mail: yxu30 AT gmu DOT edu
addr: Research Hall, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Hello! I am Yitao Xu, an incoming PhD student in Computer Science at
George Mason University,
advised by Prof.
Ziyu Yao.
Before joining GMU, I studied
Electrical and Computer Engineering
at
Georgia Tech
and received my bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the
University of Liverpool.
My research focuses on mechanistic interpretability, explainable AI, trustworthy large language models, and AI safety. I am especially interested in understanding the internal mechanisms of language models, evaluating whether their reasoning processes are faithful, and building AI systems that are more transparent and reliable.
Outside of research, I enjoy photography and road cycling.
08/2026 Graduated with an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, and will begin my Ph.D. in Computer Science at George Mason University in Fall 2026, advised by Prof. Ziyu Yao.
04/2026 My first leading project was accepted to ACL 26' as a co-first author.
07/2024 Graduated in Information and Computing Science from the University of Liverpool and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and said goodbye to Suzhou after four unforgettable years.
