Mengqian Zhang
I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate at Department of Computer Science of Yale University, hosted by Prof. Fan Zhang.
Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Stern School of Business of New York University, hosted by Prof. Xi Chen and Prof. Elynn Chen.
I got my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University where I was very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Xiaotie Deng and the B.E. degree in Computer Science from Ocean University of China in 2018.
I was a visiting scholar at Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies, Peking University from July 2019 to December 2022.
My research interests mainly include blockchain, decentralized finance, algorithmic game theory, FinTech, and multi-agent AI.
News
Excited to join the program committee for FC 2025! (Sep 13, 2024)
Honored to be selected as the TLDR Fellowship! (Jul 9, 2024)
Honored to receive Ethereum Foundation Academic Grant! (May 6, 2024)
Manuscripts
RediSwap: MEV Redistribution Mechanism for CFMMs (arXiv)
- Joint work with Sen Yang and Fan Zhang.
Computation of Optimal MEV in Decentralized Exchanges (pdf)
- Joint work with Yuhao Li, Xinyuan (Xyn) Sun, Elynn Chen, and Xi Chen.
SoK: Play-to-Earn Projects (arXiv)
- Joint work with Jingfan Yu, Xi Chen and Zhixuan Fang.
Publications
MEV Makes Everyone Happy under Greedy Sequencing Rule (arXiv)
- Joint work with Yuhao Li, Jichen Li, Elynn Chen, Xi Chen and Xiaotie Deng.
- The 2023 ACM CCS Workshop on Decentralized Finance and Security (DeFi). ACM, 2023. (DeFi'23)
Insightful Mining Equilibria (arXiv, WINE)
- Joint work with Yuhao Li, Jichen Li, Chaozhe Kong and Xiaotie Deng.
- The 18th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE). Springer, 2022. (WINE'22)
An Efficient and Robust Committee Structure for Sharding Blockchain (arXiv, pdf)
- Joint work with Jichen Li, Zhaohua Chen, Hongyin Chen and Xiaotie Deng.
- IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2022. [J]
Funding Public Goods with Expert Advice in Blockchain System (pdf)
- Joint work with Jichen Li, Yukun Cheng, Wenhan Huang, Jiarui Fan, Xiaotie Deng and Jan Xie.
- 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). IEEE, 2022. (ICDCS'22)
A Provable Softmax Reputation-Based Protocol for Permissioned Blockchains (pdf)
- Joint work with Hongyin Chen, Zhaohua Chen, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Wenhan Huang, Jichen Li and Hongyi Ling.
- IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2021. [J]
A Reputation-based Mechanism for Transaction Processing in Blockchain Systems (pdf)
- Joint work with Jiarui Zhang, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Bo Wang, Jan Xie and Yuanyuan Yang.
- IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2021. [J]
Poster: An Efficient Permissioned Blockchain with Provable Reputation Mechanism (pdf)
- Joint work with Hongyin Chen, Zhaohua Chen, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Wenhan Huang, Jichen Li and Hongyi Ling.
- 2021 IEEE 41st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). IEEE, 2021. (ICDCS'21)
Accelerating Transactions Relay in Blockchain Networks via Reputation (pdf)
- Joint work with Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Bo Wang, Jan Xie, Yuanyuan Yang and Jiarui Zhang.
- 2021 IEEE/ACM 29th International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS). IEEE, 2021. (IWQoS'21)
Preventing Spread of Spam Transactions in Blockchain by Reputation (pdf)
- Joint work with Jiarui Zhang, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Bo Wang, Jan Xie and Yuanyuan Yang.
- 2020 IEEE/ACM 28th International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS). IEEE, 2020. (IWQoS'20)
CycLedger: A Scalable and Secure Parallel Protocol for Distributed Ledger via Sharding (pdf)
- Joint work with Jichen Li, Zhaohua Chen, Hongyin Chen and Xiaotie Deng.
- 2020 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS). IEEE, 2020. (IPDPS'20)
Two-Tier Sharing in Electric Vehicle Service Market (pdf)
- Joint work with Yukun Cheng and Xiaotie Deng.
- IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2019. [J]
A Novel Business Model for Electric Car Sharing (pdf)
- Joint work with Yukun Cheng and Xiaotie Deng.
- International Workshop on Frontiers in Algorithmics. Springer, Cham, 2019. (FAW'19)
Selected Awards/Grants
Uniswap Foundation TLDR Fellowship (Jul 2024)
Ethereum Foundation Academic Grant (with Prof. Fan Zhang) (May 2024)
IPDPS 2020 Best Paper Nominee (May 2020)
Outstanding Graduate of Shandong Province (June. 2018, Top 1% in Shandong Province)
The First Prize Scholarship (Sep. 2017, Top 1% in Ocean University of China)
National Scholarship (Sep. 2015 & 2016)
Academic Services
Program committee for FC 2025
External reviewer for AFT 2024, WWW, AAAI, IPDPS, WINE, IEEE JSAC, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TCC
Co-organizer of the Blockchain Track at IJTCS 2021 (The 2nd International Joint Conference on Theoretical Computer Science)
Co-organizer of the Poster Session at WINE 2020 (The 16th Conference on Web and Internet Economics)
Volunteer for SAGT 2018 (The 11th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory)
Contact
- Email: mengqian (dot) cs (at) gmail (dot) com
- Address: 51 Prospect St, New Haven, CT
