Yingru LI

Yingru LI

Research Scientist

ByteDance, Singapore

About me

I am a Research Scientist at ByteDance, Singapore. I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) under the supervision of Prof. Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo. Previously, I was a research intern at Microsoft Research and Tencent AI & Robotics X.

Research Vision

I develop intelligent agents that reliably interact with complex environments. Through advances in reinforcement learning, optimization, and LLM reasoning & planning, I bridge foundational theory with scalable algorithms for trustworthy decision-making.

Recent Honors

  • Presidential PhD Fellowship
  • Tencent AI PhD Fellowship
  • Best Paper Award, 2024 Daoyuan Academic Forum
  • Best Student Paper Award, 2024 IEEE SAM

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Interests
  • Large-Scale Machine Learning
  • LLM Reasoning & Agents
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Probability & Optimization
Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2025

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • M.S. & B.E. with Honors, 2020

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Contact

szrlee [at] gmail [dot] com