Xinyue Ai

Xinyue Ai

University of Pennsylvania

Hi! I’m Xinyue Ai (艾心玥), a first-year CIS PhD student at University of Pennsylvania, advised by Prof. Jiatao Gu. I received my bachelor’s degree in Information and Computing Science from Peking University, where I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Di He. I also had the privilege of collaborating with Prof. Max Simchowitz, Prof. Albert Gu, and my supportive and inspiring graduate student mentor, Yutong He.

My research interests focus on generative models, spanning both theory and algorithms. I am particularly interested in acceleration methods for training and inference, and I am broadening my focus to the theoretical mechanisms of various generative models (including diffusion and flow-based models) and their applications in sampling and scientific domains.

Feel free to contact me via email if you share similar research interests!

🔥 News

📝 Selected Papers

Joint Distillation paper image

Joint Distillation for Fast Likelihood Evaluation and Sampling in Flow-based Models (ICLR 2026)
Xinyue Ai*, Yutong He*, Albert Gu, Ruslan Salakhutdinov, J. Zico Kolter, Nicholas Matthew Boffi, Max Simchowitz (*equal contribution)

Few-Step Boltzmann Generators via Scalable Likelihood Flow Maps

Few-Step Boltzmann Generators via Scalable Likelihood Flow Maps (Neurips 2026)
RuiKang OuYang, Hanlin Yu*, Xinyue Ai*, Yutong He, Nicholas M. Boffi, Pradeep Ravikumar, Jose Miguel Hernandez-Lobato, Max Simchowitz, Benjamin Kurt Miller, Omar Chehab (*equal contribution)

MLS-Bench: A Holistic and Rigorous Assessment of AI Systems on Building Better AI (Neurips 2026 Oral)

Bohan Lyu, Yucheng Yang, Siqiao Huang, Jiaru Zhang, Qixin Xu, Xinghan Li, Xinyang Han, Yicheng Zhang, Huaqing Zhang, Runhan Huang, Kaicheng Yang, Zitao Chen, Wentao Guo, Junlin Yang, Xinyue Ai, Wenhao Chai, Yadi Cao, Ziran Yang, Kun Wang, Dapeng Jiang, Huan-ang Gao, Shange Tang, Chengshuai Shi, Simon S. Du, Max Simchowitz, Jiantao Jiao, Dawn Song, Chi Jin

Numerical Precision & LLM Arithmetic paper image

How Numerical Precision Affects Arithmetical Reasoning Capabilities of LLMs (Findings of ACL 2025)
Guhao Feng*, Kai Yang*, Yuntian Gu, Xinyue Ai, Shengjie Luo, Jiacheng Sun, Di He, Zhenguo Li, Liwei Wang (*equal contribution)

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2026.06   Outstanding Graduate.
  • 2024.11   National Scholarship (Top 3%).
  • 2023.09 & 2024.09   Merit Student Award.
  • 2023.09   Yanchuang Capital Scholarship.
  • 2021.12   Silver Medal, Chinese Mathematical Olympiad.
  • 2021.08   Gold Medal, Chinese Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad.

📖 Educations

  • 2026.08 - now, University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences.
  • 2022.09 - 2026.06, Peking University, B.S. in Information and Computing Science (School of EECS). GPA: 3.813/4.0 (Rank 8/110, Top 10%). Elite Undergraduate Training Program.
  • 2025.01 - 2025.05, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Exchange Student. GPA 4.0/4.0.

🎵🏃‍♀️ Misc.

  • I am a teaching assistant for Music and Mathematics (2024 Fall, 2025 Spring online, 2025 Fall), a course that combines two of my interests and that I greatly enjoy.
  • I have been a member of the ethnic orchestra at the Chinese Music Institute (CMI), Peking University, for three years, playing Pipa (a traditional Chinese instrument) with Yanzhe Pan. Together, we performed three concerts at one of the most renowned music halls in China.
  • I enjoy sports and have won several medals in university competitions at Peking University, including a gold medal in Jumping and a silver medal in the Women’s 4x100 Relay.
  • Check out my sister Lin Ai’s website to learn more about her work in computational linguistics and her interests in languages, literature, and more! 🏐⛸️📚🎵