Weiqi Chu

Weiqi Chu

Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics weiqichu[at]umass[dot]edu

Publications

Preprints

  1. Weiqi Chu, and Matthew Dobson. “What do bouncing balls tell us about the universe? A journey into billiard systems.” arXiv:2508.18519 (2025) [Arxiv]
  2. Grace J. Li, Jiajie Luo, and Weiqi Chu, “Bounded-confidence models of multi-dimensional opinions with topic-weighted discordance.” arXiv:2502.00284 (2025) [Arxiv] (accepted to SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems)
  3. Weiqi Chu, and Mason A. Porter. “Bounded-confidence opinion models with random-time interactions.” arXiv:2409.15148 (2024). [Arxiv]

Publications

  1. Ning Jiang, Weiqi Chu, and Yao Li. “Modeling, inference, and prediction in compartmental models for epidemiology.” SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 85.5 (2025). [Arxiv] [Journal]
  2. Su Yang, Weiqi Chu, and Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, “An epidemical model with nonlocal spatial infections,” Proceedings of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, vol.3 (2024). [Arxiv] [Journal]
  3. Weiqi Chu, Qin Li, and Mason A. Porter. “Inference of interaction kernels in mean-field models of opinion dynamics.” SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 84.3 (2024). [Arxiv] [Journal]
  4. Weiqi Chu, and Mason A. Porter. “A density description of a bounded-confidence model of opinion dynamics on hypergraphs.” SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 83.6 (2023): 2310-2328. [Arxiv] [Journal]
  5. Weiqi Chu, and Mason A. Porter. “Non-Markovian models of opinion dynamics on temporal networks.” SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems 22.3 (2023): 2624-2647. [Arxiv][Journal]
  6. Weiqi Chu, Hangjie Ji, Qining Wang, Chang-Jin Kim, and Andrea L. Bertozzi. “Electrohydrodynamics modeling of droplet actuation on a solid surface by surfactant-mediated electrodewetting.” Physical Review Fluids 8.7 (2023): 073701. [Arxiv] [Journal]
  7. Weiqi Chu, and Xiantao Li. “A projection-based reduced-order method for electron transport problems with long-range interactions.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 155.11 (2021): 114105. [Arxiv] [Journal]
  8. Weiqi Chu, and Xiantao Li. “Nonlinear constitutive models for nano-scale heat conduction.” Multiscale Modeling & Simulation: A SIAM Interdisciplinary Journal 19.1 (2021): 533–549. [Arxiv] [Journal]
  9. Weiqi Chu, and Xiantao Li. “Reduced-order modeling approach for electron transport in molecular junctions.” Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 16.6 (2020): 3746–3756. [Arxiv] [Journal]
  10. Weiqi Chu, and Xiantao Li. “The Mori–Zwanzig formalism for the derivation of a fluctuating heat conduction model from molecular dynamics.” Communications in Mathematical Sciences 17.2 (2019): 539–563. [Arxiv] [Journal]
  11. Weiqi Chu, and Xiantao Li. “On the asymptotic behavior of the kernel function in the generalized Langevin equation: a one-dimensional lattice model.” Journal of Statistical Physics 170.2 (2018): 378–398. [Arxiv] [Journal]