Yin, Yutong (尹禹童)

PhD Student, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA E-mail: yutongyin2028@u.northwestern.edu Phone: +1 773-250-4677

About Me

I am a second-year PhD student at Northwestern University under the supervision of Professor Zhaoran Wang. Prior to this, I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence from Peking University, where I collaborated with Professor Xiaotie Deng, Professor Yaodong Yang and Dr. Zhijian Duan. I have also interned with Professor Zhuoran Yang at Yale University and Professor Zhaoran Wang at Northwestern University. My research focuses on machine learning theory, deep learning, large language models, and their interpretability.

Education

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
  PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences | Sept 2023 – Now
  GPA: 3.85/4.0
• Peking University, Beijing, China
  B.E. in Artificial Intelligence, Yuanpei College | Sept 2019 – July 2023
  GPA: 3.65/4.0

Publications

1. Yin, Yutong, and Zhaoran Wang. “Are Transformers Able to Reason by Connecting Separated Knowledge in Training Data?”. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025. [arXiv / Code]
2. Zhong, H., Yin, Y., Zhang, S., et al. “BRiTE: Bootstrapping Reinforced Thinking Process to Enhance Language Model Reasoning.” In Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025. [arXiv]
3. Duan, Z., Tang, J., Yin, Y., Feng, Z., Yan, X., Zaheer, M., & Deng, X. “A Context-Integrated Transformer-Based Neural Network for Auction Design.” In Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2022. [arXiv / Code]

Skills

• Programming: C++, Python, LaTeX
• Frameworks: PyTorch, CUDA, Git
• Theory: Graduate-level Statistics, Algorithmic Game Theory, Machine Learning Theory
• Languages: GRE 324, TOEFL 107