Biography

Currently I am a first-year graduate student of School of Artificial Intelligence in Nanjing University, advised by Associate Prof. Peng Zhao, and I am a member of the LAMDA Group, led by Prof. Zhi-Hua Zhou.

I received my B.Eng. degree from School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology in June 2026. In the same year, I was admitted to pursue my M.Sc. degree in Nanjing University without entrance examination.

Research Interests

I am interested in understanding and designing practical machine learning methods from a theoretical perspective. My research interests include:

  • Machine Learning
  • Optimization
  • Foundation of Large Language Models

Awards / Honors

  • 2024.09 The 48th Annual World Finals of the ICPC - Rank 24 / 141.
  • 2024.01 The 2023 ICPC Asia-East Continent Final Contest - Gold Medal, Rank 6 / 280.
  • 2023.11 The 2023 ICPC Asia Nanjing Regional Contest - Gold Medal.
  • 2023.11 The 2023 ICPC Asia Shenyang Regional Contest - Gold Medal.
  • 2023.12 National Scholarship.
  • 2023.01 The 2022-2023 ICPC Asia Hong Kong Regional Contest - Silver Medal.
  • 2025.05 CCF Certified Software Professional - Rank 2 / 6616.

Publications

Correspondence

  • Email: yangyf@lamda.nju.edu.cn.
  • Office: Room A522, Artificial Intelligence Building, Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University.
  • Address: State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Xianlin Campus Mailbox 603, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China.