Jiatong Guo 郭嘉桐

First-year PhD Student

Boston University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Welcome to my website!

I’m Jiatong Guo, born in August 2003 in Henan, China.

Currently I’m a first-year PhD student at Boston University, advised by Prof. Eshed Ohn-bar. Earlier, I earned my Bachelor of Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China) under the supervision of Prof. Chao Wang. Besides, during my fourth undergraduate year, I studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, under the supervision of Prof. Zheng Zhang.

Research Interests

Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Human-Machine Interaction, Robotics, Neuromorphic Computing

Education Experience

(1) Sept. 2025 - Present: Boston University (BU)

• Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering
• Advisor: Prof. Eshed Ohn-bar

(2) Sept. 2024 - Jun. 2025: University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

• One-year Graduate Academic Preparation Program (Non-degree)
• GPA 3.95/4 in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Courses (Graduate-level): Tensor Computation for Machine Learning (A), Machine Learning for Bio-images (A), Neurally Inspired Computing Systems (A), Uncertainty Quantification and Scientific ML (A), Robustness in Machine Learning (A), Imaging System (A-)
• Advisor: Prof. Zheng Zhang

(3) Sept. 2021 - Jun. 2025: Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)

• Bachelor of Engineering in Integrated Circuit and System Design
• GPA 3.93/4 (92.3/100), ranking 2/33 (in Elite Class of School of Optical and Electronic Information)
• Undergraduate National Scholarship (top 0.2% Nation-wide, 2022 & 2023 & 2024)
• HUST Outstanding Graduate (top 5% in HUST, June 2025)
• Advisor: Prof. Chao Wang

Work Experience

(1) July - Sept. 2024: New York University Shanghai (NYUSH)

• Role: Research Assistant advised by Prof. Zhuocheng Xiao
• Research Keywords: Computational Neuroscience, Neuronal Oscillation, Spiking Neural Network, Mouse Visual Cortex
• Designed a scalable spiking neuron network in MATLAB to model a small copy of the mouse visual cortex L2/3, generating multiband neuronal oscillations (gamma, beta, alpha, etc.) using data from the Allen Institute (projection probability, synaptic strength, etc.)
• Conducted extensive simulations to explore the systematic relationship between biological parameters and the various types of neuronal oscillations observed in the network
• Research Document: How Inhibitory Neural Circuits Govern Multiband Neuronal Oscillations

Honors and Awards

• BU CISE PhD Scholar Award (top four in 2025 BU CISE admitted PhD students, Apr 2025)
• HUST Outstanding Graduate (top 5% in HUST, June 2025)
• Undergraduate National Scholarship (top 0.2% Nation-wide, 2022 & 2023 & 2024)
• HUST Model Student (top 5% in HUST, 2022 & 2023 & 2024)
• The Hui-ding Company Scholarship (top one in HUST-OEI, Dec 2023)
• HUST Extraordinary Undergraduate Student (top 2% in HUST, Dec 2022)
• The Optic Valley of China Scholarship (top 0.5% in HUST, Nov 2022)
• HUST Academic Excellence Scholarship (top 10% in HUST, May 2022)

For more info

This homepage offers just a glimpse of who I am. If you’d like to know more, feel free to send me an email — or even better, invite me to a game of basketball!