Yikang Chen

About Me

I am currently a Master's student in Software Engineering at East China Normal University, supervised by Prof. Dehui Du. I received my Bachelor degree in Software Engineering from Shandong University in 2023. I'm researching trustworthy software at the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Trustworthy Computing, focusing on the application of causal inference methods in trustworthy software.

I am seeking opportunities for PhD programs (2026 fall).

Research Interest

Keywords: Causality, Generative Models
Topics: Counterfactual Reasoning, Causal Discovery, Causal Representation Learning

My research centers on empowering deep generative models to learn causal representations and conduct reliable causal inference, achieved through simple yet effective assumptions and novel model designs, finally applying these advancements to address real-world challenges.

Publications

Causal Discovery via Quantile Partial Effect

Chen, Y. Sun, X. Du, D.

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Exogenous Isomorphism for Counterfactual Identifiability

Chen, Y. Du, D.

ICML 2025 (Main Track, Spotlight Poster)

causal inference counterfactual identifiablity normalizing flow

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ERCI: An Explainable Experience Replay Approach with Causal Inference for Deep Reinforcement Learning

Wang, J. Du, D. Tian, L. Chen, Y. Li, Y. Li, Y.

AAAI 2025 (AI Alignment Track, Oral)

causal inference reinforcement learning experience replay

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Exogenous Matching: Learning Good Proposals for Tractable Counterfactual Estimation

Chen, Y. Du, D. Tian, L.

NeurIPS 2024 (Main Track, Poster)

causal inference counterfactual reasoning importance sampling

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