Info

Name Yang Yiliu (杨译琉), Oliver

Education

  • 2020 - 2024
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Bachelor of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence: Systems and Technologies
    • GPA: 3.82/4.00, Major GPA: 3.92/4.00, Rank: 1st/39
    • First Honor, ELITE Stream, Dean's List (2020 - 2024)
    • Graduate-level Courses: Machine Learning Theory, Foundations of Optimization, Pattern Recognition
    • Specialized Stream: Large-scale Artificial Intelligence - Theory and Systems

Experience

  • 2025 Feb - Present
    Safety in Multi-agent LLM System
    MMLab, CUHK
    • Focusing on safety and reliability in multi-agent LLM system.
    • Supervised by Prof. Yue Xiangyu.
  • 2023 Sep - 2024 Jun
    Understanding Generalization in Generative Adversarial Networks
    CSE Department, CUHK
    • Explored the generalization ability of GANs by evaluating the effectiveness of Inception-based metrics such as FID, KID.
    • Demonstrated that Inception Features may fail to capture overfitting, highlighting the need for alternative evaluation methods without neural network reliance.
    • Final Year Project supervised by Prof. Farzan Farnia.
  • 2023 May - Aug
    Machine Unlearning via Continual Learning
    Purdue University
    • Conducted research on machine unlearning by leveraging knowledge distillation and continual learning to mitigate membership inference attacks.
    • Developed efficient unlearning frameworks that preserve model utility while enhancing data privacy
    • Supervised by Prof. Ninghui Li.
  • 2023 Feb - Aug
    Evaluating and Improving Logical Reasoning Ability of LLMs
    CSE Department, CUHK
    • Developed the core code of the LogicAsker framework, an automated system for evaluating and improving logical reasoning in LLMs using atomic logic rules.
    • Implemented fine-tuning procedures that significantly improved reasoning accuracy in LLMs.
    • Supervised by Prof. Michael R. Lyu. Published at EMNLP 2024.
  • 2022 Jun - Aug
    Continual Learning Knowledge Graph Embeddings
    CSE Department, CUHK
    • Developed continual learning techniques for dynamic Knowledge Graph embeddings using Elastic Weight Consolidation and edge replay sampling.
    • Achieved efficient incremental updates with minimal forgetting, adaptable to any embedding method, earning the Best Project Award.
    • Supervised by Prof. James Cheng.
    • [GitHub] [Poster]
  • 2022 Mar - Jun
    Tencent AI Arena Multi-Agent Competition
    CUHK & Tencent
    • Designed and implemented a multi-agent reinforcement learning model for 3v3 battles in Honor of Kings, emphasizing agent cooperation and reward optimization.
    • Organized training strategies under resource constraints for competitive team evaluation.
    • Advised by Prof. Ho-fung Leung.
    • [Competition Website]
  • 2021 May - Aug
    APM: Efficient Approximate Graph Pattern Matching System
    CSE Department, CUHK
    • Developed APM, a scalable C++ system for fast approximate graph pattern matching using neighborhood sampling.
    • Designed algorithms to support general patterns with auto-optimized sampling strategies, outperforming existing methods.
    • Supervised by Prof. James Cheng.
    • [GitHub] [Poster]

ICPC & OI

  • 2020 - 2023
    International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
    CUHK
    • ICPCID
    • 2022-23 Hong Kong Regional (Bronze)
    • 2022-23 Shenyang Regional (Bronze)
    • 2021-22 Macau Regional (Bronze)
    • 2021-22 Kunming Regional (Bronze)
    • Coach: Prof. Siu On Chan
  • 2017 - 2019
    Olympiad in Informatics (OI)
    • OIerDb
    • 2019 CCF CSP-S (First Prize)
    • 2019 IOI CTSC (Bronze)
    • 2019 CCF Winter Camp (Bronze)
    • 2018 NOIP (First Prize)

Academic Interests

  • Natural Language Processing
    • Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs)
    • LLM Agents
  • Theoretical Computer Science
    • Algorithms
    • Complexity
  • Machine Learning
    • Learning and Optimization Theory
    • Reinforcement Learning

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • ELITE Stream Scholarship
    • Talent Development Scholarship
    • APEC Scholarship
    • Gold Award for Outstanding Academic Performance
    • Scholarship for Academic Excellence
  • 2023
    • HKSAR Government Scholarship
    • ELITE Stream Scholarship
    • Dean's List 2022-23
    • Scholarship for Academic Excellence
    • Bronze Award in ICPC Regional Hong Kong Site
    • Professor Charles K. Kao Research Exchange Scholarship
  • 2022
    • Bronze Award in ICPC Regional Shenyang Site
    • ELITE Stream Scholarship
    • Dean's List 2021-22
    • Scholarship for Academic Excellence
    • Bronze Award in ICPC Regional Kunming Site
    • Bronze Award in ICPC Regional Macau Site
  • 2021
    • ELITE Stream Scholarship
    • Dean's List 2020-21
    • Talent Development Scholarship
    • APEC Scholarship
  • 2018 - 2019
    • First Prize in CCF CSP 2019
    • Second Prize in CPhO in Provinces 2019
    • Second Prize in CMO in Provinces 2019
    • Bronze Medal in IOI CTSC 2019
    • Bronze Medal in CCF Winter Camp 2019
    • First Prize in NOIP 2018

Other Interests

  • Traveling
  • Philosophy
  • Music
  • Cycling