BRITE ’25 SPEAKERS: HENRY YUEN

HENRY YUEN

Srivani Family Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

Henry Yuen is a theoretical computer scientist studying questions at the interface of quantum information theory, computational complexity theory, and cryptography.

In his research, Yuen utilizes ideas and tools from a variety of disciplines, ranging from complexity theory to quantum physics to information theory. He has made a number of contributions to the theory of quantum multiprover interactive proofs, including the discovery that such interactive proofs can verify solutions to uncomputable problems. Yuen also works on quantum cryptography; some of his contributions include designing protocols for infinite randomness expansion using untrusted quantum hardware.

Yuen received a BA in mathematics from the University of Southern California in 2010, and received his PhD in computer science at MIT in 2016. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and a Sloan Fellowship.