Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2024 - present (expected 2028)
• M.S. in Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2021 - 2023
• B.S. in Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2017 - 2021

Research Interests

• Large Language Models

• Information Retrieval

• Question Answering

• Educational AI

• Multimodal NLP

• Data-Centric NLP

Experience

• AI Engineer, TSMC, Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
  NLP, LLM, DevOps
  Developed an LLM-driven chatbot for business intelligence use cases, including cross-document summarization and question answering with RAG.

• Machine Learning & Deep Learning Engineer Intern, MediaTek, Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
  NLP, Distributed Computing
  Fine-tuned language models to classify engineer queries automatically.

• Database and Backend Developer, NCAP, NYCU CS, Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
  Django, Docker, MySQL, Shell, Git
  Built backend and database systems for an alumni communication platform.

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to NLP, NYCU CS, Spring 2026

• Teaching Assistant, Information Retrieval, NYCU CS, Fall 2025

• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to NLP, NYCU CS, Fall 2024

• Teaching Assistant, Data Science Project, NYCU CS, Fall 2022

• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Database System, NCTU CS, Spring 2021

Services

• Reviewer: IJCAI’25, ACL’25, EMNLP’25, AAAI’26, ROCLING’25, EACL’26, SIGIR’26

Selected Publications

• VDAR-Router: Adaptive LLMs Routing via Verbalized Query Difficulty Analysis Retrieval
  Yu-Chien Tang, Jun-Chen Hung, Wen-Chih Peng, An-Zi Yen. arXiv preprint, 2026. Paper

• VISTA: A Generative Egocentric Video Framework for Daily Assistance
  Yu-Hsiang Liu, Yu-Chien Tang, An-Zi Yen. arXiv preprint, 2026. Paper

• ConceptKT: A Benchmark for Concept-Level Deficiency Prediction in Knowledge Tracing
  Yu-Chen Kang, Yu-Chien Tang, An-Zi Yen. LREC 2026. Paper

• OI-Bench: An Option Injection Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Susceptibility to Directive Interference
  Yow-Fu Liou, Yu-Chien Tang, Yu-Hsiang Liu, An-Zi Yen. arXiv preprint, 2026. Paper

• MathEDU: Feedback Generation on Problem-Solving Processes for Mathematical Learning Support
  Wei-Ling Hsu, Yu-Chien Tang, An-Zi Yen. EACL 2026. Paper

• Obedience or Vigilance? How Large Language Models React to Malicious Multiple-Choice Options
  Yow-Fu Liou, Yu-Chien Tang, An-Zi Yen. AAAI 2026 Student Abstract. Paper

• Template-Based Financial Report Generation in Agentic and Decomposed Information Retrieval
  Yong-En Tian*, Yu-Chien Tang*, Kuang-Da Wang, An-Zi Yen, Wen-Chih Peng. SIGIR 2025. Paper

• RSVP: Customer Intent Detection via Agent Response Contrastive and Generative Pre-Training
  Yu-Chien Tang, Wei-Yao Wang, An-Zi Yen, Wen-Chih Peng. Findings of EMNLP 2023. Paper

Scholarships & Awards

• 2025: AAAI Student Scholar & Volunteer Program

• 2024: NSTC Graduate Research Fellowship Program

• 2023: Appier Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Top Research Award Program

• 2023: AAAI Student Scholar & Volunteer Program

• 2020: MOST College Student Research Scholarship Program