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Yongqi ZHANG

Assistant Professor in DSA, HKUST(GZ).

I am seeking Full-time PhD students in the coming semesters including Spring 2025 and Fall 2025. Students, who have strong motivation to start a research career with me and are interested in LLMs, graph learning, optimization, AI4BioInfo and related topics, are welcome to contact me.

PhD Admission Requirements

  1. Meet the university’s specified admission requirements. Please refer to the Handbook for details.
  2. Graduates from renowned universities (985 or equivalent) in computer science, electronic information, mathematics statistics, artificial intelligence, and related fields or with interdisciplinary backgrounds are welcome to apply.
  3. Solid mathematical and algorithmic foundations, as well as programming skills, are required.
  4. Have good characteristics for research: strong enthusiasm, excellent self-motivation, the ability of independent thinking and problem-solving, and so on.
  5. Priority will be given to applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:
    • Having some research or work experience. Master’s applicants should have at least one A-level paper.
    • Having outstanding academic performance, with a high GPA or ranking.
    • Having actively contributed to influential machine learning-related open-source projects.

Materials should be provided with your personal resume (including educational background, list of papers, internship experience, etc.), transcript (for undergraduate students), representative papers or projects, etc. Please email with title [semester]-[PhD/RA]-[institution].

Benefits

  1. The research group will provide a full scholarship of 180,000 RMB per year for full-time PhD students to ensure your living needs.
  2. The research group will respect your research interests and guide you in exploring new fields and ideas, fostering mutual growth and progress in research.
  3. We will provide diverse development support, such as opportunities for exchange at the Clear Water Bay campus in Hong Kong, and recommendations for collaborations with renowned institutions and companies.

Internship/RA positions are also open if you are interested in working together with me. Students interested in Mphil programs can refer to the red-bird program hosted by HKUST(GZ).

Welcome join!