Yubo Zhang

About

Hi! I'm a second-year PhD student at Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, where I'm co-advised by Prof. Jieyu Zhao and Prof. Muhao Chen. Previously, I obtained my BSc degree in Fintech&AI from Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with First Class Honours, where I was advised by Prof. Jing Li.

My current research focuses on safety and fairness in Large Language Models. I'm also interested in broader topics related to Natural Language Processing, Computational Social Science, and Machine Learning.

E-mail: yuboz [at] usc [dot] edu

News

Education

University of Southern California (USC)

2023 - Present

> PhD Student


The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

2019 - 2023

> BSc (HONS) Financial Technology & Artificial Intelligence

> Minor In Applied Mathematics

Experience

Preprints

*Indicating equal contribution

Publications

*Indicating equal contribution

Honours and Awards

  • OpenAI's Researcher Access Program
  • Outstanding Student Award (Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
  • HKGov STEM Internship Scholarship
  • Scholarship from Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scheme (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant, CSCI 572: Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines (Fall 2024), USC

Mentoring

  • Wendy Wu, USC undergraduate (under CURVE program)
  • Shudi Hou, USC master

Services

Reviewer

  • ACL Rolling Review