James T. Kwok
Scholar

James T. Kwok

Google Scholar ID: -oTraZ4AAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Machine learning
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
18,526
 
H-index
51
 
i10-index
146
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
0
 
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Best Teaching Award, MSc Program in Financial Technology, 2024–2025
  • Best Teaching Award, MSc Program in Big Data Technology, 2021–2022
  • Best Paper Runner-Up, Applied Research Track, CIKM 2022
  • Best Review Award, ICLR 2017
  • Nomination for Best Paper Award, SIAM SDM 2010
  • Second Class Award in Natural Sciences, Ministry of Education, China, 2008
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks Outstanding Paper Award, 2004
  • Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention for AAAI/IJCAI (2009–2019)
  • Inaugural and 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS
  • Supervised students awarded Google PhD Fellowships, Microsoft Fellowship, HKUST PhD Research Excellence awards, etc.
Research Experience
  • Former Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Current Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Neural Networks, Neurocomputing, Artificial Intelligence Journal, International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
  • Action Editor for Machine Learning journal
  • Senior Area Chair for major conferences: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI
  • Area Chair for AAAI and ECML
  • Member of the IJCAI Board of Trustees
  • Program Chair of IJCAI-2025
  • General Chair of PAKDD-2026
Background
  • Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
  • IEEE Fellow
  • Research interests: Machine learning, Deep learning, Data mining, Artificial intelligence
  • Applications: Computer vision and image processing, Speech processing, Pervasive computing
Co-authors
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