Scholar
Xiaoyan Zhao
Google Scholar ID: rtLHw6QAAAAJ
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Citations & Impact
Citations
412
H-index
9
i10-index
9
Publications
20
Co-authors
14
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 1. September 2025: One paper accepted by NeurIPS 2025
- 2. August 2025: One paper accepted by EMNLP 2025
- 3. May 2025: One paper accepted by ACL 2025
- 4. January 2025: One paper accepted by ICLR 2025
- 5. Program committee member for conferences such as ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, COLING, ICASSP, NLPCC
- 6. Reviewer for journals including IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Knowledge-based Systems (KBS)
Research Experience
- 1. As a PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Hong Cheng
- 2. During time at UCAS, was a member of SIAT-NLP and supervised by Prof. Min Yang
- 3. Currently a visiting scholar at NExT++, National University of Singapore, working with Prof. Tat-Seng Chua and Prof. See-Kiong Ng
Education
- 1. Ph.D. Candidate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Hong Cheng
- 2. Master's degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), supervised by Prof. Min Yang
- 3. Currently a visiting scholar at NExT++, National University of Singapore, working with Prof. Tat-Seng Chua and Prof. See-Kiong Ng
Background
- Research interests: Natural Language Processing, with a focus on exploring trustworthy, human-centric Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications. Specifically, focuses on Conversational AI (such as Conversational Recommender Systems, Target-Guided Dialogues, and Language Model-Powered Agents) and Personalized LLMs (including personality modeling, role-playing, memory integration, and ensuring factual accuracy).
Miscellany
- 1. Teaching experience: Teaching Assistant for CSCI2100: Data Structures (Fall 2022/2023/2024) and SEEM3550: Database Systems (Fall 2022/2023/2024) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
