CV

Yunyao Zhang

PhD Student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  • Email: ikostar@hust.edu.cn
  • Location: Wuhan, China
  • Homepage: https://bladey1.github.io/
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Biography

I am a PhD student at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), affiliated with the Intelligent Media Computing and Cybersecurity Laboratory (智能媒体计算与网络安全实验室). My supervisors are Junqing Yu and Zikai Song.

My research focuses on computational social science, neuro-symbolic reasoning, and social network analysis.

Education

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PhD Student, 2024 - Present

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Bachelor's Degree, 2020 - 2024

  • School of Cyber Science and Engineering
  • Received bachelor's degree in June 2024
  • Supervisor: Bin Yuan

Research Interests

  • Computational Social Science
  • Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning
  • Social Network Analysis

First-Author and Equal-Contribution Publications

  • Semantic-Aware Logical Reasoning via a Semiotic Framework
    Yunyao Zhang, Xinglang Zhang, Junxi Sheng, Wenbing Li, Junqing Yu, Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, Wei Yang, and Zikai Song.
    ACL 2026 Main Conference (Oral). Paper

  • Logical Phase Transitions: Understanding Collapse in LLM Logical Reasoning
    Xinglang Zhang*, Yunyao Zhang*, ZeLiang Chen, Junqing Yu, Wei Yang, and Zikai Song.
    ACL 2026 Main Conference. Paper

  • GA-S^3: Comprehensive Social Network Simulation with Group Agents
    Yunyao Zhang, Zikai Song, Hang Zhou, Wenfeng Ren, Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, Junqing Yu, and Wei Yang.
    Findings of ACL 2025. Paper

  • Coupling Macro Dynamics and Micro States for Long-Horizon Social Simulation
    Yunyao Zhang, Yihao Ai, Zuocheng Ying, Qirui Mi, Junqing Yu, Wei Yang, and Zikai Song.
    arXiv preprint, 2026. Paper

  • IntervenSim: Intervention-Aware Social Network Simulation for Opinion Dynamics
    Yunyao Zhang, Zuocheng Ying, Xinglang Zhang, Junqing Yu, Peng Fang, Xu Chen, Wei Yang, and Zikai Song.
    arXiv preprint, 2026. Paper

  • Seeing Further and Wider: Joint Spatio-Temporal Enlargement for Micro-Video Popularity Prediction
    Dali Wang*, Yunyao Zhang*, Junqing Yu, Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, Chen Xu, and Zikai Song.
    ACM MM 2026. Paper

* indicates equal contribution.

Honors and Awards

  • First Place, ACM Social Media Prediction Challenge 2025 (Video Track), international ranking
  • National First Prize, The 17th Challenge Cup National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition for College Students, 2021

Academic Service

  • Reviewer: ACL, EMNLP