CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, 2020 - 2026

• M.A. in Television, University of the Arts London, 2018 - 2019

• B.Eng. in Industrial Design, Tianjin University, 2013 - 2017

Work experience

• May 2026 - Present: Tenure-track Assistant Professor
  • Zhongguancun Academy, AI & Game Research Group
  • Duties included: Conducted AI and game research, mentored students, and facilitated academic communication both within and outside the group.
• 2024 - 2025: Teaching Fellow
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Duties included: Assisted in AI module, supported the development of course materials, and guided students in lab sessions. Supervised 20 computer science students in their graduation projects.
• June 2024 - August 2024: PhD Buddy
  • Deepmind Research Ready Program
  • Duties included: Maintained regular communication with the project professor, held daily meetings with undergraduates to assist them with research and algorithm-related issues, and collaborated on the research of constrained output problems in large language models.
• January 2023 - October 2023: Research Assistant
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Duties included: Assisted in the Digital Showcase Portfolio Project. Developed a university webpage section for student digital portfolios and provided technical support for video résumés and websites.
• 2021 - 2024: Teaching Assistant
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Duties included: Assisted in Digital Showcase Portfolio Project, working with the project lead to create a new section on the university services webpage guiding students in creating digital portfolios. Provided technical support for students in producing personal video résumés and websites.

Publications

CSP4SDG: Constraint and Information-Theory Based Role Identification in Social Deduction Games with LLM-Enhanced Inference

K. Xu, F. Meng, C. Verbrugge, and S. M. Lucas. (2026). "CSP4SDG: Constraint and Information-Theory Based Role Identification in Social Deduction Games with LLM-Enhanced Inference." AAAI-25.

More than Interactivity: Designing a Critical AI Game Beyond Ludo-Centrism

H. Zhou, F. Meng, K. Kosolapova, and N. Wadrip-Fruin. (2025). "More than Interactivity: Designing a Critical AI Game Beyond Ludo-Centrism." Humanities, vol. 14, no. 4.

Voice-Controlled AI Companions for Natural Language Collaboration in a Survival Game

K. Liu and F. Meng. (2025). "Voice-Controlled AI Companions for Natural Language Collaboration in a Survival Game." 2025 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG).

Constraint Propagation for Reasoning in Single-Player Deduction Games

F. Meng, K. Xu, and S. M. Lucas. (2025). "Constraint Propagation for Reasoning in Single-Player Deduction Games." 2025 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG).

Cluedo AI: Applying Constraint-Solving Methods to Play the Multi-Player Deduction Game Cluedo

F. Meng and S. M. Lucas. (2025). "Cluedo AI: Applying Constraint-Solving Methods to Play the Multi-Player Deduction Game Cluedo." FDG 2025.

Deduction Game Framework and Information Set Entropy Search

F. Meng and S. M. Lucas. (2024). "Deduction Game Framework and Information Set Entropy Search." 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG).

Skills

• Coding
  • Python (Primary)
  • C# (For game development)
• Language
  • English (Fluent)
  • Chinese Mandarin (Native)