Quinne Yan Lin
CS (AI) PhD Student; IEEE student member
Newcastle University
Biography
Hi! I’m Yan (Quinne) Lin (林妍), currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, advised by Prof. Chris Oates and Prof. Stephen McGough. My Ph.D. is fully funded by a five-year Postgraduate Research Studentship, which covers full international tuition fees and tax-free living UKRI stipend,and an integrated PGTA position(formal staff position with paid leave and pension benefits) that is co-terminous with my PhD studies.
My research interests include Large Language Models, with a particular focus on uncertainty quantification, memory-efficient training, inference acceleration, and sparse attention mechanisms, Agents and RAG with an emphasis on the financial and healthcare domains.
I completed both my bachelor degree in Finance and Economics across Mainland China and Taiwan. After my undergraduate studies, I took a career break to gain practical industry experience at China Construction Bank and Essence Securities. Then I made a career transition into computing, earning a Master’s degree in Data Science (78%) at Durham University. In my free time, I’m also an avid player of Honor of Kings.
Potential Collaborations: If you are interested in related topics - or see opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration - please feel free to reach out!
Interests
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Diffusion and Generative Modelling
- Adversarial Robustness in VLMs
- Quantitative Finance LLMs
Education
- PhD student in Computer Science, 2025 - presentUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- M.Sc. Data Science, 78%, 2022-2023University of Durham, UK
| Aug 28, 2025 | 🚀 Welcome to my new website! |
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| Mar 01, 2025 | I officially enrolled at the School of Computing, Newcastle University, commencing my PhD studies in Computer Science. |
| Jun 19, 2024 | Durham University – China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD Scholarship (2024–2027) Awarded a joint scholarship covering full international tuition fees (valued at £73,500 over three years, subject to annual increase) and a living stipend of £1,200 per month provided by the CSC. Total value: ~£116,700.More details |
| May 16, 2024 | Durham University Business School PhD Scholarship (2024–2027) Awarded a full tuition waiver for international students (valued at £73,500 over three years, subject to annual increas) plus a UKRI-rate living stipend of £19,237 per annum. Total value: ~£131,211.More detals |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Newcastle University, School of Computing – Postgraduate Research Studentship with PGTA Contract (2024–2029) Offered an integrated five-year package combining a PhD studentship and employment as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA), equivalent in scope to a U.S. TA scholarship. The award covers full international tuition fees (valued at approximately £155,000 over five years for a Computer Science PhD) and provides a UKRI-standard tax-free living stipend (£19,237 per annum for 2024/25, subject to annual increase). I am the final cohort recipient, as the scheme has since been discontinued. Total value: ~£251,185. |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), MRes + PhD Studentship (2024–2029) Awarded a fully funded studentship covering full international tuition fees (estimated at £125,000 over five years, subject to annual increas) and a UKRI London-rate living stipend (£20,622 per annum for two years at MRes stage and £25,218 per annum for three years at PhD stage). Total value: ~£241,898.More details |
| Jan 10, 2024 | I attended the University of Durham’s postgraduate graduation ceremony at Durham Cathedral, where I received a Master’s degree in Data Science with 78%. Details projects: https://github.com/YanLin-Quinne/Master-of-Data-Science |
| Sep 26, 2022 | Starting my Masters in Data Science at Durham University ! |
| Jun 30, 2019 | Finance Bachelor’s degree (with exchange placement) awarded! |