I am a first-year PhD student in Data Science at City University of Hong Kong,
advised by Prof. Xiangyu Zhao
in the Applied Machine Learning Lab.
My research focuses on scalable reasoning in large language models, with emphasis on
chain-of-thought compression and efficient inference for mathematical reasoning.
Before starting my PhD, I completed an MSc in Venture Creation at CityU and a BEng in
Electrical Engineering and Automation at Nantong University. My research combines
tensor methods, reinforcement learning, and generative AI to build models that reason
reliably under computational constraints.
Research Interests
Scalable Reasoning: Chain-of-thought compression and efficient inference in LLMs
Tensor Methods: High-dimensional data compression and structure discovery
Generative AI: Diffusion models and generative recommendation systems
RL Post-Training: Curriculum learning and verifier-guided optimization
Publications
Renormalization Group Guided Tensor Network Structure SearchAccepted
Maolin Wang, Bowen Yu (co-first authors), et al.
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2026)
Physics-inspired multi-scale framework that achieves state-of-the-art compression ratios
while being 4-600× faster than existing tensor network methods.
Deep Tensor Factorization Revisited: Translation Invariance and Frequency-Limited PriorsUnder Review
Maolin Wang, Bowen Yu (co-first authors), et al.
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2026)
Unified framework integrating dimension-specific convolutions and frequency priors
for robust tensor completion across multiple modalities including hyperspectral images,
fMRI, video, audio, and seismic data.
Education
PhD in Data Science, City University of Hong Kong (2025 - Present)
Advisor: Prof. Xiangyu Zhao | Research: Scalable reasoning in LLMs, tensor methods
MSc in Venture Creation, City University of Hong Kong (2024 - 2025)
Research Assistant at Applied Machine Learning Lab
BEng in Electrical Engineering, Nantong University (2020 - 2024)
Excellent Graduation Thesis Award
News
Nov 2025: One paper accepted to AAAI 2026!
Sept 2025: Started PhD at City University of Hong Kong