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Benson Li

Third-year CS & Math Student at University of Toronto

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Bio

I am a third-year undergraduate student at University of Toronto studying Computer Science and Mathematics (GPA: 4.00/4.00).

I am very fortunate to start doing research at Vector Institute under the supervision of Prof. Rahul G. Krishnan.
Previously, I did an internship at Royal Bank Canada (RBC) as a full-stack software developer.

Research

My research interest lies in the intersection of machine learning, natural language processing and causal inference. I hope to use my research to make machine learning interpretable and trustworthy.

I am currently working on understanding the mechanism of how Large Language Models (LLMs) answer causal questions and how to improve the performance of LLMs in causal inference tasks.

Scholarship

  • University of Toronto Excellence Award $7500 (2023)
  • Dean's List Scholar (2022, 2023)

    • Selected Courses

    Code Name Grade
    APM462 Non-linear (Convex) Optimization A+
    CSC263 Data Structures & Analysis A+
    CSC311 Machine Learning A+
    CSC343 Relational Database A+
    CSC401 Natural Language Computing A+
    MAT237 Advanced Calculus A+
    MAT223 Linear Algebra I A+
    MAT224 Linear Algebra II A+
    STA257 Probability & Statistics I A
    STA261 Probability & Statistics II A+

    Fun Fact

    I am fortunate to have photos together with several AI pioneers.

    Professor Geoffrey Hinton, who inspires my passion for studying computer science at University of Toronto.

    Photo with Hinton
    Date: June 21, 2023

    Professor Fei-Fei Li, who gave me some useful suggestions in doing research of machine learning.

    Photo with Li
    Date: October 4, 2023