Yue Xin

Yue Xin

忻岳 | Second-Year Master’s Student

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

Biography

I am a second-year M.S. student at Institute of Media, Information, and Network (min), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, advised by Prof. Hongkai Xiong and Prof. Wenrui Dai. I received my bachelor’s degree in Electronic Science and Technology from SJTU.

I have a keen interest in machine learning and interpretable artificial intelligence. My goal is to identify the fundamental optimization goal of deep learning and construct interpretable machine learning systems through mathematical derivations. Specifically, I aim to establish objective metrics to measure model performance and mathematically deduce the factors that contribute to model performance, guiding the design of neural network architectures.

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Interests
  • Machine Learning
  • Interpretable AI
  • Computer Vision
Education
  • M.S. in Information and Communication Engineering, 2023

    SJTU

  • B.S. in Electronic Science and Technology (major) and Computer Science and Technology (minor), 2019

    SJTU

Publications

GLEAM: Global Share Local Transform MoE for Downstream Transferring With Enhanced Parameter Efficiency
PETL, Transformer, LoRA.
ChebyNet: Boosting Neural Network Fitting and Efficiency through Chebyshev Polynomial Layer Connections
DNNs, Chebyshev Polynomials.
Towards the Dynamics of a DNN Learning Symbolic Interactions
Learning Interaction, Two-Phase Dynamics.

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Institute of Media, Information and Network (min), SJTU
Machine Learning and Computer Vision Intern and Master’s Student
November 2022 – Present Shanghai, China

Advised by Prof. Hongkai Xiong and Prof. Wenrui Dai, my researches include:

  • Proposed ChebyNet, a novel network paradigm to build Chebyshev polynomial connections between general network layers. Specifically, established recursive relatetionship among adjacent layers and polynomial relationship between non-adjacent layers. Comprehensive experiments verify its strong approximation capacity. (ICLR 2025 on submission)
  • Proposed GLEAM, an efficient fine-tuning method for large model parameters. This method leverages the high similarity of parameter matrices in LoRa to construct a low-rank decomposition, further reducing the number of parameters required for fine-tuning while enhancing performance. (AAAI 2025 on submission)
 
 
 
 
 
Feitian Lab, Alibaba Cloud
Interpretable LLM Research Intern
March 2024 – Present Hangzhou, China

Advised by Prof. Jieping Ye, my researches include:

  • Proposed a new paradigm that calculates the importance of different components of few-shot CoT demonstrations using Shapley values, thereby enhancing the inference capability of large models. This approach elucidates the mechanism of CoT in large models and unifies previous research. (NAACL 2025 on submission)
 
 
 
 
 
Interpretable ML Lab, SJTU
Interpretable Machine Learning Intern
February 2022 – November 2023 Shanghai, China

Advised by Prof. Quanshi Zhang, my researches include:

  • Theoretically derived the analytical solution for multi-step adversarial attacks, which explains the reasons behind the optimization difficulties in adversarial training. This is validated through experimental results. (Accepted by AAAI 2024)
  • Theoretically derived the two-stage dynamic interaction process of DNNs, proving that the network learning process gradually encodes interactions of varying complexity. This provides a theoretical foundation for understanding overfitting. (Accepted by NeurIPS 2024)
  • Theoretically derived and validated the robustness of concepts with different complexities.
 
 
 
 
 
SunnyLab, SJTU
Machine Learning and Computer Vision Intern
SunnyLab, SJTU
May 2021 – May 2022 Shanghai, China

Advised by Prof. Chongyang Zhang, my researches include:

  • Developped Swin Transformer based model to implemente instance segmentation of workpiece welding area.
  • Designed a space-time filter to remove false positive samples in pedestrian detection.
  • Developped YOLOv5-based model to detect tower crane, recognize dangerous tower crane, and label electronic fence.

Competitions

The 20th Chinese Graduate Mathematical Modeling Competition
The Mathematical Contest in Modeling
The Huawei Cloud ‘Cloud Pioneers’ Few-Shot Detection Competition
The 12th National College Student Mathematical Competition
The 2nd National ‘August 1st Cup’ Online Mathematics Competition
Chinese Physics Olympiad

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
National Scholarship
Shanghai Jiao Tong University A-Class Excellent Scholarship for Undergraduate
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Scholarship
Shanghai Jiao Tong University B-Class Excellent Scholarship for Undergraduate

Skills

Programming Languages and Frameworks

Python, C++, Matlab, LaTeX, Linux, PyTorch, NumPy, Anaconda, Git, OpenCV

Mathematics

calculus, linear algebra, probability statistics

Language

mandarin (native), English (fluent)

Activities and Leaderships

 
 
 
 
 
Member of School Table Tennis Team
SJTU
September 2019 – Present
 
 
 
 
 
Head Coach of College Table Tennis Team and Club
Zhiyuan College, SJTU
September 2021 – Present
 
 
 
 
 
Captain of College Table Tennis Team
School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, SJTU
September 2021 – December 2023

Contributions include:

  • Third Place in the Team Category at the Tizong Cup in 2021.
  • Second Place in the Team Category at the School Sports Meet in 2022.
 
 
 
 
 
Member of School Track and Field Team
SJTU
September 2020 – May 2021

Contributions include:

  • Second Place in the Men’s 4$\times$100-Meter Relay at the School Sports Meet in 2020.
  • First Place in the Men’s 4$\times$100-Meter Relay at the 2021 Track and Field Athletics Meet.
 
 
 
 
 
Counselor of Physics Subject Camp
SJTU
September 2020 – January 2021