Selected PhD Graduates

Jierun CHEN

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2025
Supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN

Yue CUI

Senior Algorithm Engineer
Alibaba
Hangzhou, China

PhD 2025
Supervised by Xiaofang ZHOU

Qi HU

Research Engineer
Bytedance
Shanghai, China

PhD 2025
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Xinchen WAN

Researcher
ByteDance
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2025
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Hao WANG

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2025
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Zilong WANG

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2025
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Hanrong YE

Research Scientist
NVIDIA Research
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2025
Supervised by Dan XU

Tianqing FANG

Researcher
Tencent AI Lab
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2024
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Jianben HE

Applied Scientist
Tencent Platform and Content Group Fundamental Algorithm Center
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2024
Supervised by Huamin QU

Zhifeng JIANG

Research Scientist
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2024
Supervised by Wei WANG

Haotian LI

Researcher
Microsoft Research Asia
Beijing, China

PhD 2024
Supervised by Huamin QU

Meng QIN

Assistant Researcher
Peng Cheng National Laboratory
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2024
Supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG

Zifan SHI

Research Scientist
Adobe Research
San Jose, CA, USA

PhD 2024
Supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG and Qifeng CHEN

Xibo SUN

Software Engineer
Tencent
Beijing, China

PhD 2024
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Wensheng TANG

Principal Engineer
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2024
Supervised by Charles ZHANG

Lewei YAO

Research Scientist
Noah's Ark Lab
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2024
Supervised by Dan XU

Dongkyu LEE

Research Scientist
LG AI Research
Seoul, South Korea

PhD 2023
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Wenchao LI

Senior Research and Development Engineer
Huawei Cloud
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2023
Supervised by Huamin QU

Xin LIU

Applied Scientist
Amazon Search/A9
Palo Alto, CA, USA

PhD 2023
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Li MA

Research Scientist
Scanline VFX Studio
Los Angeles, CA, USA

PhD 2023
Supervised by Pedro SANDER

Tengfei WANG

Research Scientist
Shanghai AI Lab
Shanghai, China

PhD 2023
Supervised by Qifeng CHEN

Weiyan WANG

Researcher
Tencent
Beijing, China

PhD 2023
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Yiding WANG

Researcher
Noah's Ark Lab
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2023
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Yue WU

Researcher
Noah's Ark Lab
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2023
Supervised by Qifeng CHEN

Lin ZHANG

System Researcher
Huawei Hong Kong Research Center
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2023
Supervised by Bo LI

Javad GHAREH CHAMANI

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Hong Kong

PhD 2022
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADOPOULOS

Tianwen CHEN

Algorithm Engineer
Kuaishou Technology
Beijing, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Raymond Chi-Wing WONG

Zonghao FENG

Associate
JP Morgan
Hong Kong

PhD 2022
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Yisheng HE

Research Scientist
Alibaba
Hangzhou, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Qifeng CHEN

Mingzhe LI

Research Scientist
A*STAR
Singapore

PhD 2022
Supervised by Wei WANG

Shichao LI

Senior Computer Vision Algorithm Engineer
DJI Automotive
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Tim CHENG

Yuechen TAO

Researcher
Peng Cheng Lab
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Bo LI

Yilei WANG

Research Scientist
Alibaba Cloud
Hangzhou, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Ke YI

Qizhen WENG

Systems Researcher
Shanghai AI Lab
Shanghai, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Wei WANG

Da YAN

Systems Researcher
Anthropic
New York, NY, USA

PhD 2022
Supervised by Wei WANG

Gaoxiong ZENG

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2022
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Jiajie TAN

Senior Indoor Location Engineer
Instacart
San Francisco, CA, USA

PhD 2021
Supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN

Luping WANG

Staff Engineer
Zhejiang Tmall Technology Co., Ltd
Hangzhou, China

PhD 2021
Supervised by Bo LI

Wenyi XIAO

Researcher
Huawei
Hong Kong

PhD 2021
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Chengliang ZHANG

Data Scientist
Seleya Technologies
Hong Kong

PhD 2021
Supervised by Wei WANG

Hongming ZHANG

Senior Researcher
Tencent AI Lab
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2021
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Yinghua ZHANG

Researcher
Meituan
Shanghai, China

PhD 2021
Supervised by Qiang YANG and Yangqiu SONG

Yulin CHE

Research Engineer
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2020
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Huangxun CHEN

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Hong Kong

PhD 2020
Supervised by Qian ZHANG

Farhan KHAWAR

Applied Scientist
Amazon
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PhD 2020
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Zhuohang LAI

Senior Algorithm Engineer
Huawei Technologies
Shanghai, China

PhD 2020
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Zhida SUN

Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2020
Supervised by Xiaojuan MA

Lipeng WANG

Senior Software Engineer
Tencent
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2020
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Ziming WU

Senior Applied Researcher
Tencent
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2020
Supervised by Xiaojuan MA

Lu HOU

Senior Researcher
Noah's Ark Lab
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2019
Supervised by James KWOK

Shuihai HU

Co-Founder and Vice President
CLUSTAR Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2019
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Siyi LI

Senior Research Engineer
Sea AI Lab
Singapore

PhD 2019
Supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG

Xiaopeng LI

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2019
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Yao MING

Quantitative Researcher
Citadel Securities
New York, NY, USA

PhD 2019
Supervised by Huamin QU

Shuang QIU

Senior HPC Engineer
DJI
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2019
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Yaqing WANG

Staff Researcher
Baidu Research
Beijing, China

PhD 2019
Supervised by Lionel NI and James KWOK

Xun ZHAO

Research Scientist
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Shanghai, China

PhD 2019
Supervised by Huamin QU

Shuai ZHENG

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2019
Supervised by James KWOK

Andrew CATTLE

Language Engineer
Amazon Fulfillment Services
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

PhD 2018
Supervised by Xiaojuan MA

Li CHEN

Assistant Researcher
Zhongguancun Laboratory
Beijing, China

PhD 2018
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Fengchao PENG

Algorithm Expert
Ant Group
Shanghai, China

PhD 2018
Supervised by Qiong LUO and Lionel NI

Xingjian SHI

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2018
Supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG

Yun WANG

Senior Researcher
Microsoft Research Asia
Beijing, China

PhD 2018
Supervised by Huamin QU and Qiong LUO

Xibo ZHOU

Research Engineer
BOE Technology Group
Beijing, China

PhD 2018
Supervised by Qiong LUO and Lionel NI

Wei BAI

Senior Researcher
Microsoft Research Redmond
Redmond, WA, USA

PhD 2017
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Xiaoying JIA

Senior System Engineer
ByteDance
Beijing, China

PhD 2017
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Jingjie JIANG

Senior Software Engineer
Google Inc.
Shanghai, China

PhD 2017
Supervised by Bo LI

Jiayue LI

Algorithm Scientist
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
Beijing, China

PhD 2017
Supervised by Lionel NI

Panos PARCHAS

Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services
Berlin, Germany

PhD 2017
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Bin WU

Research Scientist
Alibaba DAMO Academy
Hangzhou, China

PhD 2017
Supervised by Ke YI

Yanhong WU

Research Scientist
Meta
Menlo Park, CA, USA

PhD 2017
Supervised by Huamin QU

Xiao XIAO

Director
Ant Group
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2016
Supervised by Charles ZHANG

Nikos ARMENATZOGLOU

Software Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
Palo Alto, CA, USA

PhD 2015
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Wei BI

Senior Researcher
Tencent AI Lab
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2015
Supervised by James KWOK

Dongpeng CHEN

CTO
VoiceAI Technologies Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2015
Supervised by Brian MAK

Georgios KELLARIS

Co-founder and CTO
Lerna AI
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

PhD 2015
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Yueqi LI

Staff Software Engineer
X, the moonshot factory
Mountain View, CA, USA

PhD 2015
Supervised by Shing-Chi CHEUNG

Tengfei LIU

Staff Algorithm Engineer
Ant Financial Services Group
Shanghai, China

PhD 2015
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Jason Min WANG

Senior Researcher and Senior Research Manager
Machine Intelligence Center
Lenovo
Hong Kong

PhD 2015
Supervised by Brahim BENSAOU

Naiyan WANG

Chief Scientist
TuSimple
Beijing, China

PhD 2015
Supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG

Bin WU

Director of Lyra Lab
Tencent Music
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2015
Supervised by Andrew HORNER and Qiang YANG

Ning DING

Associate Director
UBS
Hong Kong

PhD 2014
Supervised by Fangzhen LIN

Peng LIU

Software Engineer
Google Inc.
New York, NY, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Charles ZHANG

Eric Zhiqiang MA

Lead Engineer
Bullish
Hong Kong

PhD 2014
Supervised by Dr. Lin GU

Dongni REN

CEO
Yimian Data
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2014
Supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN

Conglei SHI

Software Engineer
Transform
San Francisco, CA, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Huamin QU

Panpan XU

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Huamin QU

Jiansong ZHANG

Senior Expert
Alibaba
Beijing, China

PhD 2014
Supervised by Qian ZHANG

Erheng ZHONG

Principal Researcher
Tencent
Palo Alto, CA, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Wenliang ZHONG

Senior Staff Engineer
Alipay
Hangzhou, China

PhD 2014
Supervised by James KWOK

Jun YANG

System Optimization Specialist
4Paradigm
Singapore

PhD 2013
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Weizhu CHEN

Partner Science Manager
Microsoft
Redmond, WA, USA

PhD 2012
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Derek Hao HU

Senior Manager
Snap Inc.
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2012
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Dong (Don) LIN

Senior Researcher
Huawei Technologies
Hong Kong

PhD 2012
Supervised by Mounir HAMDI

Mian LU

R&D Director
4Paradigm
Singapore

PhD 2012
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Leonard Kin-Man POON

Machine Learning Scientist
Barings
London, UK

PhD 2012
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Evan Wei XIANG

Intelligent Investment Director
Datayes
Shanghai, China

PhD 2012
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Mingxuan YUAN

Principal Researcher
Noah's Ark Lab
Huawei Technologies
Shatin, Hong Kong

PhD 2012
Supervised by Lei CHEN

Honghui ZHANG

CTO
Muxin
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2012
Supervised by Long QUAN

Weiwei CUI

Principal Researcher
Microsoft Research Asia
Beijing, China

PhD 2011
Supervised by Huamin QU

Nathan Nan LIU

Applied Scientist
Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA, USA

PhD 2011
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Simon Siu-Hang LUI

Chief Expert of Audio
Huawei
Hong Kong

PhD 2011
Supervised by Andrew HORNER

Vincent Wenchen ZHENG

Deputy General Manager
WeBank AI Department
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2011
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Zhifeng LAI

Associate Director
AIA International Limited
Hong Kong

PhD 2010
Supervised by Shing-Chi CHEUNG

Ji LUO

Tech Lead Manager
Google Inc.
Sunnyvale View, CA, USA

PhD 2010
Supervised by Qian ZHANG

Stavros PAPADOPOULOS

Founder and CEO
TileDB, Inc.
Cambridge, MA, USA

PhD 2010
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Jian PU

General Product Manager
Shanghai Corpize Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai, China

PhD 2010
Supervised by Mounir HAMDI

Pingzhong TANG

Founder
Turing Sense
Nanjing, China

PhD 2010
Supervised by Fangzhen LIN

Ming Yuen CHAN

System Manager
Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau
Cyberport, Hong Kong

PhD 2009
Supervised by Huamin QU

Jia CHEN

Head of Data Science, Integrity and Mobility
Grab
Singapore

PhD 2009
Supervised by Chi-Keung TANG

Tao CHEN

Director and Senior Staff Data Scientist
Security and Risk Management
Ant Financial Service Group
Beijing, China

PhD 2009
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Mengyao MA

Principal Engineer
Huawei
China

PhD 2009
Supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN

Yi WANG

AI Technical Specialist
Rolls-Royce
Singapore

PhD 2009
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Xiangye XIAO

Product Manager
Google Inc.
Mountain View, CA, USA

PhD 2009
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Alexander MARKOWETZ

Chief Visionary
markowetz.de

PhD 2008
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Feng WANG

CEO
CITIC Futures International
Hong Kong

PhD 2008
Supervised by Mounir HAMDI

Ken Wai-Pun YIU

Back End Developer
PayPay Corporation
Tokyo, Japan

PhD 2008
Supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN

Nelson CHU

Founder
Expresii
Hong Kong

PhD 2007
Supervised by Chiew-Lan TAI

Jian MA

Executive Director
Quantititative Research China Center
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Beijing, China

PhD 2007
Supervised by Lionel NI

Junfeng PAN

Engineering Manager
Meta
Menlo Park, CA, USA

PhD 2007
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Dou SHEN

Execuitive Vice President
Baidu, Inc.
Beijing, China

PhD 2007
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Gang WANG

Director of AI Assistant
Xiaomi Technology
Beijing, China

PhD 2007
Supervised by Frederick LOCHOVSKY and Dit-Yan YEUNG

Wenwei XUE

Expert Engineer
Tencent
Shenzhen, China

PhD 2007
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Fan ZHANG

Principal Software Engineering Manager
Microsoft
Shanghai, China

PhD 2005
Supervised by Samuel CHANSON and Lionel NI

Jihui ZHANG

CTO
Astella Technologies Limited
Hong Kong

PhD 2005
Supervised by Bo LI

Zhemin DING

Chemicals NBD Manager
Shell (China) Limited
Shanghai, China

PhD 2004
Supervised by Mounir HAMDI

Haifeng JIANG

Principal Software Engineer
Google Inc.
Los Altos, CA, USA

PhD 2004
Supervised by Hongjun LU

Jun ZHANG

Chief Architect and Principle Engineer
Tencent
Shanghai, China

PhD 2004
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Eleanna KAFEZA

Lead Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

PhD 2000
Supervised by Kamal KARLAPALEM