Yougang Lyu
Scholar

Yougang Lyu

Google Scholar ID: vh2AP8gAAAAJ
University of Amsterdam
Natural Language ProcessingLarge Language ModelsInformation Retrieval
Citations & Impact
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Citations
213
 
H-index
7
 
i10-index
6
 
Publications
14
 
Co-authors
13
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications: 'Towards Empathetic Conversational Recommender Systems' (RecSys 2024, Best Full Paper Award), 'Cognitive Biases in Large Language Models for News Recommendation' (ROEGEN @ RecSys 2024), 'MACPO: Weak-to-Strong Alignment via Multi-Agent Contrastive Preference Optimization' (ICLR 2025), etc. Awards: Best Full Paper Award, Recsys 2024; Best Full Paper Nomination Award, CCIR 2023.
Research Experience
  • Position: PhD student; Work Experience: Conducted doctoral research at the University of Amsterdam; Research Projects: Including but not limited to empathetic conversational recommender systems, cognitive biases in LLMs for news recommendation, multi-agent contrastive preference optimization, etc.
Education
  • Degree: PhD; Institution: University of Amsterdam; Advisors: Prof. Maarten de Rijke, Prof. Zhaochun Ren; Time: Recently completed; Major: Not explicitly mentioned
Background
  • Research Interests: Aligning large language models (LLMs) and exploring their applications in information retrieval and recommender systems; Professional Field: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing; Summary: Aiming to bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world deployment by advancing the development of trustworthy next-generation language agents.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests and hobbies not mentioned. Currently on the job market.