About me

Currently, I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), advised by Prof. Zuming Jiang. Before that, I received my B.E. in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

My research focuses on trustworthy and controllable AI systems, particularly the safety and interpretability of language models, LLM post-training, and multi-agent systems. My work has been accepted at leading inter­national AI con­ferences, such as ICML, ACL, AAAI, KDD, NeurIPS, and ICLR, and has received 1,000+ citations.

Research interests

Trustworthy AI · LLM Post-training · Autonomous Agents

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Education

  1. Ph.D. in Computer Science The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Supervisor: Zuming Jiang
  2. B.E. in Computer Science University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Supervisor: Yang Wang

Internship

  1. Tencent LLM Engineer (Qingyun Plan / 青云计划) Shenzhen, China Supervisor: Shengyuan Chen
  2. Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Research Assistant Shanghai, China Supervisors: Yafu Li & Yu Cheng
  3. Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Research Assistant Singapore Supervisors: Xingrui Yu & Qing Guo
  4. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Lab Assistant Hefei, China Supervisor: Yan Song

Recent Research

* Equal contribution

Publication

* Equal contribution

Overview of the SafeSeek safety-circuit attribution framework
ICML2026

SafeSeek: Universal Attribution of Safety Circuits in Language Models

Miao Yu*, Siyuan Fu*, Moayad Aloqaily, Zhenhong Zhou, Safa Otoum, Xing Fan, Kun Wang, Yufei Guo, Qingsong Wen

Introduces a universal method to attribute safety behavior to model circuits, enabling consistent diagnosis and targeted analysis across different language models.

Co-first authorCCF-A

Paper
Backdoor attribution framework from Uncovering Hidden Triggers
ICML2026

Uncovering Hidden Triggers: Backdoor Attribution in Language Models

Miao Yu*, Zhenhong Zhou*, Moayad Aloqaily, Kun Wang, Biwei Huang, Stephen Wang, Yueming Jin, Qingsong Wen

Uncovers hidden backdoor triggers and traces their effects to responsible circuits, providing an interpretable route to diagnose and control backdoor behavior.

Co-first authorCCF-A

Paper
Taxonomy of trustworthy LLM agents
KDD2025Tutorial

A Survey on Trustworthy LLM Agents: Threats and Countermeasures

Miao Yu*, Fanci Meng*, Xinyun Zhou, Shilong Wang, Junyuan Mao, Linsey Pang, Tianlong Chen, Kun Wang, Xinfeng Li, Yongfeng Zhang, Bo An, Qingsong Wen

Maps the threats facing trustworthy LLM agents and organizes practical countermeasures across data, training, deployment, interaction, and governance.

Co-first author200+ citations

Paper
NetSafe topology-aware safety framework for multi-agent systems
ACL2025Findings

NetSafe: Exploring the Topological Safety of Multi-agent System

Miao Yu*, Shilong Wang*, Guibin Zhang, Junyuan Mao, Chenlong Yin, Qijiong Liu, Kun Wang, Qingsong Wen, Yang Wang

Studies how communication topology shapes safety and attack propagation in multi-agent systems, exposing risks that behavior-only evaluations miss.

Co-first author~100 citations

Paper
Success and cascade failure in multi-agent reasoning from AgentAsk
ACL2026

AgentAsk: Multi-Agent Systems Need to Ask

Bohan Lin*, Kuo Yang*, Zelin Tan, Yingchuan Lai, Chen Zhang, Guibin Zhang, Xinlei Yu, Miao Yu, Xu Wang, Yudong Zhang, Yang Wang

Shows that multi-agent systems can reason more reliably by asking targeted questions before acting, reducing avoidable errors and coordination failures.

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