Wei Yang
qubit@ustc.edu.cn
Education
1996-2000 Ph.D. in information security, University of Science and Technology of China
2001-2004zhon Master's Degree in communication and information system, Hohai University
1996-2000 Bachelor's Degree in management information system, Hohai University
Experience
2021 - Present: Junior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2019 - 2020: Visiting Scholar, National University of Singapore
2017 - Present: Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2013 - 2017: Associate Professor (Special Appointment), University of Science and Technology of China
2008 - 2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Science and Technology of China
Overview of Academic Research
Systematic research has been conducted in the fields of artificial intelligence and privacy protection involving quantum computing, with a focus on addressing core challenges such as the efficient preparation of quantum states for machine learning and quantum exact query complexity.
The following key results were achieved: Systematically proposed quantum state preparation schemes for machine learning, encompassing basis encoding and amplitude encoding. Constructed a suite of quantum-secure multi-party computation protocols, including protocols for secure division, secret sharing, Byzantine agreement, and threshold signature. Designed multiple schemes for quantum exact query complexity, resolving a long-standing open problem initially posed in 2017 that had remained unsolved.
Related results have been published in journals including IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Computers, and Information and Computation.
Key Research Directions:
1.Quantum Artificial Intelligence
2.Quantum Information Security
Major Honors and Awards
1.Best Paper Award, UbiComp (CCF Rank A Conference), 2016, Corresponding Author and Supervisor
2.Second Class Prize in Natural Science, Ministry of Education of China, 2015, Ranked Second
3.Champion, CVPR KITTI-MOTS Challenge International Competition, 2020, Corresponding Author and Supervisor
Representative Publications
[1]Wei Yang*, Zhixiang Li, Sheng Chen. Environment Independent Gait Recognition Based on Wi-Fi Signals. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2025.3540011. 2025 【CCF A类期刊】
[2]Wei Yang*, Weilin Chen, Lide Xue, Wenjie Zou, Liusheng Huang. EZchain: A Secure Scalable Blockchain Protocol via Passive Sharding. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2024.3522342. 2025
[3]Yuxuan Zhang, Zhenbo Shi, Shuchang Wang, Wei Yang*, Shaowei Wang, Yinxing Xue. RP-PGD: Boosting Segmentation Robustness with a Region-and-Prototype Based Adversarial Attack. AAAI 2025
[4]Weilin Chen, Wei Yang*, Mingjun Xiao, Lide Xue, Shaowei Wang. LBDT: A Lightweight Blockchain-Based Data Trading Scheme in Internet of Vehicles Using Proof-of-Reputation. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2024.3497934, 2024
[5]Shaoliang Ye, Wei Yang*, Liusheng Huang. Characterization of exact two-query quantum algorithms. Information and Computation. vol. 298, pp. 105166, 2024
[6]Weilin Chen, Wei Yang*, Lide Xue, Bingren Chen, Youwen Zhu, and Liusheng Huang. Avalon: A scalable and secure distributed transaction ledger based on proof-of-market. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 72(12): 3576-3589, 2023
[7]Zhenbo Xu, Wei Yang*, Wei Zhang, Xiao Tan, Huan Huang, Liusheng Huang. Segment as Points for Efficient and Effective Online Multi-Object Tracking and Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI). 44(10): 6424-6437, 2022