About Me

I’m a third-year undergraduate at Fudan University, majoring in Computer Science. My research interests lie in natural language processing, with a focus on developing agentic large language models. Previously, I had the privilege of working with Prof. Yixin Cao at Fudan University.

💼 Experience

• 2023–Present: Undergraduate Student, School of Computer Science, Fudan University

📄 Preprints

Preprint

NEX: Neuron Explore-Exploit Scoring for Label-Free Chain-of-Thought Selection and Model Ranking

• Kang Chen^*, Zhuoka Feng^*, Sihan Zhao, Kai Xiong, Junjie Nian, Yaoning Wang, Changyi Xiao, Yixin Cao
• 2026
• [Paper]

📝 Publications

^* Equal contribution.

EMNLP 2026

ARM: Role-Conditioned Neuron Transplantation for Training-Free Generalist LLM Agent Merging

• Zhuoka Feng^*, Kang Chen^*, Sihan Zhao, Kai Xiong, Yaoning Wang, Minshen Yu, Junjie Nian, Changyi Xiao, Yixin Cao, Yugang Jiang
• EMNLP 2026
• [Paper] [Project]

ICML 2026 Spotlight

Do LLMs Signal When They're Right? Evidence from Neuron Agreement

• Kang Chen^*, Yaoning Wang^*, Kai Xiong, Zhuoka Feng, Wenhe Sun, Haotian Chen, Yixin Cao
• ICML 2026 Spotlight
• [Paper] [Project]

ACL 2026 Findings

Thinking Traps in Long Chain-of-Thought: A Measurable Study and Trap-Aware Adaptive Restart

• Kang Chen^*, Fan Yu^*, Junjie Nian, Shihan Zhao, Zhuoka Feng, Zijun Yao, Heng Wang, Minshen Yu, Yixin Cao
• ACL 2026 Findings
• [Paper] [Project]

🏅 Honors and Awards

• National Scholarship, 2023-2024
• First Prize, Chinese Mathematics Competitions
• Tang Zhongying Scholarship for Moral Education, 2023-2024，2024-2025
• Outstanding Student of Fudan University , 2023-2024，2024-2025(Top 10%)