PhD Student · MIRA Lab

Hello, I'm Zijie Geng

I am a Ph.D. student at the School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, USTC, working in MIRA Lab under the supervision of Prof. Jie Wang.

My current research focuses on Agent and LLM Post-training. Previous works span Learning to Optimize and AI4EDA.

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About Me

Bio

I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Previously, I received my Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from School of the Gifted Young (SGY) at USTC in 2022. I am pursuing my Ph.D. in MIRA Lab at USTC, under the supervision of Prof. Jie Wang.

Research Focus

My current research focuses on Agent and LLM Post-training. I also have a background in learning-based optimization (L2O) and AI for EDA, with prior work on MILP solving, chip placement, and LLM inference efficiency.

Keywords: Agent · LLM Post-training · Reasoning · Combinatorial Optimization · AI4EDA
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Education

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
University of Science and Technology of China 2024 – Present
M.S. Candidate, Electronic Engineering and Information Science
University of Science and Technology of China 2022 – 2024
B.S., Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, School of the Gifted Young
University of Science and Technology of China 2018 – 2022
High School
Xuzhou No. 1 Middle School 2016 – 2018

Awards

2024 National Scholarship
2022 MSRA Stars of Tomorrow
2021 S.-T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest (Analysis and PDEs), Outstanding Prize
2020 The Chinese Mathematics Competitions (CMC), First Prize in Anhui Province
2020 S.-T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest (Applied and Computational Mathematics), Outstanding Prize

Experience

Noah's Ark Lab, Huawei Technologies
Research Intern 2023/08 – Present

Working in the Decision Making & Reasoning group. Mentor: Siyuan Xu.

Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA)
Research Intern 02/2022 – 12/2022

Worked in the DRL group and MSR AI4Science. Mentors: Shufang Xie and Yingce Xia. Awarded "MSRA Stars of Tomorrow".

Nanjing Truezir Software Technology Co., Ltd.
Shareholder & Executive 11/2020 – Present

Co-founded with friends after high school. Goal: "Bring People Together, Make The World Better." Developed TalesStreet and other products.