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General Information

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

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer and Information Engineering
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
    • Advised by Prof. Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo
  • M.S. in Mathematics
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Bachelor of Economics, Mathematics Experimental Class
    Sun Yat-sen University

Experience

  • 2023 - Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Pennsylvania
    • Worked with Prof. Qi Long and Prof. Weijie J. Su.
  • 2020 - 2022
    Research Intern
    Tencent AI Lab
    • Worked with Dr. Yanbo Fan.
  • 2016 - 2017
    Finanical Engineer
    GF Sercurities and GF Futures
    • I was a financial engineer for 2 years before I started my Ph.D.
    • I have an FRM certification.

Honors and Awards

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