About Me
I am currently an M.Phil. candidate in the AI Thrust at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), supervised by Prof. Hui Xiong, an IEEE and AAAS Fellow and Prof. Sihong Xie. Additionally, I collaborate closely with with Dr. Yongqiang Chen at CMU-CLeaR group. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the School of Mathematics at Sun Yat-Sen University.
My current research focuses on utilizing Data Mining from a causal view to uncover the mechanisms underlying complex real-world phenomena. And also, I’m interested in Large Language Models, and AI+X applications.
I am seeking a Ph.D. opportunity beginning in Fall 2025. If my research interests align with yours, I would be grateful for the opportunity to discuss the possibility of working together as an advisee. Please feel free to reach out if you would be open to an interview or further conversation.
News
- 2024.10: Submitted a paper about LLMs and Causal Discovery to ICLR’25 as first author. Thanks Yongqiang and Chenxi for their help!
Publications & Preprint
Improving Portfolio Analysis with Instrumented Principal Component Analysis
Junyi Li, Wenting Zhou, Haoqian Li, Haisheng Yang
Quantitative Finance and Risk Management, Capital University of Economics and Business, 2023
Education
- - Master of Philosophy, Department of Artificial Intelligence
- - Supervisor: Prof. Hui Xiong, Co-supervisor: Prof. Sihong Xie
- - Bachelor of Statistic, School of Mathematic
- - Member of Southern China Center for Statistical Science, Supervised by Prof. Haisheng Yang
Internships
- 2022.10 - 2023.01 Data Analytics Intern @ China Guangfa Bank (CGB)
- 2022.07 - 2022.08 Data Analytics Intern @ Digital Guangdong, China Electronics Corporation
- 2022.07 - 2022.08 Trainee @ Guangdong Digital Government Construction Talent Training Programme (广东数字政府建设人才培养计划)
- 2021.07 - 2021.08 Assistant Software Developer @ iFLYTEK South China Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
Honors and Awards
- Finalist, 2022 Mathematical Contest in Modelling (Top 2%) 2022.05
- Team Leader, built a stock prediction model based on GRU and LSTM; built a trading strategy algorithm based on the Markowitz model, and innovatively introduced risk factors.
Second of the Human-Computer interaction channel in the 2nd Guangzhou Pazhou Algorithm Competition. 2023
Second Prize of the 12th & 13th National Mathematics Competition for College Students 2020.12 & 2021.12
Second Prize of Guangdong Province in the 2021 National College Students Mathematical Modeling Competition 2021.10
Special Scholarship of SYSU School of Mathematics (Top 10%) 2021
SYSU Zhong Youchu Scholarship (Top 10%) 2020
SYSU Third Prize Outstanding Student Scholarship (Top 20%) 2022 & 2020
Outstanding Trainees of Guangdong Digital Government Construction Talent Training Programme (Political and Digital Academy) 2022.08
- Honorable Mention, Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Top 20%) 2021.05
Services
- Conference Reviewer for ICLR’25