Jichu Li at the International Conference on Machine Learning

About Me

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I’m Jichu Li, currently an undergraduate student in the Honors Talent Program in Statistics and Data Science at Renmin University of China. I'm also a visiting student at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, hosted by Prof. Zhiyuan Li.

During my research journey, I had the fortune to work with Prof. Difan Zou on learning theory at The University of Hong Kong and Prof. Feng Zhou on multimodal time-series modeling at Renmin University of China.

Research Interests

My research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning theory and optimization. I am dedicated to building a rigorous theoretical understanding of modern optimization algorithms in deep learning, analyzing their convergence, implicit bias, and generalization. At the same time, I am interested in applying these theoretical insights to the design and analysis of large language models (LLMs/MLLMs), including LLM-based approaches for modeling complex sequential and event-based data.

I am currently seeking PhD opportunities in CS/Statistics/IEOR starting 2027 Fall. Please feel free to email me if you’d like to connect!

Contact Information

Email: lijichu52 at gmail dot com

Publications (* equal contribution)

Experiences

Education

Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Sep. 2023 - Jun. 2027 (expected)
  • B.S. in Statistics (GPA: 3.98/4.00, Ranking: 2/160+)
  • School of Statistics
  • B.Econ.(Minor) in Fintech
  • Gaoli Academy, Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence

Research Visiting Experiences

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
July. 2026 - Sep. 2026
  • Visiting student hosted by Prof. Zhiyuan Li (on-site)
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
July. 2025 - Sep. 2025
  • Research intern hosted by Prof. Difan Zou (on-site)

Awards and Honors

(Sep. 2024&2025) National Scholarship. (Twice) (Highest scholarship from the Ministry of Education of China. ¥20000)

(Jul. 2025) HKU Summer Research Stipend. (The University of Hong Kong. HK$ 19600)

(May. 2025) Honorable Mention. (Mathematical Contest in Modeling and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling)

(Dec. 2024) Provincial First Prize. (Mathematics competition of Chinese College Students, CMC)

(Nov. 2024) Provincial First Prize. (Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling)

Professional Services

Conference reviewer

Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS; 2026)
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML; 2026)

Teaching Assistant

Optimization Methods, Fall 2026.

Instructor

Statistical Investigation Association of Renmin University of China (2024-now)

  • Taught Python programming and wrote tutorial articles for student groups at Renmin University of China.
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