Minglai Yang
Researcher @ Abaka AI, 2077 AI｜Ex Research @UA CLULAB @Tsinghua KEG｜Working on Reasoning, RL, Agents
- Role
- Member of Technical Staff at Abaka AI
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Minglai Yang
I am a 4.0 GPA Computer Science student at the University of Arizona, specializing in LLM reasoning, RL, interpretability. At CLULAB, I am luckily advised by Prof. Mihai Surdeanu on novel speculative decoding strategies with dynamic copying for large language models (EMNLP 2025 Oral) and investigate the “Physics of Language Models” with Prof. Liangming Pan (EMNLP 2025 Oral). My research at ML4AI LAB and IVILAB spans DARPA’s ToMCAT project (7.5M), advised by Prof. Kobus Barnard, where I integrate physiological signals (fNIRS, EEG) and behavioral data to enhance AI’s Theory of Mind. I am applying to PhDs and research opportunities in NLP, interpretability, and reasoning for Fall 2026. My goal is to develop LLMs that reason more robustly, efficiently, and transparently. If you’re working in this space, I’d love to connect!My Email: m•••••@arizona.edu
Experience
Member of Technical Staff
Jan 2026 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US
Education
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
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