About

I am Bo-Yu Chen (陳柏諭), a third-year undergraduate student double major in Physics and Computer Science at National Taiwan University. I also go by the name Matt.

Currently, I am studying at UIUC Physics as an exchange student and work in Chin Lab @ UChicago under the supervision of Prof. Cheng Chin.

Previously, supported by MCQST Summer Bachelor Program, I did my research internship at Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, supervised by Prof. Johannes Zeiher.

In my freshman and sophomore year, I was fortunate to receive UCTS fellowship and did summer research with Nikhil Harle at the Bernien Lab @ UChicago and to be the first (and the only) member at the Bernien Lab @ IQOQI Innsbruck, Austrian Academy of Sciences, under the supervision of Prof. Hannes Bernien.

Recent News

• Aug, 2025 My first day at UChicago (second time)!
• Aug, 2025 New preprint (Atommovr) on arxiv! The software is available here
• May, 2025 1 paper (Nonparametric Hopfield) accepted at ICML 2025!
• Apr, 2025 Admitted to MCQST summer bachelor program! Looking forward to visit Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and do amazing research at the Quantum Matter Interfaces lab with Johannes this summer!
• Dec, 2024 Start my winter research at the Bernien lab @ Innsbruck! I am the first and only lab member here!
• Dec, 2024 Admitted to UIUC Physics as an exchange student (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
• Nov, 2024 Awarded the College of Science Travel Grants and Scholarship
• Sep, 2024 Awarded the Presidential Award (Awarded to students ranking in the top 5%)
• Aug, 2024 Enrolled NTU CSIE for double major! (acceptance rate ~ 5% among NTU undergraduates)
• Jul, 2024 Our latest research poster “Dual-Species Neutral Atom Array 2.0: Towards a Versatile and Scalable Quanutm Processor” will appear at SIF fermi school, Varenna, Italy!
• Jun, 2024 Start my summer research in the Bernien lab (in person)!
• Apr, 2024 New preprint Nonparametric Hopfield on arxiv!
• Mar, 2024 Awarded the Fu Bell Scholarship Again!
• Feb, 2024 Awarded the UChicago-Taiwan Student Exchange (UCTS) Fellowship! Looking forward to visit University of Chicago and do amazing research at the Bernien lab with Hannes this summer!
• Jan, 2024 1 paper (STanHop) accepted at ICLR 2024!
• Jan, 2024 Our paper “On Sparse Modern Hopfield Model” was highlighted in Northwestern CS Department News!
• Jan, 2024 1 paper (Magnetoresistance in Transfer-Free Graphene) accepted at Nanotechnology Journal!
• Jan, 2024 New preprint STanHop on arxiv!
• Dec, 2023 Awarded the Fu Bell Scholarship (top 1% accross National Taiwan University)! News
• Sep, 2023 1 paper (Sparse Hopfield) accepted at NeurIPS 2023!
• Sep, 2023 1 paper (Quantum Material&Vacuum Annealing) accepted at Spin Journal!
• Sep, 2023 Enrolled NTU Physics as a freshman student!

Topics I am currently working on experimental quantum information @ Bernien Lab:

• Rearrangement Protocal of Dual-Species Atom Arrays

Topics I am currently working on statistical machine learning @ Magics Lab:

• Computational and Statistical Theory of Ising Model in Machine Learning
• Sparse Modern Hopfield Models (NeurIPS 2023)
• STanHop: Sparse Tandem Hopfield Model for Memory-Enhanced Time Series Prediction (ICLR 2024)

Topics I have previously worked on 2D materials @ Quantum Electronic Material Lab:

• Magnetoresistance properties in nickel-catalyzed, air-stable, uniform, and transfer-free graphene (Nanotechnology)
• Modulation of Quantum Electronic Material Transport via Vacuum Annealing (Spin)

Topics I have worked on first principle calculation:

• Ab Initio Study on the Growth Mechanism of Graphene on Metal
• Layer-dependent Properties of $SnSe_2$ Two Dimensional Materials
• First-Principles Study on Half-Metallic Ferrimagnetism in Pb-based Double Perovskites