PhD Student · University of Melbourne

Zijia Zhao

I am a PhD student in Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne. My research focuses on quantum information theory, privacy, and information leakage in quantum systems.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Science in Mathematics

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

University of Toronto

Research

My current work studies privacy and information leakage for quantum encodings of classical data, including maximal quantum leakage, perturbation analysis, and Rényi-information-based privacy measures.

I am interested in quantum information theory, statistical decision-making, privacy-preserving learning, and the interface between mathematical theory and practical systems.