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Publications (34)

math.NT2019

Permutation polynomials of degree 8 over finite fields of odd characteristic

Xiang Fan

This paper provides an algorithmic generalization of Dickson's method of classifying permutation polynomials (PPs) of a given degree over finite fields. Dickson's idea is to fo…

nucl-th2026

Initial spin fluctuations as a probe of cluster spin structure in and nuclei

Xiang Fan, Jun-Qi Tao, Ze-Fang Jiang +1

We investigate the imprint of clustering on initial spin fluctuations in relativistic and collisions…

cs.CV2025

Contrastive Flow Matching

George Stoica, Vivek Ramanujan, Xiang Fan +3

Unconditional flow-matching trains diffusion models to transport samples from a source distribution to a target distribution by enforcing that the flows between sample pairs are un…

math.RT2017

Explicit induction principle and symplectic-orthogonal theta lifts

Xiang Fan

During the last two decades, great efforts have been devoted to the calculation of the local theta correspondence for reductive dual pairs. However, uniform formulas remain elusive…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Spontaneous Transport Barriers Quench Turbulent Resistivity in 2D MHD

Xiang Fan, P. H. Diamond, L. Chacón

This Letter identifies the physical mechanism for the quench of turbulent resistivity in 2D MHD. Without an imposed, ordered magnetic field, a multi-scale, blob-and-barrier structu…

nucl-th2026

A deep learning approach for predicting multiple observables in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

Jun-Qi Tao, Xiang Fan, Yang Liu +4

We develop a neural network model, based on the processes of high-energy heavy-ion collisions, to study and predict several experimental observables in Au+Au collisions. We present…

math.NT2018

Linear complexity of Ding-Helleseth generalized cyclotomic sequences of order eight

Yana Liang, Jiali Cao, Xingfa Chen +2

During the last two decades, many kinds of periodic sequences with good pseudo-random properties have been constructed from classical and generalized cyclotomic classes, and used a…

nucl-th2025

Left-right splitting of elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions: TRENTo-3D initialization and CLVisc hydrodynamic simulations

Ze-Fang Jiang, Xiang Fan, Duan She +2

Using the TRENTo-3D initial condition model coupled with (3+1)-dimensional CLVisc hydrodynamic simulations, we systematically investigate the left-right splitting of elliptic flow…

cs.LG2023

Quantifying & Modeling Multimodal Interactions: An Information Decomposition Framework

Paul Pu Liang, Yun Cheng, Xiang Fan +9

The recent explosion of interest in multimodal applications has resulted in a wide selection of datasets and methods for representing and integrating information from different mod…

math.RT2018

Parity preservation of -types under theta correspondence

Xiang Fan

This note shows a property of degree-parity preservation for -types under Howe's theta correspondence. As its application, we deduce the preservation of parity of all -types…

cs.CR2025

A Model Stealing Attack Against Multi-Exit Networks

Li Pan, Lv Peizhuo, Chen Kai +3

Compared to traditional neural networks with a single output channel, a multi-exit network has multiple exits that allow for early outputs from the model's intermediate layers, thu…

hep-ph2019

Probing stops in the coannihilation region at the HL-LHC: a comparative study of different processes

Guang Hua Duan, Xiang Fan, Ken-ichi Hikasa +2

In the minimal supersymmetric model, the coannihilation of the lighter stop and bino-like dark matter provides a feasible way to accommodate the correct dark mat…

quant-ph2025

Probabilistic Bounds on the Number of Elements to Generate Finite Nilpotent Groups and Their Applications

Ziyuan Dong, Xiang Fan, Tengxun Zhong +1

This work establishes a new probabilistic bound on the number of elements to generate finite nilpotent groups. Let denote the probability that random elements generat…

math.NT2026

Full classification of exceptional rational functions of degree five over finite fields

Zhichao Tang, Xiang Fan

We classify exceptional rational functions of degree five over an arbitrary finite field, up to left and right Möbius transformations, and give explicit normal forms in every char…

hep-ph2018

A minimal extension of MSSM in light of the B decay anomaly

Guang Hua Duan, Xiang Fan, Mariana Frank +2

Motivated by the and anomalies from B decays, we extend the minimal supersymmetric model with a non-universal anomaly-free gauge symmetry, coupling no…

cs.CV2026

OmniView: An All-Seeing Diffusion Model for 3D and 4D View Synthesis

Xiang Fan, Sharath Girish, Vivek Ramanujan +6

Prior approaches injecting camera control into diffusion models have focused on specific subsets of 4D consistency tasks: novel view synthesis, text-to-video with camera control, i…

math.NT2018

The Weil bound and non-exceptional permutation polynomials over finite fields

Xiang Fan

A well-known result of von zur Gathen asserts that a non-exceptional permutation polynomial of degree over exists only if . With the help of the Weil…

quant-ph2025

Revisiting finite Abelian hidden subgroup problem and its distributed exact quantum algorithm

Ziyuan Dong, Xiang Fan, Tengxun Zhong +1

We revisit the finite Abelian hidden subgroup problem (AHSP) from a mathematical perspective and make the following contributions. First, by employing amplitude amplification, we p…

cs.CV2024

Videoshop: Localized Semantic Video Editing with Noise-Extrapolated Diffusion Inversion

Xiang Fan, Anand Bhattad, Ranjay Krishna

We introduce Videoshop, a training-free video editing algorithm for localized semantic edits. Videoshop allows users to use any editing software, including Photoshop and generative…

cs.LG2023

MultiZoo & MultiBench: A Standardized Toolkit for Multimodal Deep Learning

Paul Pu Liang, Yiwei Lyu, Xiang Fan +4

Learning multimodal representations involves integrating information from multiple heterogeneous sources of data. In order to accelerate progress towards understudied modalities an…

nucl-th2026

Deep learning approaches to extract nuclear deformation parameters from initial-state information in heavy-ion collisions

Jun-Qi Tao, Yang Liu, Yu Sha +5

The deformation of heavy nuclei leaves characteristic imprints on the initial conditions of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. However, event-by-event fluctuations make the quantit…

physics.flu-dyn2017

Formation and Evolution of Target Patterns in Cahn-Hilliard Flows

Xiang Fan, P. H. Diamond, Luis Chacón

We study the evolution of the concentration field in a single eddy in the 2D Cahn-Hilliard system to better understand scalar mixing processes in that system. This study extends in…

physics.flu-dyn2019

CHNS: A case study of turbulence in elastic media

Xiang Fan, P. H. Diamond, L. Chacón

Recent progress in the study of Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes (CHNS) turbulence is summarized. This is an example of \textit{elastic turbulence}, which can occur in elastic (i.e. sel…

cs.LG2021

MultiBench: Multiscale Benchmarks for Multimodal Representation Learning

Paul Pu Liang, Yiwei Lyu, Xiang Fan +9

Learning multimodal representations involves integrating information from multiple heterogeneous sources of data. It is a challenging yet crucial area with numerous real-world appl…

cs.CV2026

RefDecoder: Enhancing Visual Generation with Conditional Video Decoding

Xiang Fan, Yuheng Wang, Bohan Fang +2

Video generation powers a vast array of downstream applications. However, while the de facto standard, i.e., latent diffusion models, typically employ heavily conditioned denoising…

math.NT2019

Permutation polynomials of degree 8 over finite fields of characteristic 2

Xiang Fan

Up to linear transformations, we obtain a classification of permutation polynomials (PPs) of degree over with . By [J. Number Theory 176 (2017) 466-66],…

cs.CV2025

RefTok: Reference-Based Tokenization for Video Generation

Xiang Fan, Xiaohang Sun, Kushan Thakkar +4

Effectively handling temporal redundancy remains a key challenge in learning video models. Prevailing approaches often treat each set of frames independently, failing to effectivel…

cs.RO2026

MolmoAct2: Action Reasoning Models for Real-world Deployment

Haoquan Fang, Jiafei Duan, Donovan Clay +26

Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models aim to provide a single generalist controller for robots, but today's systems fall short on the criteria that matter for real-world deployment.…

math.NT2018

A classification of permutation polynomials of degree over finite fields

Xiang Fan

Up to linear transformations, we give a classification of all permutation polynomials of degree over for any odd prime power , with the help of the SageMath…

physics.flu-dyn2016

Cascades and Spectra of a Turbulent Spinodal Decomposition in 2D Symmetric Binary Liquid Mixture

Xiang Fan, P. H. Diamond, L. Chacón +1

We study the fundamental physics of cascades and spectra in 2D Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) turbulence, and compare and contrast this system with 2D MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD)…

cs.LG2023

High-Modality Multimodal Transformer: Quantifying Modality & Interaction Heterogeneity for High-Modality Representation Learning

Paul Pu Liang, Yiwei Lyu, Xiang Fan +6

Many real-world problems are inherently multimodal, from spoken language, gestures, and paralinguistics humans use to communicate, to force, proprioception, and visual sensors on r…

cs.CL2023

Nano: Nested Human-in-the-Loop Reward Learning for Few-shot Language Model Control

Xiang Fan, Yiwei Lyu, Paul Pu Liang +2

Pretrained language models have demonstrated extraordinary capabilities in language generation. However, real-world tasks often require controlling the distribution of generated te…

hep-ph2026

Thermal photon emission from quark-gluon plasma: 1+1D magnetohydrodynamics results

Jie Xiong, Xiang Fan, Jing Jing +3

We investigate thermal photon production in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) under strong magnetic fields using a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) framework. Adopting the Bjorken flow model w…

nucl-th2026

Hyperon polarization in isobaric Zr+Zr collisions at GeV: TRENRo3D + CLVisc with an initial longitudinal flow gradient

Ze-Fang Jiang, Xiang Fan, Jing Jing

We present a theoretical study of global and azimuthal-angle-dependent hyperon polarization in isobaric Zr+Zr collisions at ~GeV usi…