CV
Education, research experience, publications, awards, and service.
Contact Information
| Name | Hsun-Yu Kuo |
| Professional Title | M.Sc. Student in Computer Science |
| hsun-yu.kuo@epfl.ch | |
| Location | Lausanne, |
| Website | https://hsun-yu.github.io |
Professional Summary
M.Sc. student in Computer Science at EPFL with interests in machine learning, data-centric AI, reinforcement learning, extrapolation, robustness, causality, and AI for social good.
Experience
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2025 - Present Lausanne, Switzerland
Semester Project Student
MLO Lab, EPFL
Advisors: Martin Jaggi and El Mahdi Chayti.
- Exploring the halting problem in recurrent structures and looped transformers.
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2025 - 2025 Tubingen, Germany
Research Intern
Robust Machine Learning Group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Advisors: Wieland Brendel and Patrik Reizinger.
- Studied out-of-distribution generalization and extrapolation.
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2023 - 2024 Taipei, Taiwan
Research Assistant
CKIP Lab, Academia Sinica and IR Lab, National Taiwan University
Advisors: Wei-Yun Ma and Pu-Jen Cheng.
- Worked on data weighting methods for synthetic data to better match real-data distributions.
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2021 - 2021 Taipei, Taiwan
Intern
Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Engineered short- and long-term load forecasting methods for Taiwan Power Company.
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2019 - 2021 Taipei, Taiwan
Research Assistant
Wireless System Lab, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Advisor: Chin-Ya Huang.
- Devised an MTC scheme for dynamic CBRS channel allocation.
- Implemented RLNC and Galois field arithmetic in P4 and simulated with ONOS and Mininet.
Academic Interests
Education
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2024 - Present Lausanne, Switzerland
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
Computer Science Theory
- Coursework: Machine Learning, Advanced Algorithms, Causal Thinking, Mathematics of Data, Markov Chains and Algorithmic Applications, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Modern Natural Language Processing.
- Completed mandatory military service from March to June 2025.
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2023 - 2024 Taipei, Taiwan
M.Sc. in Data Science
National Taiwan University
Data Science
- Paused studies after June 2024 to pursue a master’s degree at EPFL.
- Coursework: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Statistical Foundations of Data Science, Computational Methods for Data Science, and Big Data Systems.
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2018 - 2022 Taipei, Taiwan
B.Sc. in Applied Science and Technology
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Applied Science and Technology, major in Computer Science
- Graduated first in the program in 2022.
- Coursework: Statistics, Probability, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Calculus, Algorithms, Data Structures, Database Systems, Operating Systems, Digital Logic Design, Computer Networks, and Machine Learning Foundations.
Publications
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2025 When to Stop and Data Order Matter: On Extrapolation in Looped Transformers
Working paper
Joint work with El Mahdi Chayti, Patrik Reizinger, Martin Jaggi, and Wieland Brendel.
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2025 Not All LLM-Generated Data Are Equal: Rethinking Data Weighting in Text Classification
ICLR 2025 (Spotlight, top 5.1%)
Work on synthetic data weighting for text classification with Yin-Hsiang Liao, Yu-Chieh Chao, Wei-Yun Ma, and Pu-Jen Cheng.
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2023 Reliable Data Transmission through Private CBRS Networks
Preprint
Collaboration with Szu-Yu Liu, Chin-Ya Huang, Yu-Chi Chen, and Meng-Hua Xie.
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2023 Differential Diagnostic Value of Machine Learning-Based Models for Embolic Stroke
Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
Journal article on machine-learning-based diagnostic models for embolic stroke.
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2019 The Modified Spatial Context Memory Test for Assessing Cognitive Aging in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Neuroscience Research
Co-authored study on cognitive aging assessment.
Skills
Teaching Experience
Honors and Awards
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2022 Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China
Taiwan
Honorary membership.
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2021 Mengjia Longshan Temple Scholarship
Taiwan
Academic Excellence Scholarship for excellent academic performance.
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2022 Academic Excellence Award
Taiwan
Seven consecutive awards for excellent academic performance from 2018 to 2022.
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2017 Kanagawa International Science Forum
Kanagawa, Japan
First place and Outstanding Poster Presentation Award in the engineering category.
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2016 National Skills Competition
Taiwan
First place (Golden Award) in software applications development.
Professional Service
- Conference reviewer for ICLR 2026.
- Volunteer at SIGIR 2023.