About Me

I am a first-year master student at the School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). I received my Bachelor’s degree in 2024 from the School of the Gifted Young at USTC. My research interests include large model post-training, test-time scaling and reinforcement learning.

Education

  • M.S., Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 2024 -
  • B.S., School of the Gifted Young, University of Science and Technology of China, 2020 - 2024

Honors and Awards

  • “Qiangwei” Scholarship, 2021 & 2023
  • “Jiuzhang Cup” Probability and Statistics Mathematics Competition Bronze Award, 3rd place, 2023
  • Outstanding Student Scholarship, 2021 & 2022 & 2023

Research

Selected Publications

  1. Runquan Gui, Zhihai Wang, Jie Wang*, Chi Ma, Huiling Zhen, Mingxuan Yuan, Jianye Hao, Defu Lian, Enhong Chen, Feng Wu. HyperTree Planning: Enhancing LLM Reasoning via Hierarchical Thinking. ICML 2025. Website Paper Code
  2. Runquan Gui, Jie Wang*, Zhihai Wang, Chi Ma, Jianye Hao, Feng Wu. Short Chains, Deep Thoughts: Balancing Reasoning Efficiency and Intra-Segment Capability via Split-Merge Optimization.
  3. Runquan Gui, Yafu Li*, Xiaoye Qu, Ziyan Liu, Yeqiu Chen, Yu Cheng. Learning to Reason Faithfully through Step-Level Faithfulness Maximization. Paper Code

Experience

  • Shanghai AI Laboratory, Research Intern, Sept. 2025 – Present
  • Noah’s Ark Lab, Huawei, Research Collaboration, Dec. 2024 – Aug. 2025
  • Alibaba Cloud, Research Intern, May 2024 – Aug. 2024