Yuzhe (Toby) Yang

Learning to Learn

Hi, I am Toby Yang, also go by the name Yuzhe Yang (阳雨哲). I am currently a final-year undergrad at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, majoring in Computer Science and Engineering. During my undergrad studies at CUHK-Shenzhen, I have been fortunate to be advised by Prof. Benyou Wang and to collaborate closely with Prof. Honghai Yu’s team at Nanjing University. I was also a member of TheFinAI, led by Jimin Huang. Prior to that, I had the opportunity to work with Prof. Jianfeng Mao.

Currently, I am seeking a PhD position (2026 Fall). I am also open to research collaborations. If you are interested in my work or would like to discuss potential collaboration opportunities, please feel free to reach out and schedule time with me.

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Learning to Learn
News

06/2025: One paper (FDPT) was accepted to ICCV 2025. See you in Hawaii! 🌴

05/2025: Invited talk at Wisemodel.cn (Special Session by FreedomAI Team in CUHK-Shenzhen).

04/2025: TwinMarket won the Best Paper Award 🏆 at the Advances in Financial AI Workshop @ ICLR 2025.

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Research

Previously, my research was focused on:
(1) Language Model: Human-AI Interaction (UCFE-Benchmark), Agent System (TwinMarket), AI for Scientific Applications (Open-FinLLMs), Trustworthy NLP (SAE-free)
(2) Data Mining: Spatial-Temporal Modeling (FAST-CA), Social Computing

My vision is to build reliable and trustworthy AI systems that bridge the gap between machines and the real world. My focus is on enabling (vision) language model to interact more reliable with humans and their environments, empowering them to understand and simulate the underlying principles of the world. Additionally, I strive to uncover the internal mechanisms of language model to demystify their "black-box" nature, making AI system more interpretable, transparent, and aligned with human values. Through my research, I hope to contribute to the development of AI systems that are not only intelligent but also responsible, ethical, and deeply integrated into our daily lives.

Selected Publications

Discover more on Publications page or Google Scholar. (* indicates equal contribution)

Yuzhe Yang*, Yifei Zhang*, Minghao Wu*, et al.

TwinMarket: A Scalable Behavioral and Social Simulation for Financial Markets

Best Paper Award, ICLR 2025 Workshop on Advances in Financial AI

A multi-agent framework that leverages LLMs to simulate socio-economic systems

Yuzhe Yang*, Yifei Zhang*, Yan Hu*, et al.

UCFE: A User-Centric Financial Expertise Benchmark for Large Language Models

Findings of NAACL 2025

A User-Centric framework designed to evaluate LLMs' ability to handle complex financial tasks

Jiaqi Wu, Simin Chen, Jing Tang, Yuzhe Yang, et al.

FDPT: Federated Discrete Prompt Tuning for Black-Box Visual-Language Models

ICCV 2025

Federated prompt tuning approach for black-box visual-language models

Experiences

UCSB ERIC Lab 2025.07 – Present
Visiting Student
Advised by Prof. Xin Eric Wang
CUHK-Shenzhen NLP Group 2024.06 – Present
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advised by Prof. Benyou Wang and Dr. Yan Hu
Best Paper Award & Travel Grant Award (ICLR 2025 Workshop)
School of Management & Engineering, Nanjing University 2024.08 – 2025.01
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advised by Prof. Honghai Yu
TheFinAI 2024.06 – 2024.10
Researcher
Led by Jimin Huang and Prof. Qianqian Xie
School of Data Science, CUHK-Shenzhen 2023.08 – 2024.06
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advised by Prof. Jianfeng Mao
Undergraduate Research Award (2024, 2025)
Miscellaneous

📸 I am an amateur photographer with an interest in digital, film, and aerial photography, with a special passion for landscape photography 🏔️. You can find my photos on Unsplash 🎞️. Also, you can visit my HDR photo gallery.