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Publications — Yuanzhao Zhang, AID Lab

41 papers
Preprints

Symmetry-based selection rules for higher-order interactions in coupled oscillators

I. León, R. Muolo, Y. Zhang, M. Lucas
Preprint
arXiv ↗ Synchronization Hypergraphs

Scaling world-model reinforcement learning through diffusion policy optimization

X. Cheng, W. Yuan, Z. Mu, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, H. Wang, Z. Sun, C. Liu
Preprint
arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics

Anomalous scaling in redirection networks

H. Hartle, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner, Y. Zhang
Preprint
arXiv ↗

Data-driven control of hypergraphs: Leveraging THIS to damp noise in diffusive hypergraphs

R. Delabays, Y. Zhang, F. Dörfler, G. De Pasquale
Preprint
arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Hypergraphs

Tempological control of network dynamics

Y. Zhang, K. M. Rock, S. P. Cornelius
Preprint
arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Mixed higher-order coupling stabilizes new states

P. S. Skardal, F. Battiston, M. Lucas, M. S. Mizuhara, G. Petri, Y. Zhang
Preprint
arXiv ↗ Synchronization Hypergraphs

Cluster synchronization in directed networks generate hierarchies

F. M. Brady, Y. Zhang, A. E. Motter
Preprint
arXiv ↗ Synchronization
2026

Signature of glassy dynamics in dynamic mode decompositions

Z. G. Nicolaou, H. Cho, Y. Zhang, J. N. Kutz, S. L. Brunton
Physical Review E 113, L053301
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ ML for Dynamics

Collective dynamics on higher-order networks

F. Battiston, C. Bick, M. Lucas, A. P. Millán, P. S. Skardal, Y. Zhang
Nature Reviews Physics 8, 146–159
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization Hypergraphs

Context parroting: A simple but tough-to-beat baseline for foundation models in scientific machine learning

Y. Zhang, W. Gilpin
ICLR 2026
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Physics of AI

Information shapes Koopman representation

X. Cheng, W. Yuan, Y. Yang, Y. Zhang, S. Cheng, Y. He, Z. Sun
ICLR 2026
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Physics of AI

Ignition criteria for trigger waves in cell signaling

B. H. Schlomann, W. S. DeWitt, Y. Zhang, K. Shah
PRX Life 4, 023003
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Mathematical Biology
2025

Size of the sync basin resolved

P. Groisman, C. De Vita, J. F. Bonder, Y. Zhang
Physical Review E 112, L052201
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization Basins

Learning beyond experience: Generalizing to unseen state space with reservoir computing

D. A. Norton, Y. Zhang, M. Girvan
Chaos 35, 103146
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Physics of AI

How more data can hurt: Instability and regularization in next-generation reservoir computing

Y. Zhang, E. R. dos Santos, H. Zhang, S. P. Cornelius
Chaos 35, 073102
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Physics of AI

Hypergraph reconstruction from dynamics

R. Delabays, G. De Pasquale, F. Dörfler, Y. Zhang
Nature Communications 16, 2691
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Hypergraphs

Zero-shot forecasting of chaotic systems

Y. Zhang, W. Gilpin
ICLR 2025
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics
2024

Deeper but smaller: Higher-order interactions increase linear stability but shrink basins

Y. Zhang, P. S. Skardal, F. Battiston, G. Petri, M. Lucas
Science Advances 10, ado8049
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization Hypergraphs Basins
2023

Catch-22s of reservoir computing

Y. Zhang, S. P. Cornelius
Physical Review Research 5, 033213
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ ML for Dynamics Physics of AI

Higher-order interactions shape collective dynamics differently in hypergraphs and simplicial complexes

Y. Zhang, M. Lucas, F. Battiston
Nature Communications 14, 1605
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization Hypergraphs

Optimal synchronization in pulse-coupled oscillator networks using reinforcement learning

Z. Chen, T. Anglea, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang
PNAS Nexus 2, pgad102
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Synchronization ML for Dynamics

A minimal model of peripheral clocks reveals differential circadian re-entrainment in aging

Y. Huang, Y. Zhang, R. Braun
Chaos 33, 093104
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Mathematical Biology
2021

Basins with tentacles

Y. Zhang, S. H. Strogatz
Physical Review Letters 127, 194101
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Basins

Unified treatment of synchronization patterns in generalized networks with higher-order, multilayer, and temporal interactions

Y. Zhang, V. Latora, A. E. Motter
Communications Physics 4, 195
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization Hypergraphs

Designing temporal networks that synchronize under resource constraints

Y. Zhang, S. H. Strogatz
Nature Communications 12, 3273
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Random heterogeneity outperforms design in network synchronization

Y. Zhang, J. L. Ocampo-Espindola, I. Z. Kiss, A. E. Motter
PNAS 118, e2024299118
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Synchronizing chaos with imperfections

Y. Sugitani, Y. Zhang, A. E. Motter
Physical Review Letters 126, 164101
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Mechanism for strong chimeras

Y. Zhang, A. E. Motter
Physical Review Letters 126, 094101
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Molecular mechanism of secreted Amyloid-β precursor protein in binding and modulating GABABR1a

M. Feng, Y. Song, S. H. Chen, Y. Zhang, R. Zhou
Chemical Science 12, 6107–6116
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Soft Matter Mathematical Biology
2020

Symmetry-independent stability analysis of synchronization patterns

Y. Zhang, A. E. Motter
SIAM Review 62, 817–836
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Critical switching in globally attractive chimeras

Y. Zhang, Z. G. Nicolaou, J. D. Hart, R. Roy, A. E. Motter
Physical Review X 10, 011044
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Zipper-like unfolding of dsDNA caused by graphene wrinkles

B. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Meng, R. Zhou
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, 3332–3340
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Soft Matter
2019

Topological control of synchronization patterns: Trading symmetry for stability

J. D. Hart, Y. Zhang, R. Roy, A. E. Motter
Physical Review Letters 122, 058301
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization
2018

Identical synchronization of nonidentical oscillators: When only birds of different feathers flock together

Y. Zhang, A. E. Motter
Nonlinearity 31, R1–R23
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization
2017

Asymmetry-induced synchronization in oscillator networks

Y. Zhang, T. Nishikawa, A. E. Motter
Physical Review E 95, 062215
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Synchronization

Graphene-induced pore formation on cell membranes

G. Duan, Y. Zhang, B. Luan, J. K. Weber, R. W. Zhou, Z. Yang, L. Zhao, J. Xu, J. Luo, R. Zhou
Scientific Reports 7, 42767
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Soft Matter
2016

Folding and stabilization of native-sequence-reversed proteins

Y. Zhang, J. K. Weber, R. Zhou
Scientific Reports 6, 25138
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗ Soft Matter

DNA translocation through single-layer boron nitride nanopores

Z. Gu, Y. Zhang, B. Luan, R. Zhou
Soft Matter 12, 817
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Soft Matter

Stirring by multiple cylinders in potential flow

Z. Lin, Y. Zhang
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 794, 552
PDF ↗ arXiv ↗
2014

Bio-mimicking of proline-rich motif applied to carbon nanotube reveals unexpected subtleties underlying nanoparticle functionalization

Y. Zhang, C. A. Jimenez-Cruz, J. Wang, Z. Yang, B. Zhou, R. Zhou
Scientific Reports 4, 7229
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Soft Matter
2013

Capability of charge signal conversion and transmission by water chains confined inside Y-shaped carbon nanotubes

Y. Tu, H. Lu, Y. Zhang, T. Huynh, R. Zhou
Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 015104
PDF ↗ DOI ↗ Soft Matter