Xinglang Zhang

Undergraduate Student, Cyber Science and Engineering

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) · Qiming Experimental Class

About

Hi, I'm Xinglang (Norman) Zhang, a sophomore undergraduate majoring in Cyber Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), supervised by Zikai Song. I'm interested in AI reasoning and logic, and I enjoy exploring how structured thinking and human insight can work together.

I'm naturally proactive and collaborative—I like initiating ideas, working with others, and turning abstract concepts into practical work. Beyond research, I value communication, responsibility, and long-term growth.

I'm still learning, but highly motivated, open to feedback, and always excited by meaningful challenges.

News

Publications

IntervenSim: Intervention-Aware Social Network Simulation for Opinion Dynamics

Yunyao Zhang, Zuocheng Ying, Xinglang Zhang, et al. (Corresponding author: Zikai Song)

arXiv preprint, 2026. Also on arXiv:2604.06600

Introduces an intervention-aware closed-loop simulation framework that jointly models source-side interventions and crowd feedback to better capture evolving opinion dynamics in online social networks.

IntervenSim pipeline figure

Logical Phase Transitions: Understanding Collapse in LLM Logical Reasoning Accepted to ACL 2026

Xinglang Zhang*, Yunyao Zhang*, et al. (Corresponding author: Zikai Song)

ACL 2026 Main Conference, 2026. Also on arXiv:2601.02902

Identifies critical logical complexity thresholds in LLMs and proposes a model-agnostic Logical Complexity Metric (LoCM) alongside a neuro-symbolic curriculum tuning framework.

Logical Phase Transitions

Semantic-Aware Logical Reasoning via a Semiotic Framework ACL 2026 Oral

Yunyao Zhang, Xinglang Zhang, et al. (Corresponding author: Zikai Song)

ACL 2026 Main Conference (Oral), 2026. Also on arXiv:2509.24765

Introduces LogicAgent, a multi-perspective reasoning framework grounded in semiotics, and RepublicQA, a philosophy-inspired benchmark.

LogicAgent

Research Interests

Neural-Symbolic AI, LLM Reasoning, LLM Agents, Computational Social Science, Logical Reasoning, AI safety

Honors & Awards

Technical Skills

PyTorch, Transformers, LoRA, SFT, RLHF, vLLM, Deep Learning

Miscellaneous

Music: I'm a huge fan of Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, and I enjoy collecting their vinyl albums.

Vinyl Collection

Favorite Character: Hachi from Chiikawa. He's cute, positive, hardworking, and kind to everyone around him.

Hachi

Favorite Sport: Ultimate Frisbee 🥏