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Allen Liu wins the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for his thesis on learning theoretic foundations of quantum systems

He completed the research at MIT before joining NYU Courant

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Congratulations to Allen Liu, who received the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation “Learning Theoretic Foundations for Understanding Quantum Systems,” toward a PhD earned at the @MIT .

Liu’s thesis reshapes our understanding of quantum systems through perspectives in learning theory. The quantum computing community is still trying to unravel the far-reaching implications of his work.

Honorable Mentions go to Gal Arnon for his dissertation “New Advancements in Interactive Oracle Proofs: Theory, Practice, and Limitations” toward a PhD earned at the Weizmann Institute of Science; and Rachit Nigam for his dissertation “Modular Abstractions for Efficient Hardware Design,” toward a PhD earned at @Cornell .

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Gautam Kamath@thegautamkamath

Congratulations to my @NYU_Courant colleague Allen Liu (@axliu42) for winning the @TheOfficialACM Doctoral Dissertation Award!

"Learning Theoretic Foundations for Understanding Quantum Systems"

This is given to the most outstanding CS doctoral dissertation in the world.

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Gautam Kamath@thegautamkamath

https://awards.acm.org/about/2025-doctoral-dissertation

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Sabeer Saeed@sabeerawa05

@TheOfficialACM @MIT Super Congratulations to the winners 🏆 👏 🙌

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Ishaq Aden-Ali@AdenIshaq

@TheOfficialACM @MIT Congrats @axliu42 !!!

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