Yuzhe (Toby) Yang

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Hi! I did my undergraduate studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where I worked with Prof. Benyou Wang. I was also a visiting student at the UC Santa Barbara NLP Group, where I worked with Prof. Xin Eric Wang.

My research focuses on building (multimodal) language models and agents that think and behave more like humans, especially in scalable and interactive social environments. [Read More] e.g., Social Simulation (NeurIPS25'), Human-AI Interaction (NAACL25'), Multimodal (ICLR26', CVPR26').

Currently, I am seeking an internship opportunities. If you are interested in my work or would like to discuss potential collaborations, please feel free to reach out and schedule time with me.

Email: yuzheyang[at]ucsb[dot]edu · tobyyang7[at]outlook[dot]com

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Selected Publications

Only (co-)first author papers are listed. (* indicates equal contribution)
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Education
University of California, Santa Barbara 2026.09 – 2031.06 (Expected)
Ph.D. in Computer Science
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 2021.09 – 2025.05
B.Eng. in Computer Science & Engineering
Experiences
UCSB NLP Group 2025.07 – 2026.01
Visiting Student
Advised by Prof. Xin Eric Wang
CUHK-Shenzhen NLP Group 2024.06 – 2025.05
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
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.