TITAN: A Trajectory-Informed Technique for Adaptive Parameter Freezing in Large-Scale VQE
Y. Peng, X. Li, S. Chen, K. Zhang, and Z. Liang, Y. Wang, and Y. Du. Waiting for proceedings.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Engineering and Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Sep. 2024 - May 2029 (Expected)
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Enginnering, Duke University, Aug. 2022 - May 2024
- B.S. in Engineering in Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (joint degree), Sep. 2018 - Jul. 2022
- B.S. in Engineering in Electronic Information Engineering, University of Glasgow (joint degree), Sep. 2018 - Jul. 2022
Work experience
- Jan. 2024 - May. 2024: Teaching Assistant
- Duke University
- Duties includes: Deliver guest lectures, Develope and grade homework, Host office hours.
- Supervisor: Professor Kishor Trivedi
- May. 2023 - Aug. 2023: Research Intern
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Supervisor: Professor Ying Wang
- Jan. 2021 - Apr. 2022: Research Assistant
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Supervisor: Professor Qi He
Publications
SaFe: A Stacked Ensemble Fingerprinting Approach for UAV Classification Fusing Mechanical and 5G Communication Data
X. Li, Y. Peng and Y. Wang, "SaFe: A Stacked Ensemble Fingerprinting Approach for UAV Classification Fusing Mechanical and 5 G Communication Data," in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, doi: 10.1109/TAES.2025.3603567.
QWBO: QAOA-Based High-Speed Weighted Black-box Hyperparameter Optimization for XGBoost in UAV Fingerprinting,
X. Li, Y. Peng, and Y. Wang, Waiting for proceedings
HCVS-Net: Hybrid Continuous-Variable Squeezing Network
X. Li, Y. Peng, J. Chen, and Y. Wang, Waiting for proceedings
Breaking Through Barren Plateaus: Reinforcement Learning Initializations for Deep Variational Quantum Circuits
Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhemin Zhang, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang, Waiting for proceedings
Can Classical Initialization Help Variational Quantum Circuits Escape the Barren Plateau?
Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhemin Zhang, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang, Waiting for proceedings
Qsco: A Quantum Scoring Module for Open-Set Supervised Anomaly Detection
Peng, Y., Li, X., Liang, Z., & Wang, Y. (2025). Qsco: A Quantum Scoring Module for Open-Set Supervised Anomaly Detection. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 39(19), 19884-19894. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v39i19.34190
FiCo: A Fingerprinting-based Two-step Learning-to-learn Approach Combing Vibration and 5G Communication for UAV Classification
X. Li, Y. Peng and Y. Wang, "FiCo: A Fingerprinting-Based Two-Step Learning-to-Learn Approach Combing Vibration and 5G Communication for UAV Classification," ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2025, pp. 3363-3369, doi: 10.1109/ICC52391.2025.11161218.
HyQ2: A Hybrid Quantum Neural Network for NextG Vulnerability Detection
Y. Peng, X. Li, Z. Liang and Y. Wang, "HyQ2: A Hybrid Quantum Neural Network for NextG Vulnerability Detection," in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 1-19, 2024, Art no. 3103819, doi: 10.1109/TQE.2024.3481280.
CoCo: A CBOW-Based Framework for Synergistic Vulnerability Detection in Partial and Discontinuous Logs for NextG Communications
Y. Peng, X. Li, S. Arya and Y. Wang, "CoCo: A CBOW-Based Framework for Synergistic Vulnerability Detection in Partial and Discontinuous Logs for NextG Communications," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 6381-6403, 2024, doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3471709.
Quantum Squeeze-and-Excitation Networks
Y. Peng, X. Li and Y. Wang, "Quantum Squeeze-and-Excitation Networks," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2024, pp. 39-43, doi: 10.1109/QCE60285.2024.10249.
QRNG-DDPM: Enhancing Diffusion Models Through Fitting Mixture Noise with Quantum Random Number
Y. Peng, X. Li and Y. Wang, "QRNG-DDPM: Enhancing Diffusion Models Through Fitting Mixture Noise with Quantum Random Number," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2024, pp. 92-96, doi: 10.1109/QCE60285.2024.10259.
RAFT: A Real-Time Framework for Root Cause Analysis in 5G and Beyond Vulnerability Detection
Y. Peng, X. Li, J. Yang, S. Arya and Y. Wang, "RAFT: A Real-Time Framework for Root Cause Analysis in 5G and Beyond Vulnerability Detection," 2024 IEEE 21st Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2024, pp. 446-454, doi: 10.1109/CCNC51664.2024.10454824.
DEFT: A Novel Deep Framework for Fuzz Testing Performance Evaluation in NextG Vulnerability Detection
Y. Peng, X. Li, S. Arya and Y. Wang, "DEFT: A Novel Deep Framework for Fuzz Testing Performance Evaluation in NextG Vulnerability Detection," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 116046-116064, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3326411.
Talks
Presentation at Quantum Week - IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25)
Presentation at QWBO: QAOA-Based High-Speed Weighted Black-box Hyperparameter Optimization for Secure UAV Fingerprinting, Albuquerque Convention Center, New Mexico, USA
Presentation at Quantum Week - IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25)
Presentation at HCVS-Net: Hybrid Continuous-Variable Squeezing Network, Albuquerque Convention Center, New Mexico, USA
Seminar Talk
Talk at FiCo: A Fingerprinting-based Two-step Learning-to-learn Approach Combing Vibration and 5G Communication for UAV Classification, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Service
- Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25), Sep 2, 2025
- Springer Nature Quantum Machine Intelligence (QMI), Aug 12, 2025
- Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Jul 23, 2025
- IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25), Jul 20, 2025
- IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25), Jul 19, 2025
- IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25), Jul 16, 2025
- Elsevier Internet of Things, Jul 9, 2025
- Springer Nature Quantum Machine Intelligence (QMI), June 4, 2025
- Springer Nature Quantum Machine Intelligence (QMI), June 1, 2025
- IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25), Mar 12, 2025
- IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE-25), Mar 10, 2025
- The 2025 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD-25), Mar 25, 2025
- Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Mar 6, 2024
- Elsevier Internet of Things, Jan 17, 2025
- Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Dec 13, 2024