Canhui Chen (陈灿辉)
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About Me
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2026. I received my bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from the School of Data and Computer Science, Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China, in 2021 (ranked 1/174 during my undergraduate study).
Education
Ph.D. degree, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2021 - 2026
majored in Computer Science at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS)
B.S. degree, Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China, 2017 - 2021
majored in Software Engineering at the School of Data and Computer Science (ranked 1/174)
Yat-Sen Class in Yat-sen Honor College, an elite liberal undergraduate institution of SYSU
Research Interests
My research explores the synergy between AI and blockchain, focusing on building efficient, verifiable, and decentralized AI systems. I develop innovative frameworks that bridge machine learning system design with rigorous blockchain infrastructure, thereby enhancing the computational efficiency, reproducibility, and trustworthiness of AI models. Broadly, my work lies at the intersection of efficient AI inference, blockchain systems, and mechanism design, with an emphasis on applying system-level optimizations to practical distributed networks.
Publications
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Canhui Chen, Zerui Cheng, Xinze Liu, Shutong Qu, and Zhixuan Fang, “ValueMine: A Blockchain-based System for Permissionless and Trustless Computation,” IEEE Transactions on Networking, June 23, 2026.
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Canhui Chen and Zhixuan Fang, “Transaction Collision Mitigation in DAG Blockchains: The Weak-Block Signaling Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Networking, vol. 34, pp. 2818–2833, January 12, 2026.
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Canhui Chen and Zhixuan Fang, “Gacha Game Analysis and Design,” Proceedings of the ACM SIGMETRICS (ACM SIGMETRICS), June 2023. (The idea of this work came to me while I was playing Genshin Impact. I am a loyal Genshin Impact player :D )
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Canhui Chen*, Zerui Cheng*, Shutong Qu, Zhixuan Fang, “Crowdsourcing Work as Mining: A Decentralized Computation and Storage Paradigm,” the 7th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet’23), June 2023, (Poster). (* denotes the equal contributions)
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Canhui Chen, Xu Chen, Zhixuan Fang, “TIPS: Transaction Inclusion Protocol with Signaling in DAG-Based Blockchain,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). 2022.
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Jiayuan Liu*, Canhui Chen*, Lulu Zhou, Zhixuan Fang, “Real-Time Recursive Routing in Payment Channel Network: A Bidding-based Design,” Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt’22). 2022. (* denotes the equal contributions)
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Canhui Chen, Qian Ma, Xu Chen, Jianwei Huang, “User Distributions in Shard-based Blockchain Network: Queueing Modeling, Game Analysis, and Protocol Design,” Proceedings of the Twenty-second International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (MobiHoc’21). 2021.
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Canhui Chen, Xu Chen, Jiangshan Yu, Weigang Wu, Di Wu, “Impact of Temporary Fork on the Evolution of Mining Pools in Blockchain Network: A Modeling Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), 2020.
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Canhui Chen, Yihong Ling, Deyang Zhang, Nini Shi, Yunong Zhang, “Noisy Zhang-Dynamics (ZD) Method for Genesio Chaotic (GC) System Synchronization: Elegant Analyses and Unequal-Parameter Extension,” Proceedings of IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2019.
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Jianzhen Xiao*, Canhui Chen*, Yunong Zhang, “Continuous ZND (Zhang Neural Dynamics) Model for Generalized Sinkhorn Scaling of Time-Varying Matrix,” IEEE 11th International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing (ICICIP), 2021. (* denotes the equal contributions)
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Selected Awards
China National Scholarship, by Ministry of Education of China, 2023
Excellent Social Practice Scholarship, by Tsinghua University, 2023
China National Scholarship, by Ministry of Education of China, 2020
China National Scholarship, by Ministry of Education of China, 2019
Li Xuerou Foundation Scholarship, by Li Xuerou Foundation, 2020 (the only one in School of Data and Computer Science SYSU 2020)
Professional Activities
Technical Reviewer
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)
IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN)
Scientific Reports
The Journal of Supercomputing
Frontiers of Computer Science (FCS)
Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT)
The 16th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA)
Teaching Assistant
Game Theory, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS), Tsinghua