Yuxin Chen
Associate Professor · School of Engineering and Applied Science · University of Pennsylvania
Quick answer: Yuxin Chen is Associate Professor at University of Pennsylvania. Yuxin Chen shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I'm looking for highly motivated postdocs and Ph. D. students with strong mathematical background and interest in machine learning theory (particularly diffusion models, LLM, and RL), statistics, and optimization.
Research interests
machine learning theory (particularly diffusion models, LLM, and RL), statistics, and optimization
Selected publications (since 2023)
- G. Li*, Y. Jiao*, Y. Huang, Y. Wei, Y. Chen, "Transformers meet in-context learning: A universal approximation theory," 2025 (*=equal contributions). [slides]
- Y. Huang*, Z. Wen, A. Singh, Y. Chi, Y. Chen, "Transformers provably learn chain-of-thought reasoning with length generalization," NeurIPS 2025 (*=equal contributions).
- J. Liang, Z. Huang, Y. Chen, "Low-dimensional adaptation of diffusion models: Convergence in total variation," 2025 (accepted in part to COLT 2025). [slides]
- Z. Huang, Y. Wei, Y. Chen, "Denoising diffusion probabilistic models are optimally adaptive to unknown low dimensionality," Mathematics of Operations Research, 2025+.
- G. Li, Y. Wei, Y. Chi, Y. Chen, "A sharp convergence theory for the probability flow ODEs of diffusion models," 2024. [slides]
- J. Ma, Y
Frequently asked questions
Is Yuxin Chen hiring PhD students at University of Pennsylvania?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Yuxin Chen's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I'm looking for highly motivated postdocs and Ph. D. students with strong mathematical background and interest in machine learning theory (particularly diffusion models, LLM, and RL), statistics, and .
What does Yuxin Chen research?
machine learning theory (particularly diffusion models, LLM, and RL), statistics, and optimization
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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