About
Zitan Chen received his bachelor's degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2015 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2020. Prior to joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, he was a research scientist with Facebook, Inc. His main research interests include coding theory, information theory, and related topics in theoretical computer science.
Preprints
- Y. Zhu and Z. Chen, “Trellis codes with a good distance profile constructed from expander graphs,” 2026. PDF
- H. Xie and Z. Chen, “Deletion-correcting codes for an adversarial nanopore channel,” 2026. PDF
Recent Publications
Journal Publications
- J. Wang and Z. Chen, “Rack-aware minimum-storage regenerating codes with optimal access,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.
- Z. Chen, “Coding methods for string reconstruction from erroneous prefix-suffix compositions,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, 6:394-402, 2025.
- Y. Yang and Z. Chen, “Reconstruction of multiple strings of constant weight from prefix-suffix compositions,” Entropy, 27(1):39, 2025.
- Z. Chen, “A lower bound on the field size of convolutional codes with a maximum distance profile and an improved construction,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 70(6):4064-4073, 2024.
- Z. Chen, “Convolutional codes with a maximum distance profile based on skew polynomials,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 68(8):5178-5184, 2022.
Conference Publications
- H. Xie and Z. Chen, “Two-deletion correcting codes for nanopore sequencing,” IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-6, 2025.
- Z. Chen, “Coded string reconstruction from erroneous prefix-suffix compositions,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1-6, 2025.
- Y. Yang and Z. Chen, “Reconstruction of multiple strings of constant weight from prefix-suffix compositions,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 897-902, 2024.
- J. Wang and Z. Chen, “Low-access repair of Reed-Solomon codes in rack-aware storage,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1142-1147, 2023.
- Z. Chen, “Rack-aware MSR codes with optimal access,” IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 19-24, 2022.
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
- Introduction to Coding Theory: Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026
- Introduction to Coding and Cryptography: Summer 2022
- Discrete Mathematics: Fall 2021, Fall 2022
Graduate Courses
- Information Theory and Channel Coding: Fall 2024, Fall 2025
- Information Theory: Fall 2023
- Cryptography, Information Security and Privacy: Fall 2022
Contact
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