Yixuan Li

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I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, where I am fortunate to be advised by the amazing Dr. Elizabeth Polgreen and funded by the School of Informatics. Before Edinburgh, I completed an M.Sc. (with Distinction) in Image and Video Communications and Signal Processing at the University of Bristol. Prior to that, I earned a B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from Xidian University.

I broadly research techniques at the intersection of large language models (LLMs), formal methods, and programming languages. My focus is on developing novel techniques, applications, and theory that makes user-friendly automated reasoning frameworks.

๐Ÿš€ I am on the job market!


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๐Ÿ”ฅ news

Apr 09, 2025 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Our paper on LLM-Driven Hybrid Genetic Algorithm has been accepted at ACL findings 2025!๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ
Mar 09, 2025 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Our paper on Guided Tensor Lifting has been accepted at PLDI 2025!๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ
Dec 09, 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Our paper on Online Prompt Selection has been accepted at AAAI 2025!๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ
Nov 21, 2024 ๐ŸŽค Talk on Programm synthesis & LLMs at the University of Bristol! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Thanks to Dr. Cristina David and the Bristol PL group for the warm welcome and engaging discussions!
Nov 10, 2024 :computer: New Research Internship at Heriot-Watt University! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Grateful to be working with Prof. Ekaterina Komendantskaya and the team under the EPSRC-AISEC project.
Oct 09, 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Our paper Unlocking Hardware Verification with Oracle Guided Synthesis has been accepted at FMCAD 2025!๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ
Aug 13, 2024 ๐ŸŽค Talk at Verified Trustworthy Software Systems (VeTSS) Summer School 2024, Bristol! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
May 24, 2024 ๐ŸŽค Talk at Heriot-Watt LAIV AI Verification Seminar! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Apr 10, 2024 ๐Ÿช™ CAV 2024 VMW Scholarship! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mar 26, 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Our paper on Guiding Enumerative Program Synthesis with Large Language Models has been accepted at CAV 2024.!๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ

๐Ÿ“ publications

  1. ACL โ€™25 findings
    HyGenar: An LLM-Driven Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Few-Shot Grammar Generation
    Weizhi Tang ,ย  Yixuan Li ,ย  Chris Sypherd ,ย  Elizabeth Polgreen ,ย  andย  Vaishak Belle
  2. FMCAD โ€™25
    Unlocking Hardware Verification with Oracle Guided Synthesis
    Leiqi Ye ,ย  Yixuan Li ,ย  Guy Frankel ,ย  Jianyi Cheng ,ย  andย  Elizabeth Polgreen
  3. PLDI โ€™25
    Guided Tensor Lifting
    Yixuan Li ,ย  Josรฉ Wesley Magalhรฃes ,ย  Alexander Brauckmann ,ย  Michael Oโ€™Boyle ,ย  andย  Elizabeth Polgreen
  4. AAAI โ€™25
    Online Prompt Selection for Program Synthesis
    Yixuan Li ,ย  Lewis Frampton ,ย  Federico Mora ,ย  andย  Elizabeth Polgreen
  5. CAV โ€™24
    Guiding Enumerative Program Synthesis with Large Language Models
    Yixuan Li ,ย  Julian Parsert ,ย  andย  Elizabeth Polgreen
  6. SYNT @CAV โ€™23
    Genetic Algorithms for Searching a Matrix of Metagrammars for Synthesis
    Yixuan Li ,ย  Federico Mora ,ย  Elizabeth Polgreen ,ย  andย  Sanjit A. Seshia