Dongyu Gong - PhD Student at Brain and Cognition Lab, University of Oxford

PhD student at the Brain and Cognition Lab

New College, University of Oxford

This webpage is not maintained anymore. Please check my website for more info: https://daniel-gong.github.io

dongyu.gong@new.ox.ac.uk

Research

I have moved to Yale University with my advisor. I was a PhD student supervised by Prof. Anna Christina (Kia) Nobre based at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, which is part of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging.
I am broadly interested in the intersections of cognitive science, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

Education

2023- PhD in Neuroscience, Yale University, United States
2021-2023 PhD student, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (moved to Yale)
2017-2021 BSc in Psychology, Minor in Computer Science, Tsinghua University, China

Publications

Gong, D. & Theeuwes, J. (2021).
A saliency-specific and dimension-independent mechanism of distractor suppression. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83(1), 292-307.
Gong, D., Draschkow, D., & Nobre, A.C. (2023).
Focusing attention in human working memory and long-term memory: benefits through dissociable processes. bioRxiv, 2023-05. (Under review at Nature Communications)
Gong, D., Wan, X., & Wang, D. (2024).
Working Memory Capacity of ChatGPT: An Empirical Study. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 38.

Honors and Awards

AAAI Student Scholarship and Volunteer Award, 2023
Award Winner in 2022 Oxford-MRC DTP Supplementary Funding Competition, 2022
Clarendon Scholar, University of Oxford, 2021
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, Tsinghua University, 2021
Outstanding graduate at Tsinghua University, 2021
Outstanding gradaute among college students in Beijing, 2021
Tsinghua Top Grade Scholarship (清华大学特等奖学金), Tsinghua University, 2020
China National Scholarship, 2020
Scholarship for Excellence in Scientific Innovation, Tsinghua University, 2020
First Prize in 38th Challenge Cup for Scientific Research, Tsinghua University, 2020
'Academic Rising Star' in 2020 Undergraduates Psychology Forum, Peking University
Excellent Oral Presentation Award in 2019 Tsinghua Student Research Conference
Excellent Poster Presentation Award in 2019 Tsinghua Student Research Conference
Second Prize (in Beijing Division) in 2019 China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Scholarship for Excellence in Scientific Innovation, Tsinghua University, 2019
Scholarship for All-Round Excellence, Tsinghua University, 2019
Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Tsinghua University, 2019
China National Scholarship, 2018

Grants

Oxford-MRC DTP Supplementary Funding for High Cost Training (£10,505)
New College Travel Grant for Graduate Students, New College, University of Oxford, 2022
Clarendon Fund Scholarship + New College-Yeotown Scholarship + Medical Research Council Studentship, University of Oxford, 2021
Future Scholar Grant for Undergraduate Research, Tsinghua University, 2020-2021
Grant for Undergraduate Overseas Studies, Tsinghua University, 2019
Research Grant for Student-Initiated Project, Tsinghua University, 2018,2019,2020

Service and Leadership

Committee Member of UK Tsinghua Association
Jan 2022 - Aug 2023
Lecturer at “The Road to Academia” Studio, Tsinghua University
May 2021 - May 2022
President of Student Association for Science and Technology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
May 2020 – May 2021
Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Advisory Committee, Tsinghua University
Mar 2020 – Sept 2020
Class Monitor of Psychology Majors Class of 2021, Tsinghua University
Sept 2018 - Sept 2020
Coordinator of the Love for Our Alma Mater Volunteer Activity, Tsinghua University
Dec 2017 – Apr 2018