Yixin Ren

Yixin Ren

About Me

Yixin Ren (任一鑫)
Fourth-year PhD student at Fudan University
Email: yxren21@m.fudan.edu.cn

I am a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at Fudan University, where I work under the supervision of Prof. Shuigeng Zhou. Previously, I completed my B.S. in Automation at University of Science and Technology of China.

I have interned at Alibaba and worked as a research assistant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong under Prof. Yufei Tao. Currently, I collaborate with Dr. Hao Zhang at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) and interned at Huawei Terminal Cloud Department.

My research focuses on causal discovery, statistical inference, and machine learning. I am open to collaboration opportunities, so feel free to reach out.

🔥 Research Interests

  • Causal Discovery: Addressing practical challenges in discovering causal relationships.
  • Statistical Inference: Developing kernel-based hypothesis testing methods.
  • Machine Learning: Focusing on continual learning, recommendation systems, and generative modeling.

📝 Selected Publications

(* denotes equal contribution; full list available on Google Scholar or Publications)

✍️ Academic Service

  • Reviewer: ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, AISTATS

📐 Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant:
    • 2023 Fudan Intensive Summer Course: Foundations of Causal Inference and Discovery
      Instructor: Kun Zhang
      Enrollment: 21 graduate students
    • 2021 Fudan Course: C++ Programming Course
      Instructor: Yonghui Wu

🥇 Awards

  • First Prize, Chinese Mathematics Competitions (CMC), First Place in Anhui Province Preliminary Round

🧩 Miscellaneous

  • In my recent free time, I’ve developed an interest in learning about general relativity.
    My childhood dream was to become a theoretical physicist, but due to life’s circumstances, it has remained a hobby.
  • I appreciate abstract art, particularly Picasso’s works, as well as the elegant simplicity of mathematical structures.
  • I enjoy singing, especially songs by Jacky Cheung, Eason Chan, and more recently, Jian Li.
  • Recently I’ve been interested in using suno ai for music generation.