Zhonghui Li  |  李忠辉

I am currently an Associate Professor at School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Anhui University. I received the B.S. degree from the School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, in 2018, and received my Ph.D. degree from the School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2023, supervised by Prof. Kaiping Xue. From Jun. 2023 to May. 2025, I am a postdoctoral fellow with the School of Information Science and Technology, USTC. I focus on the research field of quantum information and intelligent computing, and my current research interests include quantum-safe security, quantum networking, distributed quantum computing, and quantum artificial intelligence. So far, I have published more than 30 papers in international journals or conferences, such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN), IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), IEEE Network, and China Communications. In addition, I have been invited many times to be a reviewer for international journals, such as npj Quantum Information, IEEE ToN, IEEE TCOM, IEEE Network, IEEE TNSM, IEEE TNSE, China Communications, Quantum Machine Intelligence, and Quantum Information Processing.

Research Directions: Quantum-safe Security, Quantum Networking, Distributed Quantum Computing, Quantum Artificial Intelligence.

• 2026-06 Our paper "Q-Tag: Watermarking Quantum Circuit Generative Models" was accepted by SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences! 🎉 Paper
• 2026-05 Our paper "Quantum-resistant medical data protection scheme integrating ML-KEM and blockchain" was accepted by Journal of Cybersecurity! 🎉 Paper
• 2026-05 Our paper "MixED: A Mixed Entanglement Distribution Design for Efficient Quantum Teleportation in Quantum Communication Networks" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications! 🎉 Paper
• 2026-04 Our paper "A Review of Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms across Diverse Quantum Computing Architectures" was accepted by Journal of National University of Defense Technology! 🎉 Paper
• 2026-01 I became an Associate Professor at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Anhui University! 🎉 New Position
• 2025-12 Our paper "QuIKS: Near-Zero Latency Key Supply with Adaptive Buffering for Resource-Efficient Quantum Key Distribution Networks" was accepted by IEEE INFOCOM 2026! 🎉 Paper
• 2025-11 Our paper "Distributed Entanglement Routing Scheme with Fidelity Guarantee in Quantum Networks" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering! 🎉 Paper
• 2025-10 Our project received support from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology! 🎉 Funding
• 2025-09 Our academic work, "Quantum Information Networks: From Fundamental Principles to Innovative Applications", received support from the National Science and Technology Academic Works Publishing Fund! 🎉 Book
• 2025-07 My students won Second Prize and a Winning Prize in the 4th CCF Quantum Computing Programming Challenge! 🎉 Award
• 2025-05 I completed my postdoctoral research and joined the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Anhui University.

• Advanced Language Programming

  Required First-year Undergraduate
• Principles of Quantum Communication

  Elective Third-year Undergraduate
• Introduction to Quantum Computing

  Elective Third-year Undergraduate

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  MixED: A Mixed Entanglement Distribution Design for Efficient Quantum Teleportation in Quantum Communication Networks

  Zhonghui Li, Jian Li, Kaiping Xue*, Hyundong Shin*.

  IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 74, pp. 9376-9390, 2026
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  Decentralized Key Management and Service in Quantum Key Distribution Networks: An Experimental Implementation

  Jian Li, Peng Zheng, Zhonghui Li*, Yuqi Yang, Nenghai Yu, Qibin Sun, and Jun Lu.

  IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 2782–2797, 2025
• 4
  NarrowGap: Reducing Bottlenecks for End-to-End Entanglement Distribution in Quantum Networks

  Zhonghui Li, Jian Li*, Kaiping Xue*, Lutong Chen, Nenghai Yu, Qibin Sun, and Jun Lu.

  IEEE Transactions on Networking, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 162–177, 2025
• 3
  Efficient Remote Entanglement Distribution in Quantum Networks: A Segment-based Method

  Zhonghui Li, Kaiping Xue*, Jian Li, Nenghai Yu, David S. L. Wei, and Ruidong Li.

  IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 249–265, 2024
• 2
  Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Networks: Mechanics, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Research Directions

  Zhonghui Li, Kaiping Xue*, Jian Li, Lutong Chen, Ruidong Li, Zhaoying Wang, Nenghai Yu, David S. L. Wei, Qibin Sun, and Jun Lu.

  IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 2133–2189, 2023
• 1
  Connection-oriented and Connectionless Remote Entanglement Distribution Strategies in Quantum Networks

  Zhonghui Li, Kaiping Xue*, Jian Li, Nenghai Yu, David S. L. Wei, and Ruidong Li.

  IEEE Network, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 150–156, 2022

• Outstanding Paper Award, China Association for Science and Technology, Ranked 1/8 — Oct 2022
• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Anhui Province, Ranked 1/2 — Feb 2025
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'25), Ranked 6/7 — Jun 2025
• Second Prize, The 4th CCF Quantum Computing Programming Challenge, Ranked 2/3 — Jul 2025
• Winning Prize, The 4th CCF Quantum Computing Programming Challenge, Ranked 1/3 — Jul 2025

• TPC Member: IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2024, 2025, 2026
• TPC Member: International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2025, 2026
• TPC Member: International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WC&SP), 2024
• TPC Member: IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (IEEE/CIC ICCC), 2025
• Session Chair: International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WC&SP), 2024
• Reviewer:Nature Review Physics, npj Quantum Information, IEEE Network, IEEE JSAC, IEEE TCOM, China Communications, IEEE TNSM, IEEE ToN, IEEE TQE, Quantum Information Processing, Advanced Quantum Technology, etc.