Hi there👋. I am Zhikun Xu (许智锟)

I am currently a first-year CS Ph.D. student at School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI), ASU, fortunately advised by Prof. Ben Zhou @ AI Reasoning & Cognition (ARC) Lab. My research focuses on natural language processing and language models. Specifically, I am passionate about pushing the boundaries of reasoning abilities in LLM and LLM + social science applications, which is fundamental in incorporating AI to tackle real-world challenges with humans.

Previously, I did a research internship at Stanford SALT lab with Prof. Diyi Yang. During my master’s study, my research journey was significantly enriched by research internships at AWS Shanghai AI Lab and Institute for Intelligent Computing, Alibaba Group, where I received great support and mentorships from Xiangkun Hu, Ruixue Ding, Prof. Yue Zhang, Prof. Zheng Zhang. I earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied mathematics at School of Mathematical Science, Fudan University in 2021 and 2024, respectively.

News

Sep 2024: One paper accepted in Findings of EMNLP 2024!🎉

Aug 2024: Glad to join AI Reasoning & Cognition (ARC) Lab and be advised by Prof. Ben Zhou

Sep 2023: One paper accepted in NeurlPS 2023 D&B Track!🎉

May 2023: One paper accepted in Findings of ACL 2023!🎉

Miscellaneous

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