معرفی
Prof. Xiangyi "X" Meng is an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. His academic journey includes a B.S. in microelectronics from Peking University and a Ph.D. in physics from Boston University under Prof. Eugene Stanley. He held postdoctoral positions at Northeastern University's Center for Complex Network Research with Prof. Albert-László Barabási and as a Research Associate at Northwestern University with Prof. István Kovács.
- RPI (2025-present): Assistant Professor
- Northeastern University (2021-2023): Postdoc
- Northwestern University (2023-2024): Research Associate
His research spans quantum networks, network science, and interdisciplinary applications, with key contributions in:
- Quantum communication protocols
- Concurrence percolation theory
- Quantum field theory applications
- Computational social science
- Power grid resilience modeling
- Multi-community epidemic spreading
Prof. Meng has published over 20 papers in top journals like Physical Review Letters, PNAS, and Nature Communications, focusing on quantum advantage in network connectivity, entanglement distribution, and nonlinear network dynamics. His work has been featured in Physics World and Phys.org media outlets.
As an educator, he teaches Physics II and Introductory Quantum Mechanics. His team develops quantum-inspired machine learning architectures like entanglement-structured LSTM networks. Current research explores nonconvex entanglement measures and hypergraph immersion techniques for quantum network optimization.
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