Simulator,” Physical Review Research, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 013015, Jan. 2024, doi: 6.1 (2024): 013015.

Education

  • 2023.9 - Present, University of Amsterdam
    Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science

Invited Talks

  • May 2025, ‘Towards complete and feasible quantum networks’, presented at CompSys 24, Den Bosch, the Netherlands

  • July 2025, “Enhancing Position Verification Using Quantum Networks”, presented at IETF 123 QIRG Session, Madrid

Experiences

  • 2023.3 - 2023.6, SDN Intern, BAIDU Research, Shenzhen, China

Developed noise simulation and optimization modules in PaddlePaddle.

Teaching and Supervising

  • TA, Network and Network Security, Fall 2024
  • TA, Network and Network Security, Fall 2025

Grant

  • Quantum Delta Netherlands PhD Research Visit Grant, QDNL-250113 AL3.5.11P2, 5000 EUR, Dec 2025