Publications (64)
VPVet: Vetting Privacy Policies of Virtual Reality Apps
Yuxia Zhan, Yan Meng, Lu Zhou +6
Virtual reality (VR) apps can harvest a wider range of user data than web/mobile apps running on personal computers or smartphones. Existing law and privacy regulations emphasize t…
Three-dimensional topological disclination in acoustic crystals
Zhenxiao Zhu, Yan Meng, Minmiao Wang +11
Topological disclinations, crystallographic defects that break rotation lattice symmetry, have attracted great interest and exhibited wide applications in cavities, waveguides, and…
A Novel ViDAR Device With Visual Inertial Encoder Odometry and Reinforcement Learning-Based Active SLAM Method
Zhanhua Xin, Zhihao Wang, Shenghao Zhang +7
In the field of multi-sensor fusion for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), monocular cameras and IMUs are widely used to build simple and effective visual-inertial syste…
Pressure-induced reentrant superconductivity in a misfit layered compound
Chutong Zhang, Jiajia Feng, Xiao Tang +10
Misfit layered compounds are natural van der Waals heterostructures in which electronically active transition-metal dichalcogenide layers are decoupled by incommensurate blocking l…
Spinful topological phases in acoustic crystals with projective PT symmetry
Yan Meng, Shuxin Lin, Bin-jie Shi +14
For the classification of topological phases of matter, an important consideration is whether a system is spinless or spinful, as these two classes have distinct symmetry algebra t…
Hydrothermal synthesis and complete phase diagram of FeSeS single crystals
Xiaolei Yi, Xiangzhuo Xing, Lingyao Qin +7
We report the successful synthesis of FeSeS single crystals with ranging from 0 to 1 via a hydrothermal method. A complete phase diagram of FeSeS ha…
Boost of critical current density near quantum critical points in FeSe-Based superconductors with two superconducting domes
Wei Wei, Qiang Hou, Jiajia Feng +10
Recent studies have identified two superconducting domes in FeSe-based superconductors. It was discovered that each dome is accompanied by a distinct nematic quantum critical point…
Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models: Tech Report 2025
Ethan Li, Anders Boesen Lindbo Larsen, Chen Zhang +395
We introduce two multilingual, multimodal foundation language models that power Apple Intelligence features across Apple devices and services: i a 3B-parameter on-device model opti…
Depth Gives a False Sense of Privacy: LLM Internal States Inversion
Tian Dong, Yan Meng, Shaofeng Li +3
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into daily routines, yet they raise significant privacy and safety concerns. Recent research proposes collaborative inferen…
How to Learn in a Noisy World? Self-Correcting the Real-World Data Noise in Machine Translation
Yan Meng, Di Wu, Christof Monz
The massive amounts of web-mined parallel data contain large amounts of noise. Semantic misalignment, as the primary source of the noise, poses a challenge for training machine tra…
Protonation-induced discrete superconducting phases in bulk FeSe single crystals
Yan Meng, Xiangzhuo Xing, Xiaolei Yi +10
The superconducting transition temperature, , of FeSe can be significantly enhanced several-fold by applying pressure, electron doping, intercalating spacing layer, and…
Testing holographic duality in hyperbolic lattices
Jingming Chen, Feiyu Chen, Linyun Yang +16
The celebrated holographic duality posits a correspondence between a quantum gravity in a bulk spacetime and a quantum field theory (QFT) defined on its lower-dimensional boundary.…
Spatiotemporal topological phase transitions in photonic spacetime crystals
Zebin Zhu, Bolun Huang, Siqi Xu +5
Topological phase transitions, characterized by the closing and reopening of band gaps and a concomitant change in topological invariants, have played a central role in topological…
Gate Voltage Tunable Second Harmonic Generation in Mono- and Bi-layer Black Phosphene
Yan Meng, Kainan Chang, Yanyan Qian +2
Black phosphorene (BP) has emerged as a promising platform for tunable nonlinear photonics due to its layer-dependent bandgap, high carrier mobility, and remarkable in-plane anisot…
Control the Temperature: Selective Sampling for Diverse and High-Quality LLM Outputs
Sergey Troshin, Wafaa Mohammed, Yan Meng +3
Diversity is an essential metric for evaluating the creativity of outputs generated by language models. Temperature-based sampling is a common strategy to increase diversity. Howev…
Topological Dirac-vortex modes in a three-dimensional photonic topological insulator
Bei Yan, Yingfeng Qi, Ziyao Wang +8
Recently, topological Dirac-vortex modes in Kekulé-distorted photonic lattices have attracted broad interest and exhibited promising applications in robust photonic devices such a…
AI-Driven Evaluation of Surgical Skill via Action Recognition
Yan Meng, Daniel A. Donoho, Marcelle Altshuler +1
The development of effective training and evaluation strategies is critical. Conventional methods for assessing surgical proficiency typically rely on expert supervision, either th…
Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Model Inspired Acoustic Interface States and Edge States
Xin Li, Yan Meng, Xiaoxiao Wu +4
If a full band gap closes and then reopens when we continuously deform a periodic system while keeping its symmetry, a topological phase transition usually occurs. A common model d…
DIPBox: A Multi-scale Testing Framework for Tracking Dataset Regeneration
Tian Dong, Yan Meng, Shaofeng Li +5
Training datasets have tremendous proprietary value and are vulnerable to unauthorized copying. Existing defenses mainly focus on tracking individual data points, but pay little at…
Observation of Chiral Bound States in the Continuum in Self-biased Magneto-optical Photonic Crystals
Maohua Gong, Qiutong Zhen, Yujie Tang +5
Chiral bound states in the continuum (BICs) are confined photonic modes with infinite quality factors and chiral response, offering significant potential for chiral optics. Althoug…
Electronic transport properties and hydrostatic pressure effect of FeSeTe single crystals free of phase separation
Xiangzhuo Xing, Yue Sun, Xiaolei Yi +11
FeSeTe superconductors manifest some intriguing electronic properties depending on the value of . In FeSe single crystal, the nematic phase and Dirac band structur…
Strong decay properties of single heavy baryons , and
Guo-Liang Yu, Yan Meng, Zhen-Yu Li +2
Motivated by recent progresses in experiments in searching for the baryons, we systematically analyze the strong decay behaviors of single heavy baryons , …
Superconductivity in the pressure-amorphized topological insulator CrP
Chutong Zhang, Xiangzhuo Xing, Na Zuo +12
The interplay among superconductivity, magnetism, and nontrivial band topology represents one of the most compelling frontiers in condensed matter physics. The exploration of novel…
Do Language Models Reason Across Languages?
Yan Meng, Wafaa Mohammed, Christof Monz
The real-world information sources are inherently multilingual, which naturally raises a question about whether language models can synthesize information across languages. In this…
Observation of tunable topological polaritons in a cavity waveguide
Dong Zhao, Ziyao Wang, Linyun Yang +9
Topological polaritons characterized by light-matter interactions have become a pivotal platform in exploring new topological phases of matter. Recent theoretical advances unveiled…
Realization of Topology-controlled Photonic Cavities in a Valley Photonic Crystal
Bei Yan, Baoliang Liao, Fulong Shi +11
We report an experimental realization of a new type of topology-controlled photonic cavities in valley photonic crystals by adopting judiciously oriented mirrors to localize the va…
Brillouin Klein space and half-turn space in three-dimensional acoustic crystals
Zhenxiao Zhu, Linyun Yang, Jien Wu +14
The Bloch band theory and Brillouin zone (BZ) that characterize wave behaviors in periodic mediums are two cornerstones of contemporary physics ranging from condensed matter to top…
Model Inversion in Split Learning for Personalized LLMs: New Insights from Information Bottleneck Theory
Yunmeng Shu, Shaofeng Li, Tian Dong +2
Personalized Large Language Models (LLMs) have become increasingly prevalent, showcasing the impressive capabilities of models like GPT-4. This trend has also catalyzed extensive r…
Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning without Introducing New Latency
Baohao Liao, Yan Meng, Christof Monz
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) of pre-trained language models has recently demonstrated remarkable achievements, effectively matching the performance of full fine-tuning wh…
Ultrasensitive Terahertz Metasurface Biosensor Based on Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum
Junhui Guo, Bing Dong, Eryong Zhang +9
The terahertz (THz) spectral regime offers unique opportunities for next-generation biochemical sensing due to its non-destructive, label-free probing capability and strong sensiti…
Security of World-Model-Based Embodied AI: A Lifecycle of Threats, Defenses, and Evaluation
Fazhong Liu, Zhuoyan Chen, Haozhen Tan +3
The paper surveys security risks and defenses for world-model-based embodied AI, examining how attacks can affect data, perception, prediction, and action throughout the system’s l…
Deep Learning-Accelerated Shapley Value for Fair Allocation in Power Systems: The Case of Carbon Emission Responsibility
Yuanhao Feng, Tao Sun, Yan Meng +2
Allocating costs, benefits, and emissions fairly among power system participant entities represents a persistent challenge. The Shapley value provides an axiomatically fair solutio…
Electron Delocalization Determined Anomalous Stability in Small Water Rings
Bo Wang, Minsi Xin, Xing Dai +4
Water clusters are known to form through hydrogen bonding. However, this study shows that the formation of very small water clusters significantly deviates from this mechanism and…
Realization of a three-dimensional photonic higher-order topological insulator
Ziyao Wang, Yan Meng, Bei Yan +13
The discovery of photonic higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) has significantly expanded our understanding of band topology and provided unprecedented lower-dimensional top…
Kinematic-Based Assessment of Surgical Actions in Microanastomosis
Yan Meng, Daniel Donoho, Marcelle Altshuler +1
Proficiency in microanastomosis is a critical surgical skill in neurosurgery, where the ability to precisely manipulate fine instruments is crucial to successful outcomes. These pr…
Designing topological interface states in phononic crystals based on the full phase diagrams
Yan Meng, Xiaoxiao Wu, Ruo-Yang Zhang +8
The topological invariants of a periodic system can be used to define the topological phase of each band and determine the existence of topological interface states within a certai…
Trojan's Whisper: Stealthy Manipulation of OpenClaw through Injected Bootstrapped Guidance
Fazhong Liu, Zhuoyan Chen, Tu Lan +6
Autonomous coding agents are increasingly integrated into software development workflows, offering capabilities that extend beyond code suggestion to active system interaction and…
Strain-Induced Tuning of Third-Harmonic Generation in Monolayer Black Phosphorene
Yan Meng, Kainan Chang, Wei Song +3
Based on the tight-binding model and the semiconductor Bloch equations, this work systematically reveals the microscopic mechanism of strain engineering in turning of third-harmoni…
SurgPhase: Time efficient pituitary tumor surgery phase recognition via an interactive web platform
Yan Meng, Jack Cook, X. Y. Han +12
Accurate surgical phase recognition is essential for analyzing procedural workflows, supporting intraoperative decision-making, and enabling data-driven improvements in surgical ed…
Structural and electronic properties of uranium-encapsulated Au14 cage
Yang Gao, Xing Dai, Seung-gu Kang +6
The structural properties of the uranium-encapsulated nano-cage U@Au14 are predicted using density functional theory. The presence of the uranium atom makes the Au14 structure more…
Observation of fractality-induced topology in photonic crystals
Bei Yan, Yingfeng Qi, Xiang Xi +6
Fractal topology--achieved by integrating nontrivial topology into fractal geometries with self-similarity and non-integer dimensions--has opened new avenues for exploring topologi…
Anomalous second magnetization peak in 12442-type RbCaFeAsF superconductors
Xiaolei Yi, Xiangzhuo Xing, Yan Meng +4
The second magnetization peak (SMP) appears in most superconductors and is crucial for the understanding of vortex physics as well as the application. Although it is well known tha…
Observation of Dirac hierarchy in three-dimensional acoustic topological insulators
Linyun Yang, Yin Wang, Yan Meng +12
Dirac cones (DCs) play a pivotal role in various unique phenomena ranging from massless electrons in graphene to robust surface states in topological insulators (TIs). Recent studi…
Significant enhancement of critical current density in H+-intercalated FeSe single crystal
Yan Meng, Wei Wei, Xiangzhuo Xing +6
Superconducting transition temperature (Tc) and critical current density (Jc) are two key factors that are not only crucial for probing high-temperature superconducting mechanisms,…
Dissecting Click Fraud Autonomy in the Wild
Tong Zhu, Yan Meng, Haotian Hu +3
Although the use of pay-per-click mechanisms stimulates the prosperity of the mobile advertisement network, fraudulent ad clicks result in huge financial losses for advertisers. Ex…
Excitation Energy Transfer in Nanohybrid System of Organic Molecule and Inorganic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Nanoflake
Yan Meng, Kainan Chang, Luxia Wang
Excitation energy transfer (EET) in an organic/inorganic nanohybrid system, composed of a single \textit{para}-sexiphenyl (6P) molecule physisorbed on a finite-sized MoS nanofl…
The Philosopher's Stone: Trojaning Plugins of Large Language Models
Tian Dong, Minhui Xue, Guoxing Chen +5
Open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) have recently gained popularity because of their comparable performance to proprietary LLMs. To efficiently fulfill domain-specialized task…
Boundedness of Maximal Calderón-Zygmund Operators on Non-homogeneous Metric Measure Spaces
Suile Liu, Yan Meng, Dachun Yang
Let $(\cx,\,d,\,μ)$ be a metric measure space and satisfy the so-called upper doubling condition and the geometrically doubling condition. In this paper, the authors show that for…
Few-shot semantic segmentation via mask aggregation
Wei Ao, Shunyi Zheng, Yan Meng
Few-shot semantic segmentation aims to recognize novel classes with only very few labelled data. This challenging task requires mining of the relevant relationships between the que…
Orbital Altermagnetic Photonic Crystal
Sichang Qiu, Huichang Li, Yan Meng +6
Altermagnetism features momentum-dependent spin splitting without net magnetization, extending spintronics beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. However, the p…
Magnetically tunable optical bound states in the continuum with arbitrary polarization and intrinsic chirality
Qing-an Tu, Hongxin Zhou, Yan Meng +2
Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are exotic localized eigenstates embedded in the continuum spectrum and topological polarization singularity in momentum space,…
How Far Can 100 Samples Go? Unlocking Overall Zero-Shot Multilingual Translation via Tiny Multi-Parallel Data
Di Wu, Shaomu Tan, Yan Meng +2
Zero-shot translation aims to translate between language pairs not seen during training in Multilingual Machine Translation (MMT) and is largely considered an open problem. A commo…
Identification of Stochastic Gravitational Wave Backgrounds from Cosmic String Using Machine Learning
Xianghe Ma, Borui Wang, Nan Yang +6
Cosmic strings play a crucial role in enhancing our understanding of the fundamental structure and evolution of the universe, unifying our knowledge of cosmology, and potentially u…
SPPSFormer: High-quality Superpoint-based Transformer for Roof Plane Instance Segmentation from Point Clouds
Cheng Zeng, Xiatian Qi, Chi Chen +5
Transformers have been seldom employed in point cloud roof plane instance segmentation, which is the focus of this study, and existing superpoint Transformers suffer from limited p…
MPC-Based Precision Cooling Strategy (PCS) for Efficient Thermal Management of Automotive Air Conditioning System
Hao Wang, Yan Meng, Quansheng Zhang +4
In this paper, we propose an MPC-based precision cooling strategy (PCS) for energy efficient thermal management of automotive air conditioning (A/C) system. The proposed PCS is abl…
Your Microphone Array Retains Your Identity: A Robust Voice Liveness Detection System for Smart Speakers
Yan Meng, Jiachun Li, Matthew Pillari +5
Though playing an essential role in smart home systems, smart speakers are vulnerable to voice spoofing attacks. Passive liveness detection, which utilizes only the collected audio…
SlowBA: An efficiency backdoor attack towards VLM-based GUI agents
Junxian Li, Tu Lan, Haozhen Tan +2
Modern vision-language-model (VLM) based graphical user interface (GUI) agents are expected not only to execute actions accurately but also to respond to user instructions with low…
BioChemInsight: An Online Platform for Automated Extraction of Chemical Structures and Activity Data from Patents
Zhe Wang, Fangtian Fu, Wei Zhang +10
The automated extraction of chemical structures and their corresponding bioactivity data is essential for accelerating drug discovery and enabling data-driven research. Current opt…
An AI Framework for Microanastomosis Motion Assessment
Yan Meng, Eduardo J. Torres-RodrÃguez, Marcelle Altshuler +5
Proficiency in microanastomosis is a fundamental competency across multiple microsurgical disciplines. These procedures demand exceptional precision and refined technical skills, m…
SuperMat: Construction of a linked annotated dataset from superconductors-related publications
Luca Foppiano, Sae Dieb, Akira Suzuki +9
A growing number of papers are published in the area of superconducting materials science. However, novel text and data mining (TDM) processes are still needed to efficiently acces…
PlaneSAM: Multimodal Plane Instance Segmentation Using the Segment Anything Model
Zhongchen Deng, Zhechen Yang, Chi Chen +3
Plane instance segmentation from RGB-D data is a crucial research topic for many downstream tasks. However, most existing deep-learning-based methods utilize only information withi…
Disentangling the Roles of Target-Side Transfer and Regularization in Multilingual Machine Translation
Yan Meng, Christof Monz
Multilingual Machine Translation (MMT) benefits from knowledge transfer across different language pairs. However, improvements in one-to-many translation compared to many-to-one tr…
FOLLOWUPQG: Towards Information-Seeking Follow-up Question Generation
Yan Meng, Liangming Pan, Yixin Cao +1
Humans ask follow-up questions driven by curiosity, which reflects a creative human cognitive process. We introduce the task of real-world information-seeking follow-up question ge…
Step-wise Adaptive Integration of Supervised Fine-tuning and Reinforcement Learning for Task-Specific LLMs
Jack Chen, Fazhong Liu, Naruto Liu +7
Large language models (LLMs) excel at mathematical reasoning and logical problem-solving. The current popular training paradigms primarily use supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and rein…