Liyi Li
Position
- Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Formal methods; programming languages; software engineering; quantum computing; mathematical semantics of programming languages; formal reasoning about human-computer systems; formal reasoning about security; proof theory and type theory; programming languages for quantum computing; formal and practical verification tools for languages including quantum language; methodology transformation for building trustworthy software development
Contact Info
205 Atanasoff Hall
2434 Osborn Dr
Ames
,
Iowa
50011
Email
Phone
(515)294-0303
Education
- B.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
More Information
Publications
- Conference
- Finn Voichick, Liyi Li, Robert Rand, Michael Hicks, Qunity: A Unified Language for Quantum and Classical Computing, POPL 2023
- Liyi Li, Finn Voichick, Kesha Hietala, Yuxiang Peng, Xiaodi Wu, Michael Hicks, Verified Compilation of Quantum Oracles, OOPSLA 2022
- Liyi Li, Yiyun Liu, Deena Postol, Leonidas Lampropoulos, David Van Horn, Michael Hicks, A Formal Model of Checked C, CSF 2022
- Kesha Hietala, Robert Rand, Shih-Han Hung, Liyi Li, Michael Hicks, Proving Quantum Programs Correct, ITP 2021
- Liyi Li and Elsa L. Gunter, A Complete Semantics of K and Its Translation to Isabelle, ICTAC 2021
- Kesha Hietala, Liyi Li, Akshaj Gaur, Aaron Green, Robert Rand, Xiaodi Wu, Michael Hicks, Expanding the VOQC Toolkit, PLanQC 2021
- Liyi Li and Elsa L. Gunter, K-LLVM: A Relatively Complete Semantics of LLVM IR, ECOOP 2020
- Liyi Li and Elsa L. Gunter, Per-Location Simulation, NFM 2020
- Liyi Li and Elsa L. Gunter, IsaK-Static: A Complete Static Semantics of K, FACS 2018
- Liyi Li and Elsa L. Gunter, A method to translate order-sorted algebras to many-sorted algebras, WPTE 2017
- Liyi Li, Elsa L. Gunter, William Mansky. Symbolic Analysis Tools for CSP, ICTAC 2014
- Journal
- Yuxiang Peng, Kesha Hietala, Runzhou Tao, Liyi Li, Robert Rand, Michael Hicks, Xiaodi Wu, A Formally Certified End-to-End Implementation of Shor's Factorization Algorithm, PNAS journal, 2023
- Kesha Hietala, Robert Rand, Liyi Li, Shih-Han Hung, Xiaodi Wu, Michael Hicks, A Verified Optimizer for Quantum Circuits, TOPLAS journal, 2023
- Liyi Li, Yiyun Liu, Deena Postol, Leonidas Lampropoulos, David Van Horn, Michael Hicks, A Formal Model of Checked C, Journal of Computer Security 2023
External Reviewing
- Program Committees
- SPIN 2022: 28th International Symposium on Model Checking of Software
- Extended Review and Artifact Evaluation Committee
- OOPSLA 2023
- Reviewer
- PLDI 2023
- PeerJ Computer Science
Awards
- 2020 UMD Victor Basili Postdoc
- 2019 UIUC Spring Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
- UIUC University Honor 2012 (Bronze Tablet)