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Ying-Cheng Lai is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to physics and astronomy, with a substantial number of publications in statistical and nonlinear physics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and artificial intelligence. Additionally, their work spans astronomy and astrophysics as well as global and planetary change.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, including neural networks and reservoir computing, neural dynamics and brain function, ecosystem dynamics and resilience, nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, topological materials and phenomena, quantum and electron transport phenomena, and complex network analysis techniques.

Ying-Cheng Lai has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Frequent places of publication include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Research, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, and Nature Communications.

Co-authorship forms an important part of their work, with frequent collaborators including Ling-Wei Kong, Zheng-Meng Zhai, Mohammadamin Moradi, Cullan Howlett, and Alejandro Avilés.

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with topics in cosmology, quantum phenomena, and chaotic systems. Notable papers include:

  • DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations, 2025, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • DESI 2024 IV: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from the Lyman alpha forest, 2025, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • A Chirality-Based Quantum Leap, 2022, ACS Nano
  • DESI 2024 III: baryon acoustic oscillations from galaxies and quasars, 2025, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Long-term prediction of chaotic systems with machine learning, 2020, Physical Review Research

Best Publications

  • Cascade-based attacks on complex networks.

    Adilson E. Motter;Ying Cheng Lai

  • The control of chaos: theory and applications

    S. Boccaletti;C. Grebogi;Ying-Cheng Lai;H. Mancini

  • Heterogeneity in Oscillator Networks: Are Smaller Worlds Easier to Synchronize?

    Takashi Nishikawa;Adilson E. Motter;Ying Cheng Lai;Frank C. Hoppensteadt

  • Exact controllability of complex networks

    Zhengzhong Yuan;Chen Zhao;Zengru Di;Wen Xu Wang;Wen Xu Wang

  • Transient Chaos: Complex Dynamics on Finite Time Scales

    Ying-Cheng Lai;Tamás Tél

  • Onset of traffic congestion in complex networks

    Liang Zhao;Liang Zhao;Ying-Cheng Lai;Kwangho Park;Nong Ye

  • Topology of the conceptual network of language

    Adilson E. Motter;Alessandro P S De Moura;Alessandro P S De Moura;Ying Cheng Lai;Partha Dasgupta

  • Controlling Complex Networks: How Much Energy Is Needed?

    Gang Yan;Jie Ren;Jie Ren;Ying-Cheng Lai;Choy Heng Lai

  • Attack vulnerability of scale-free networks due to cascading breakdown.

    Liang Zhao;Liang Zhao;Kwangho Park;Ying Cheng Lai

  • Predicting Catastrophes in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems by Compressive Sensing

    Wen Xu Wang;Rui Yang;Ying Cheng Lai;Ying Cheng Lai;Vassilios Kovanis

  • Generic behavior of master-stability functions in coupled nonlinear dynamical systems

    Liang Huang;Qingfei Chen;Ying-Cheng Lai;Louis M. Pecora

  • Data based identification and prediction of nonlinear and complex dynamical systems

    Wen Xu Wang;Wen Xu Wang;Ying-Cheng Lai;Ying-Cheng Lai;Celso Grebogi

  • Optimizing controllability of complex networks by minimum structural perturbations

    Wen Xu Wang;Wen Xu Wang;Xuan Ni;Ying-Cheng Lai;Ying-Cheng Lai;Celso Grebogi

  • OBSERVABILITY OF LAG SYNCHRONIZATION OF COUPLED CHAOTIC OSCILLATORS

    Saeed Taherion;Ying Cheng Lai

  • Asymmetrically interacting spreading dynamics on complex layered networks

    Wei Wang;Ming Tang;Hui Yang;Younghae Do

  • Riddling Bifurcation in Chaotic Dynamical Systems.

    Ying Cheng Lai;Celso Grebogi;James A. Yorke;S. C. Venkataramani

  • Universal model of individual and population mobility on diverse spatial scales

    Xiao Yong Yan;Wen Xu Wang;Zi You Gao;Ying-Cheng Lai

  • Connectivity distribution and attack tolerance of general networks with both preferential and random attachments

    Zonghua Liu;Ying-Cheng Lai;Nong Ye;Partha Dasgupta

  • Synchronization of chaotic trajectories using control

    Ying-Cheng Lai;C. Grebogi

  • Propagation and immunization of infection on general networks with both homogeneous and heterogeneous components

    Zonghua Liu;Ying-Cheng Lai;Nong Ye

  • Noise Bridges Dynamical Correlation and Topology in Coupled Oscillator Networks

    Jie Ren;Wen Xu Wang;Baowen Li;Ying-Cheng Lai

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang Huang
Liang Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Celso Grebogi
Celso Grebogi University of Aberdeen
Nong Ye
Nong Ye Arizona State University
Hai-Feng Zhang
Hai-Feng Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Zhao
Liang Zhao Universidade de São Paulo
Baowen Li
Baowen Li Southern University of Science and Technology
Vassilios Kovanis
Vassilios Kovanis Virginia Tech
Tao Zhou
Tao Zhou University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Erik M. Bollt
Erik M. Bollt Clarkson University
Alan Hastings
Alan Hastings University of California, Davis

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