Hello! 👋

My name is Yanxin(Amber) Lu, and I am currently a senior undergraduate student majoring in Computer Engineering at Zhejiang University - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Joint Institute (ZJU-UIUC). During my junior year, I had the privilege of spending an exchange year at UIUC, which greatly enriched my academic and practical experience.

During the exchange year, I participated in the SciCode project under Prof. Hao Peng, where we developed a coding benchmark for evaluating language models’ ability to solve complex, real-world scientific problems. This work has been accepted by NeurIPS 2024. Additionally, I worked with Prof. Tong Zhang on projects aimed at improving LLMs’ reasoning abilities and evaluating LLM’s performance in research scenarios. In Summer 2024, I interned at Lilith Games, where I worked on applying large language models to automated game testing and machine translation optimization. Currently, for my undergraduate thesis, I am working with Prof. Qiang Zhang to explore molecular retrosynthesis using LLMs.

Looking ahead, I am passionate about exploring how large language models can drive innovation in specialized domains. I am actively seeking collaboration opportunities to further refine my expertise and contribute to impactful projects.

Outside of work, my greatest joy comes from spending time with my lovable cat, Putao🍇!

Feel free to reach out if you’d like to connect or discuss potential collaborations!

Research Interest

I am interested in developing and optimizing large language models (LLMs) for real-world applications. My goal is to enhance the trustworthiness and robustness of LLMs, improving human-AI collaboration to ensure that LLMs effectively assist across diverse contexts while maintaining their reliability.

Latest News

• [Nov, 2024] Awarded the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship.

• [Sep, 2024] SciCode accepted at NeurIPS 2024 Datasets and Benchmarks Track.

• [Jan, 2024] Won the Bronze Award at the 9th China International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for ChatScratch.

• [Nov, 2023] Awarded the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship.