About Me

My name is You (Fred) Peng. I am a passionate PhD student in CSE at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), supervised by Prof.Binhang Yuan. I got my BSc degrees in Data Science as well as Statistics from the University of Toronto (UofT).

I am skilled in extracting and analyzing data, and I have over two years of experience in machine learning and data science. My research interest currently focused on database related LLM Agent and ML system. I’m also interested in FinTech and preparing for the CFA Level II exam.

Education

  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    September 2024 to Present
    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering

  • University of Toronto
    September 2019 to June 2024
    BSc in Data Science Specialist
    BSc in Statistics Major
    GPA: 3.9/4.0, four consecutive years of Dean’s List Scholar

Experience

  • Fidelity Investments Canada, Toronto, Canada
    May 2022 to April 2023
    Position: Machine Learning Analytics
    Project: Funds Recommendation System

  • Apache IoTDB
    July 2020 to July 2021
    Position: Database Assistant Intern
    Project: Session Python API, Data Importer

Publications

  • TQA-Bench: Evaluating LLMs for Multi-Table Question Answering with Scalable Context and Symbolic Extension (2024)
    Zipeng Qiu, You Peng, Guangxin He, Binhang Yuan, Chen Wang
    Paper

  • Zero-Indexing Internet Search Augmented Generation for Large Language Models (2024)
    Guangxin He, Zonghong Dai, Jiangcheng Zhu, Binqiang Zhao, Qicheng Hu, Chenyue Li, You Peng, Chen Wang, Binhang Yuan
    Paper

Hobbies

I like fencing and playing badminton for sports. And I also love movies and R&B music. There’s a quote in my favourite movie Interstellar says: “Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.” It was about exploring the space but it reminds us that our destiny lies beyond our current limitations, whether in space or through AI. I’m ready to take part in pushing the boundaries of AI.