Hello friends! My name is Youjing Yu, currently a PhD student supervised by Dr Guillaume Hennequin at the University of Cambridge. I have done research in modern holography, computer vision, and natural language processing (NLP). I am fortunate to have been advised by Dr Aldo Lipani on my research project on confidence detection in conversational search systems and by Dr Guillaume Hennequin on my Masters’ project on Webcam-based Eye Tracking for Psychophysics Experiments.

In my free time, I have been a member of choir, chinese orchestra, tennis team and badminton team. I also play Guzheng (an ancient Chinese instrument) and the violin, and have been taking German lessons for four years. Feel free to get in touch if you want to know more about me! And don’t forget to check out my research experiences, extra-curricular activities, courses taken and CV here!

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Publications

• Yu, Youjing, Zhengxiang Shi, and Aldo Lipani. “Understanding Users’ Confidence in Spoken Queries for Conversational Search Systems.” In International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, pp. 405-418. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
• Yu, Youjing, Rui Xia, Qingxi Ma, Máté Lengyel and Guillaume Hennequin (in press). “Second-order forward-mode optimization of recurrent neural networks for neuroscience “ In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems.

Education

• PhD (student) in Information and Computer Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2023 -
• MEng in Information and Computer Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2023
• BA in Information and Computer Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2022
• A-Levels, Science Stream, Hwa Chong Institution, 2018
• Secondary Education, Science Stream, Anderson Secondary School, 2016

Awards

• Cambridge University Research Scholar - Oct 2023
• Trinity College Internal Graduate Scholarship – Aug 2023;
• Trinity College Mathison Prize - Aug 2023;
• Trinity College Richard and Valery Garrett Prize - Aug 2023;
• Prince of Wales Student Award - July 2023;
• Trinity College Examination Prize - July 2023;
• AT&T Prize for Information and Communications Engineering - June 2023;
• Cambridge University Trinity College Senior Scholar - July 2022;
• Trinity College Examination Prize - July 2022;
• Trinity College Summer Studentship - Mar 2022;
• Cambridge University Trinity College Senior Scholar - July 2021;
• Trinity College Examination Prize - July 2021;
• Cambridge Trust Overseas Scholarship - Mar 2019;
• Trinity College Overseas Bursary - Mar 2019;
• Hwa Chong Diploma with Distinction - 2018;
• Singapore Science and Engineering Fair Silver Award - March 2018;
• Singapore Youth Festival Gold Award - May 2017;

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Programming Languages
  • Ocaml
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • MATLAB
  • C++
  • SQL
• Web Design
  • Bootstrap
  • CSS
  • jQuery
• Languages
  • English (Full working proficiency)
  • Chinese (Native)
  • German (Intermediate)