Zhaoyu Li (李照宇)

I am a Computer Science Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto (U of T), working with Xujie Si and Kaiyu Yang (at Meta). Before joining U of T, I spent one and a half years as a Ph.D. student at McGill University and Mila - Quebec AI Institute. Prior to that, I obtained my bachelor's degree with honors from the ACM class at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

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Research Interests

I am broadly interested in deep learning and automated reasoning. My recent work focuses on AI for mathematics, where I train large language models to generate mathematical proofs in both formal and natural-language settings.

Work Experience

  • Research Scientist Intern, Meta FAIR
    May 2025 - September 2025, New York, NY, USA
  • Part-Time Student Researcher, Meta FAIR
    September 2025 - December 2025, Toronto, ON, Canada

Selected Papers

* denotes equal contributions. See full list on Google Scholar.

  • Euclid-Omni: A Unified Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Geometry Problem Solving
    In submission
    Zhaoyu Li, Hangrui Bi, Youyuan Zhang, Wenjie Ma, Zenan Li, Xujie Si, Kaiyu Yang
  • PyEuclid: A Versatile Formal Plane Geometry System in Python [paper] [code]
    CAV 2025
    Zhaoyu Li*, Hangrui Bi*, Jialiang Sun*, Zenan Li, Kaiyu Yang, Xujie Si
  • Proving Olympiad Inequalities by Synergizing LLMs and Symbolic Reasoning [paper] [code]
    ICLR 2025
    Zenan Li*, Zhaoyu Li*, Wen Tang, Xian Zhang, Yuan Yao, Xujie Si, Fan Yang, Kaiyu Yang*, Xiaoxing Ma*
  • Autoformalizing Mathematical Statements by Symbolic Equivalence and Semantic Consistency [paper] [code]
    NeurIPS 2024
    Zenan Li, Yifan Wu, Zhaoyu Li, Xinming Wei, Xian Zhang, Fan Yang, Xiaoxing Ma
  • A Survey on Deep Learning for Theorem Proving [paper] [code]
    COLM 2024
    Zhaoyu Li, Jialiang Sun, Logan Murphy, Qidong Su, Zenan Li, Xian Zhang, Kaiyu Yang, Xujie Si
  • Autoformalizing Euclidean Geometry [paper] [code]
    ICML 2024
    Logan Murphy*, Kaiyu Yang*, Jialiang Sun, Zhaoyu Li, Anima Anandkumar, Xujie Si
  • G4SATBench: Benchmarking and Advancing SAT Solving with Graph Neural Networks [paper] [code]
    TMLR 2024
    Zhaoyu Li, Jinpei Guo, Xujie Si
  • Learning Reliable Logical Rules with SATNet [paper] [code]
    NeurIPS 2023
    Zhaoyu Li, Jinpei Guo, Yuhe Jiang, Xujie Si
  • NSNet: A General Neural Probabilistic Framework for Satisfiability Problems [paper] [code]
    NeurIPS 2022
    Zhaoyu Li, Xujie Si
  • Graph Contrastive Pre-training for Effective Theorem Reasoning [paper]
    ICML Workshop on Self-Supervised Learning for Reasoning and Perception 2021 (Contributed talk)
    Zhaoyu Li, Binghong Chen, Xujie Si

Selected Talks

  • PyEuclid: A Versatile Formal Plane Geometry System in Python
    Modeling Reading Group, U of T, 2025
  • Deep Learning for Theorem Proving: Overview and Future Directions
    Applied Deep Learning Research Group, NVIDIA, 2024
  • Deep Learning for Theorem Proving: Overview and Future Directions
    Software Engineering Group, Nanjing University, 2024
  • Some Notes on Neural Theorem Proving
    Systems and Networking Research Group, Microsoft Research Asia, 2023

Selected Awards

  • DIDI Graduate Student Awards, U of T, 2024
  • Max Stern Recruitment Fellowship, McGill University, 2021
  • China National Scholarship (Top 0.2%), SJTU, 2020

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant, CSC2547: Automated Reasoning with Machine Learning, 2023, 2024, U of T
  • Guest Lecturer, MS326: Deep Learning and Its Applications, 2022, SJTU
  • Teaching Assistant, MS110: Computer System (2), 2020, SJTU
  • Teaching Assistant, MS108: Computer System (1), 2019, SJTU

Academic Service

  • Conference Reviewer: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, COLM
  • Journal Reviewer: TMLR, Nature Machine Intelligence

Miscellaneous

In my spare time, I enjoy reading history and detective fiction, working out at the gym, and playing badminton and table tennis. In earlier years, I was also quite good at soccer and MOBA games — I reached 8000+ MMR (TOP 1000) in Dota 2. I also enjoy traveling and love picking up new sports whenever I get the chance.

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Last updated: November 2025