I am Qing Guo, currently the fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech (VT),
under the supervision of Professor Xinwei Deng.
I am also a memeber of VT Statistics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (VT-SAIL).
My research focuses on addressing some of the frontier fundamental challenges in machine learning using
novel mathematical and statistical insights. Specifically, my study covers the following topics:
- Nonparametric mutual information estimation with contrastive learning techniques
- Optimal Bayesian experimental design for both static and sequential models
- Meta-learning based on information-theoretic genralization theory
- Reasoning for conversational search and recommendation
Education
- Ph.D. in Statistics, Virginia Tech, 2019-Present
- B.S. in Applied Statistics, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China, 2015-2019
Preprints and Publications
[1] Tight Mutual Information Estimation With Costrastive
Fenchel-Legendre Optimization
Guo Q., Deng X. and Tao C., et al. NeurIPS 2022.
[2] Simpler, Faster, Stronger:
Breaking The log-K Curse On Contrastive Learners With FlatNCE
Chen J., Gan Z., Li X., Guo Q., et al. Self-Supervised Learning Workshop, NeurIPS 2021.
[3] Association-based Optimal Subpopulation Selection for
Multivariate Data
Guo Q., Deng X. and Ravishanker N. In Innovations in Multivariate Statistical Modeling, 2022
[4] How do multimodal LLMs really fare in classical
vision few-shot challenges? A deep dive
Guo Q., Wanigasekara P., Zheng J., Fang Z., Deng X., and Tao C. Robustness of Zero/Few-shot Learning in Foundation Models Workshop, NeurIPS 2023
Experience
- Applied Scientist Intern, Amazon, Sunnyvale, CA, USA. 2023.05-2023.08
- Amazon Fellowship, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. 2022.08-2023.05
- Applied Scientist Intern, Amazon, Sunnyvale, CA, USA. 2022.05-2022.08
- Reseach Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. 2021.05-2022.05
- Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. 2019.08-2021.05
- Data Scientist Intern, PCCOOLER Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. 2017.07-2017.09
- Statistician Intern, Yee Fung Automation Technology Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. 2016.07-2016.09
Talks
- “A tight mutual information estimator for Bayesian experimental design”. New England Statistical Society (NESS), 2022.05
Misc
Ouside work, I like playing ping-pong, singing, hiking, ice skating, and snowboarding.