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Hi, I'm Wentao.

I am an incoming Ph.D. student (2027 entry) at the College of Future Technology, Peking University, advised by Prof. Lei Ma.

Currently, I study Foundational Mathematical Sciences at Dalian University of Technology (expected graduation: June 2027), and conduct research at Peking University. I previously interned at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. My interests lie in brain-inspired learning, large language models, and reinforcement learning, with a focus on memory-efficient learning and intelligent decision-making.

Incoming Ph.D. · 2027: Peking University, College of Future Technology · Advisor: Prof. Lei Ma.
Major rank
7 / 99
GPA
4.29 / 5.00
Weighted average
92.9 / 100

Research Interests

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Brain-inspired learning

Online local learning rules for temporal credit assignment, with low memory cost and biologically inspired dynamics.

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Language models & reasoning

Decision-making LLMs, long-context restoration, and memory-efficient attention distillation.

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Learning to make decisions

Reinforcement learning for wireless resource allocation and structured combinatorial optimization.

News

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  • 2026.09LinearARD has been accepted to NeurIPS 2026 (CCF-A). I am a co-first author (advisor listed first).
  • 2026.09My doctoral home: Peking University, College of Future Technology · 2027 Ph.D. entry · Advisor: Prof. Lei Ma.
  • 2026MC-TRCM, my first-author work on incomplete mobile and wearable feature views, was accepted to ICONIP 2026.
  • 2026Global Credit Assignment via Dynamical Criticality was accepted to ICML 2026 (first author).
  • 2026.06Earned a bronze medal in Kaggle BirdCLEF+ 2026, following a bronze in March Machine Learning Mania 2026.

Publications

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Published and accepted work, alongside manuscripts under review.

Cooperative edge caching with large language models IEEE TMC

Cooperative Edge Caching with Large Language Model in Wireless Networks

Ning Yang, Wentao Wang, Lingtao Ouyang, Haijun Zhang

Second author (student first; advisor is first author) | Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

IEEE TMC | Accepted

We formulate cooperative multi-base-station edge caching as an LLM-native sequential decision problem, build an SFT+GRPO training pipeline, and design an opportunity-aware reward.

Full publication details

Education

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Peking University

2027 entry

Incoming Ph.D. (2027 entry) · College of Future Technology

Advisor: Prof. Lei Ma

Dalian University of Technology

B.S. in Foundational Mathematical Sciences

Expected graduation: June 2027

Research Experience

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Peking University

Research Intern

Study temporal credit assignment beyond BPTT through online, biologically inspired local learning rules; analyze approximation error, stability, and scalability in recurrent and spiking networks.

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Intern

Research cooperative edge caching, long-context restoration, and decision-making LLMs for wireless communication. Build training pipelines and experiments; contribute to technical writing, figures, and patent materials.

Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

Research Intern

Reviewed representative work on world models and vision-language models, and mapped the main methods and technical directions.

Dalian University of Technology

Undergraduate Researcher

Worked on neural combinatorial optimization for pickup-and-delivery problems, including model design, reinforcement learning, benchmarks, comparative experiments, and manuscript writing.

Honors & Awards

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  • 2026.06Bronze Medal · Kaggle BirdCLEF+ 2026
  • 2026.03Bronze Medal · Kaggle March Machine Learning Mania 2026
  • 2026.02Meritorious Winner · Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)
  • 2025.11National Second Prize · National English Translation Competition
  • 2024.11National First Prize · Asia and Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • 2024.09Provincial First Prize · Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • 2024.01Honorable Mention · Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Service & Activities

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  • Reviewer: Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.
  • Community: Kaggle Competitions Expert.
  • Academic exchange: National University of Singapore summer program.
  • Research training: Core team member of a Liaoning provincial undergraduate innovation project (2024).
Technical skills & selected coursework

Python · MATLAB · Java · PyTorch · Hugging Face Transformers · TRL · Unsloth

Selected coursework: Mathematical Analysis (99), Advanced Algebra (99), Probability (99), Data Structures and Algorithms (99), Optimization (99), Programming and Algorithms (100), Analytic Geometry (100).

GET IN TOUCH

Always open to a good research conversation.

If you share an interest in efficient learning, language models, or intelligent decision-making, feel free to reach out.

shiyanxi1@mail.dlut.edu.cn