Po-Nien Kung  (龔柏年)

2nd year Ph.D. Student at
UCLA

>>   ponienkung@cs.ucla.edu


About Me

Hi!
I'm a second year Ph.D. student at UCLA adviced by Prof. Nanyun(Violet) Peng. I previous work as a research assistant in National Taiwan University advised by Prof. Yun-Nung (Vivian) Chen.

My primary research interests center around natural language processing and machine learning.
The core motivation behind my research is to develop general-purpose AI systems that can seamlessly integrate into everyday life. These systems need to be efficient, interpretable, controllable, and aligned with human preferences.
Lately, I have been particularly interested in instruction-tuned large language models. Feel free to reach out and discuss related topics.

Experience

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

-   Ph.D. Student

2022 September - Present

National Taiwan University

-   Bachelor's Degree

2017 September - 2021 July

Research Experience

MediaTek Research UK

-   Deep Learning Researcher

Taipei(Remote)

2021 October - 2022 January

National Taiwan University

-   Research Assistant

Taipei

2021 July - 2021 December

Microsoft

-   Research Intern

Taipei

2021 March - 2021 July

Other Experience

Gridwell

-   Part-Time Software Developer

Taipei

2018 July - 2020 January

Freelance Web Developer

-   Poseidon Network website [ Link ]

-   Binance 2020 Blockchain Week In Vietnam website

-   Binance 2020 Blockchain Virtual Conference website [ Link ]

-   Taipei National University of the Arts freshman admission website [ Link ]

2019 October - 2020 July

Selected Publications