Robert (Xiangru) Tang
Scholar

Robert (Xiangru) Tang

Google Scholar ID: gGcRkpYAAAAJ
Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
LLM AgentsNLPBioinformaticsLLMsAI Scientists
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Citations
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H-index
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Publications
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • IJCAI 2024 AI for Research Workshop Best Paper Award; ICML 2025 CFAgentic Workshop Best Paper Runner-Up Award; 2025 WAIC Yunfan Award 'Rising Stars'; ICML 2025 Computer Use Agents Travel Grant; ICLR 2025 Financial Assistance.
Research Experience
  • Research intern at Google Search and Google DeepMind; interned at Microsoft and Tencent.
Education
  • Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Yale University, advised by Mark Gerstein; Master's in Computer Science from Yale University, advised by (the late) Dragomir Radev.
Background
  • Research interests include the development of biomedical superintelligence and building AI agents to automate biomedical research. Specific areas include: reasoning-intensive scientific discovery, coding agents, open-ended drug design, etc.
Miscellany
  • Graduate affiliate at Grace Hopper College since 2021.