Ziran Yang | 杨子然

I am currently an undergraduate student majoring in Artificial Intelligence at Yuanpei College, Peking University. I am now guided by Prof. Yaodong Yang, while I am also fortunate to be a member of the Tong Class (an elite AI program led by Prof. Song-Chun Zhu).

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Research Overview

My current research focuses on how we can characterize and control the behavior of astonishingly complex AI systems, particularly those driven by Large Language Models. This is especially pertinent in areas beyond supervised learning, such as employing Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory to help align LLMs in context of Trustworthy AI or enhance their capabilities in long-horizon reasoning for LLM agents.
I am also interested in Multimodal Models and embodied AI, particularly in how these systems perceive and model the world.

Publications

	Red Teaming Game: A Game-Theoretic Framework for Red Teaming Language Models Chengdong Ma, Ziran Yang, Minquan Gao, Hai Ci, Jun Gao, Xuehai Pan, Yaodong Yang Under Review
	Panacea: Pareto Alignment via Preference Adaptation for LLMs Yifan Zhong, Chengdong Ma, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Ziran Yang, Qingfu Zhang, Siyuan Qi, Yaodong Yang, Under Review

Experience

	UCSD Halicioglu Data Science Institute 2024.04 - Present Visiting Research Intern Advisor: Prof. Zhiting Hu
	PAIR Lab: PKU Alignment and Interaction Research Lab 2023.05 - Present Research Intern Advisor: Prof. Yaodong Yang
	Tong Class, Peking University 2021.09 - Present Undergraduate Student Advisor: Prof. Yixin Zhu, Prof. Song-Chun Zhu

Before 2022

Ministry of Education Talent Program Thesis

I was selected for the Ministry of Education Talent Program and conducted research in the math track guided by Falai Chen at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) during my high school years.

I was also selected as the Outstanding Thesis of the National Math Forum 2019 of the Ministry of Education Talent Program.

Selected Awards

2024: Fifth Yuanpei Young Scholar Award

2023: Peking University Institute for Artificial Intelligence Annual Technology Day: Best Innovation Award

2023: Peking University Learning Excellence Award

2023: Peking University Shu Qi Scholarship

2022: Peking University Learning Excellence Award

2022: Peking University Lee Wai Wing Scholarship

2021: Peking University Freshman Scholarship

2020: Chinese High School Mathematics League: First Prize

2019: Ministry of Education Talent Program: annual Outstanding Thesis

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