Published multiple papers such as 'Cognitive Kernel-Pro: A Framework for Deep Research Agents and Agent Foundation Models Training' and 'WebEvolver: Enhancing Web Agent Self-Improvement with Co-evolving World Model'. Presented several papers at international conferences like EMNLP and ACL. Finalist for the School of Engineering (SENG) PhD Research Excellence Award 2024–25.
Research Experience
Currently a researcher at Tencent AI Lab. Research projects include CognitiveKernel-Pro, WebEvolver, OpenWebVoyager, etc.
Education
Obtained a Ph.D. degree from HKUST in the summer of 2024, supervised by Prof. Yangqiu Song. Previously, a visiting Ph.D. student at EPFL, working with Prof. Antoine Bosselut, and a visiting research scholar at the University of Southern California, working with Prof. Muhao Chen. Received B.E. degree from Zhejiang University in 2019, supervised by Prof. Yang Yang, and was a member of the Advanced Class of Engineering Education (ACEE) in Chu Ko Chen Honors College.
Background
Senior Research Scientist at Tencent AI Lab. Research interests include deep research agents, cognitive kernel, post-training of agent foundation models, and agent data synthesizing.