Hongyu is a first-year PhD student at Princeton University, advised by Prof. Maria Apostolaki. His research sits at the intersection of computer networks, formal methods, and machine learning. Before Princeton, Hongyu earned his MSc in Computer Science (CS) from ETH Zürich as a recipient of the Direct Doctorate Scholarship. He previously studied Mathematics and CS in Amsterdam, graduating with the ADS Thesis Award. In 2019, he received the Young Talent Incentive Award by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. Hongyu completed his secondary education in China before briefly attending law school, a path he later left to pursue his passion for science and engineering.