Scholar
Emmy Liu
Google Scholar ID: ecgFZpoAAAAJ
PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University
Citations & Impact
Citations
485
H-index
9
i10-index
9
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Supported by NSERC PGS-D Fellowship and SoftBank Group–Arm Fellowship; Previously supported by CMU Presidential Fellowship and NEC Fellowship.
Research Experience
- Interned at Meta, working with Chenyan Xiong and Scott Wen-tau Yih; Visited Lingo lab at MIT in the summer of 2023, worked with Jacob Andreas there.
Education
- PhD: Language Technologies Institute at CMU, advised by Graham Neubig; Undergraduate: University of Toronto.
Background
- Research interests: How language models develop complex capabilities during training, drawing parallels with human cognitive development. Specific research directions include: (1) how to assess whether models truly understand language beyond pattern matching, particularly for figurative language and compositional reasoning; (2) how different capabilities emerge during pretraining; (3) how to design targeted interventions that improve specific capabilities without degrading others.
Miscellany
- Feel free to contact at emmy@cmu.edu if interested in collaborating or chatting about research. Also happy to give advice for people who are starting out in research.
Co-authors