Otter: A Provably MEV-Resilient Automated Market Maker via Surplus Redistribution (arXiv)

Elaine Shi, Mengqian Zhang, Hao Chung, and Yuhao Li (randomized author order)

Shill Bidding in MEV-Boost Auctions

Mengqian Zhang, Sen Yang, Thomas Thiery, and Fan Zhang

Boost+: Equitable, Incentive-Compatible Block Building (arXiv)

Mengqian Zhang¹, Sen Yang¹, Kartik Nayak, and Fan Zhang

Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'27)

A Trilemma in AMM Mechanism Design (arXiv)

Yuhao Li, Elaine Shi, and Mengqian Zhang (randomized author order)

Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2026 (FC'26)

RediSwap: MEV Redistribution Mechanism for CFMMs (arXiv)

Mengqian Zhang, Sen Yang, and Fan Zhang

The 2025 ACM CCS Workshop on Decentralized Finance and Security (DeFi'25)

Maximal Extractable Value in Batch Auctions (pdf)

Mengqian Zhang, Yuhao Li, Xinyuan Sun, Elynn Chen, and Xi Chen

The Twenty-Sixth ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC'25)

MEV Makes Everyone Happy under Greedy Sequencing Rule (arXiv)

Yuhao Li¹, Mengqian Zhang¹, Jichen Li¹, Elynn Chen, Xi Chen, and Xiaotie Deng

The 2023 ACM CCS Workshop on Decentralized Finance and Security (DeFi'23)

Insightful Mining Equilibria (arXiv, WINE)

Mengqian Zhang, 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)

Mengqian Zhang¹, Jichen Li¹, Zhaohua Chen¹, Hongyin Chen¹, and Xiaotie Deng

IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2022. [J]

Funding Public Goods with Expert Advice in Blockchain System (pdf)

Jichen Li, Yukun Cheng, Wenhan Huang, Mengqian Zhang, 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)

Hongyin Chen, Zhaohua Chen, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Wenhan Huang, Jichen Li, Hongyi Ling, and Mengqian Zhang (alphabetical author order)

IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2021. [J]

A Reputation-based Mechanism for Transaction Processing in Blockchain Systems (pdf)

Jiarui Zhang, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Bo Wang, Jan Xie, Yuanyuan Yang, and Mengqian Zhang

IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2021. [J]

Poster: An Efficient Permissioned Blockchain with Provable Reputation Mechanism (pdf)

Hongyin Chen, Zhaohua Chen, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Wenhan Huang, Jichen Li, Hongyi Ling, and Mengqian Zhang (alphabetical author order)

2021 IEEE 41st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). IEEE, 2021. (ICDCS'21)

Accelerating Transactions Relay in Blockchain Networks via Reputation (pdf)

Mengqian Zhang, 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)

Jiarui Zhang, Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, Bo Wang, Jan Xie, Yuanyuan Yang, and Mengqian Zhang

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)

Mengqian Zhang¹, Jichen Li¹, Zhaohua Chen¹, Hongyin Chen¹, 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)

Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, and Mengqian Zhang (alphabetical author order)

IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2019. [J]

A Novel Business Model for Electric Car Sharing (pdf)

Yukun Cheng, Xiaotie Deng, and Mengqian Zhang (alphabetical author order)

International Workshop on Frontiers in Algorithmics. Springer, Cham, 2019. (FAW'19)