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Associate Professor Min-Hsiu Hsieh

ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor,
Core Member, Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems

Email: Min-Hsiu.Hsieh"at"uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 4494
Fax: +61 2 9514 4517
Room: CB11.07.122 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

Biography

EDUCATION 

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California (August 2008)

Supervised by Dr. Todd Brun and Dr. Igor Devetak
Thesis: Entanglement-assisted Coding theory
Minor in Mathematics

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the National Taiwan University (June 2001) 
Supervised by Dr. Kwang-Cheng Chen
Area of Study: Wireless Communication
Thesis: A Slow Frequency Hop Receiver with Mode-Adjustable Interference Suppression

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at the National Taiwan University (June 1999)

EXPERIENCES

ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor, (August 2014 - present)

Senior Lecturer, (October 2013 - August 2014)

Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow / Lecturer, (February 2012 - September 2013)

Centre for Quantum Computation & Intelligent Systems (QCIS), 
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), 
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (September 2010 - February 2012)
Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge 
Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

Researcher, (November 2008 - September 2010)
ERATO-SORST 
Quantum Computation and Information Project
Solution Oriented Research for Science and Technology
Japan Science and Techonology Agency
(Also affiliated with Department of Computer Science at the University of Tokyo)

AWARDS

ARC Future Fellowship 2014

UTS Early Career Researcher Award 2013.

Winner of The Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2009.

USC Academic Achievement Award 2008.

Best Student Paper Award with Honorable Mention, 2008. 

Best Student Paper Award, 2007.


Research Areas

1.  Quantum Information Theory.

2.  Quantum Shannon Theory.

Research Grants

1.  ARC Future Fellowship 2014.

2.  UTS Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2013.

Community Services

1.  Program Committee member, 15th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS 2015), 2015

2.  Program Committee member, Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2015), 2015.

3.  Local Organizing Committee member, Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2015), 2015.

4.  Program Committee member, 14th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS 2014), 2014

5.  Referees for major journals.

Research Publications

All publications

1.  Todd Brun, Igor Devetak and Min-Hsiu Hsieh. Catalytic quantum error correction. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 3073-3089, June 2014. View Details

2.  Mark Wilde, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Zunaira Babar, "Entanglement-assisted quantum turbo codes," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 1203-1222, February 2014. View Details

3.  Eric Chitambar, Min-Hsiu, and Runyao Duan, "When do Local Operations and Classical Communication Suffice for Two-Qubit State Discrimination?," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 1549-1561, March 2014. View Details

4.  Yi-Chan Lee, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Steven T. Flammia, and Ray-Kuang Lee. Local PT symmetry violates the no-signaling principle. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 130404 (2014) View Details

5.  Eric Chitambar and Min-Hsiu Hsieh. Asymptotic State Discrimination and a Strict Hierarchy in Distinguishability Norms. J. Math. Phys. 55, 112204 (2014) View Details

6.  Nilanjana Datta, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Mark M. Wilde, "Quantum rate distortion, reverse Shannon theorems, and source-channel separation," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 615-630, January 2013. View Details

7.  Nilanjana Datta and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "One-shot entanglement-assisted quantum and classical communication," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1929-1939, March 2013. View Details

8.  Nilanjana Datta, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Mark M. Wilde, and Andreas Winter, "Quantum-to-classical rate distortion coding," Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 54, no 4, 042201, April 2013. View Details

9.  Eric Chitambar and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Optimal detection of quantum information," Phys. Rev. A 88, 020302(R) (2013) View Details

10.  Mark Wilde, Nilanjana Datta, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Andreas Winter, "Quantum rate distortion coding with auxiliary resources," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 6755-6773, October 2013. View Details

11.  Nilanjana Datta, Milan Mosonyi, Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Fernando Brandao, "A smooth entropy approach to quantum hypothesis testing and the classical capacity of quantum channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 8014-8026, December 2013. View Details

12.  Mark M. Wilde, Patrick Hayden, Francesco Buscemi and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "The information-theoretic costs of simulating quantum measurements," Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 45 453001, 2012. View Details

13.  Mark M. Wilde and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Public and private resource trade-offs for a quantum channel," Quantum Information Processing, Volume 11, Number 6 (2012), 1465-1501. View Details

14.  Mark M. Wilde and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "The quantum dynamic capacity formula of a quantum channel," Quantum Information Processing, Volume 11, Number 6 (2012), 1431-1463. View Details

15.  Sheng-Mei Zhao, Yu Xiao, Yan Zhu and Xiu-Li Zhu and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "New class of quantum codes constructed from cyclic difference set," Int. J. Quanum Inform. 10, 1250015 (2012) . View Details

16.  Nilanjana Datta and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "The apex of the family tree of protocols: optimal rates and resource inequalities," New J. Phys. 13, 093042 (2011) . View Details

17.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and François Le Gall, "NP-hardness of decoding quantum error-correction codes," Phys. Rev. A 83, 052331 (2011) . View Details

18.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Wen-Tai Yen and Li-Yi Hsu, "High Performance Entanglement-Assisted Quantum LDPC Codes Need Little Entanglement," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 1761-1769, March, 2011. View Details

19.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Wen-Tai Yen and Li-Yi Hsu, "Undetermined states: how to find them and their applications," The European Physical Journal D, Volume 61, Number 1 , 261-265 (2011). View Details

20.  Yuichiro Fujiwara and Min-Hsiu Hsieh. Adaptively Correcting Quantum Errors with Entanglement. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 279-283, Saint Petersburg, Russia View Details

21.  Nilanjana Datta and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Universal coding for transmission of private information," J. Math. Phys. 51, 122202 (2010) View Details

22.  Yi-Chang Shih, Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Hung-Yu Wei, "Multicasting homogeneous and heterogeneous quantum states in quantum networks," Nano Communication Networks, Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 273–282, December 2010. View Details

23.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark M. Wilde, "Trading Classical Communication, Quantum Communication, and Entanglement in Quantum Shannon Theory," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, Issue 9, pp.4705-4730 , September, 2010. View Details

24.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark Wilde, "Entanglement-Assisted Communication of Classical and Quantum Information," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, Issue 9, pp. 4682-4704, September, 2010 View Details

25.  Mark M. Wilde and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Entanglement Generation with a Quantum Channel and a Shared State. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 2713-2717, Austin, Texas, USA View Details

26.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark M. Wilde, "Public and Private Communication with a Quantum Channel and a Secret Key," Phys. Rev. A 80, 022306 (2009) View Details

27.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Todd A. Brun, and Igor Devetak, "Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes," Phys. Rev. A 79, 032340 (2009) View Details

28.  Igor Devetak, Todd A. Brun, and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error-Correcting Codes. New Trends in Mathematical Physics, Selected contributions of the XVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics, 161-172, 2009. View Details

29.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Zhicheng Luo, and Todd Brun, "Secret-Key-Assisted Private Classical Communication Capacity Over Quantum Channels," Phys. Rev. A 78, 042306 (2008) View Details

30.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Igor Devetak and Andreas Winter, "Entanglement-Assisted Capacity of Quantum Multiple-Access Channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, Issue 7, pp. 3078-3090, July, 2008. View Details

31.  Isaac Kremsky, Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Todd Brun, "Classical Enhancement of Quantum-Error-Correcting Codes," Phys. Rev. A 78, 012341 (2008) View Details

32.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Igor Devetak, and Todd Brun, "General Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error-Correcting Codes," Phys. Rev. A 76, 062313 (2007) View Details

33.  Todd Brun, Igor Devetak, and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, General entanglement-assisted quantum error-correcting codes. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 2101-2105, Austin, Texas, USA View Details

34.  Todd Brun, Igor Devetak, and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Correcting Quantum Errors with Entanglement," Science vol. 314, no. 5798, pp. 436-439, October 2006 View Details

Journal Articles

1.  Todd Brun, Igor Devetak and Min-Hsiu Hsieh. Catalytic quantum error correction. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 3073-3089, June 2014. View Details

2.  Mark Wilde, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Zunaira Babar, "Entanglement-assisted quantum turbo codes," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 1203-1222, February 2014. View Details

3.  Eric Chitambar, Min-Hsiu, and Runyao Duan, "When do Local Operations and Classical Communication Suffice for Two-Qubit State Discrimination?," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 1549-1561, March 2014. View Details

4.  Yi-Chan Lee, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Steven T. Flammia, and Ray-Kuang Lee. Local PT symmetry violates the no-signaling principle. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 130404 (2014) View Details

5.  Eric Chitambar and Min-Hsiu Hsieh. Asymptotic State Discrimination and a Strict Hierarchy in Distinguishability Norms. J. Math. Phys. 55, 112204 (2014) View Details

6.  Nilanjana Datta, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Mark M. Wilde, "Quantum rate distortion, reverse Shannon theorems, and source-channel separation," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 615-630, January 2013. View Details

7.  Nilanjana Datta and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "One-shot entanglement-assisted quantum and classical communication," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1929-1939, March 2013. View Details

8.  Nilanjana Datta, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Mark M. Wilde, and Andreas Winter, "Quantum-to-classical rate distortion coding," Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 54, no 4, 042201, April 2013. View Details

9.  Eric Chitambar and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Optimal detection of quantum information," Phys. Rev. A 88, 020302(R) (2013) View Details

10.  Mark Wilde, Nilanjana Datta, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Andreas Winter, "Quantum rate distortion coding with auxiliary resources," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 6755-6773, October 2013. View Details

11.  Nilanjana Datta, Milan Mosonyi, Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Fernando Brandao, "A smooth entropy approach to quantum hypothesis testing and the classical capacity of quantum channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 8014-8026, December 2013. View Details

12.  Mark M. Wilde, Patrick Hayden, Francesco Buscemi and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "The information-theoretic costs of simulating quantum measurements," Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 45 453001, 2012. View Details

13.  Mark M. Wilde and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Public and private resource trade-offs for a quantum channel," Quantum Information Processing, Volume 11, Number 6 (2012), 1465-1501. View Details

14.  Mark M. Wilde and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "The quantum dynamic capacity formula of a quantum channel," Quantum Information Processing, Volume 11, Number 6 (2012), 1431-1463. View Details

15.  Sheng-Mei Zhao, Yu Xiao, Yan Zhu and Xiu-Li Zhu and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "New class of quantum codes constructed from cyclic difference set," Int. J. Quanum Inform. 10, 1250015 (2012) . View Details

16.  Nilanjana Datta and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "The apex of the family tree of protocols: optimal rates and resource inequalities," New J. Phys. 13, 093042 (2011) . View Details

17.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and François Le Gall, "NP-hardness of decoding quantum error-correction codes," Phys. Rev. A 83, 052331 (2011) . View Details

18.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Wen-Tai Yen and Li-Yi Hsu, "High Performance Entanglement-Assisted Quantum LDPC Codes Need Little Entanglement," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 1761-1769, March, 2011. View Details

19.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Wen-Tai Yen and Li-Yi Hsu, "Undetermined states: how to find them and their applications," The European Physical Journal D, Volume 61, Number 1 , 261-265 (2011). View Details

20.  Nilanjana Datta and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Universal coding for transmission of private information," J. Math. Phys. 51, 122202 (2010) View Details

21.  Yi-Chang Shih, Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Hung-Yu Wei, "Multicasting homogeneous and heterogeneous quantum states in quantum networks," Nano Communication Networks, Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 273–282, December 2010. View Details

22.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark M. Wilde, "Trading Classical Communication, Quantum Communication, and Entanglement in Quantum Shannon Theory," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, Issue 9, pp.4705-4730 , September, 2010. View Details

23.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark Wilde, "Entanglement-Assisted Communication of Classical and Quantum Information," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, Issue 9, pp. 4682-4704, September, 2010 View Details

24.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark M. Wilde, "Public and Private Communication with a Quantum Channel and a Secret Key," Phys. Rev. A 80, 022306 (2009) View Details

25.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Todd A. Brun, and Igor Devetak, "Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes," Phys. Rev. A 79, 032340 (2009) View Details

26.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Zhicheng Luo, and Todd Brun, "Secret-Key-Assisted Private Classical Communication Capacity Over Quantum Channels," Phys. Rev. A 78, 042306 (2008) View Details

27.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Igor Devetak and Andreas Winter, "Entanglement-Assisted Capacity of Quantum Multiple-Access Channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, Issue 7, pp. 3078-3090, July, 2008. View Details

28.  Isaac Kremsky, Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Todd Brun, "Classical Enhancement of Quantum-Error-Correcting Codes," Phys. Rev. A 78, 012341 (2008) View Details

29.  Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Igor Devetak, and Todd Brun, "General Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error-Correcting Codes," Phys. Rev. A 76, 062313 (2007) View Details

30.  Todd Brun, Igor Devetak, and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, "Correcting Quantum Errors with Entanglement," Science vol. 314, no. 5798, pp. 436-439, October 2006 View Details

Conference Papers

1.  Yuichiro Fujiwara and Min-Hsiu Hsieh. Adaptively Correcting Quantum Errors with Entanglement. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 279-283, Saint Petersburg, RussiaView Details

2.  Mark M. Wilde and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Entanglement Generation with a Quantum Channel and a Shared State. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 2713-2717, Austin, Texas, USAView Details

3.  Todd Brun, Igor Devetak, and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, General entanglement-assisted quantum error-correcting codes. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 2101-2105, Austin, Texas, USAView Details

Book Chapters

1.  Igor Devetak, Todd A. Brun, and Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error-Correcting Codes. New Trends in Mathematical Physics, Selected contributions of the XVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics, 161-172, 2009. View Details

Books