CV

General Information

Full Name Jiancong Xiao (萧建聪)
E-mail jcxiao@upenn.edu; jiancongxiao@link.cuhk.edu.{cn,hk}
Office 231 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Languages English, Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese

Academic Experience

  • 2023 - Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Pennsylvania
    • Hosted by Prof. Qi Long and Prof. Weijie J. Su.

Education

  • 2017 - 2023
    Ph.D. in Computer and Information Engineering
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
    • Advised by Prof. Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo
  • 2014 - 2015
    M.S. in Mathematics
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2010 - 2014
    B.Econ. in Finance, Mathematics Honors Program
    Sun Yat-sen University

Industries Experience

  • 2015-2017
    Financial Engineer
    GF Securities & Futures
    • Worked on option pricing and modeling. This experience helped clarify a strong long-term interest in theoretical research, which led to a transition to Ph.D. training.

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • NeurIPS 2024 FITML Best Paper Runner-up
  • 2023
    • NeurIPS 2023 Scholar Award
  • 2022
    • NeurIPS 2022 Spotlight
  • 2020 - 2023
    • Tencent Ph.D. Scholarship
  • 2021
    • Poster Award of 2021 Graduate Research Conference at CUHK(SZ)
  • 2017 - 2023
    • Postgraduate Scholarship by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
  • 2013
    • Undergraduate Scholarship by Sun Yat-sen University