
Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Department of Computing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
PQ730, Mong Man Wai Building
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Wanyu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wanyu is serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions On Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS) and Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (TETCI).
Wanyu’s primary research interest is in 1) AI for science. We focus on developing machine learning (ML) techniques (GNNs, diffusion, etc.) to accelerate scientific simulations and design (applications in materials, structure safety); 2) creating caollaborative AI systems (federated learning/multi-agent systems) with various trustworthy objectives, such as interpretability, privacy and safety.
Research Team
- Mingxuan Ouyang (Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Master Student at HK PolyU)
- Haowei Hua (Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Master Student at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC))
- Jiangwen Dong (Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Undergraduate Student at Zhejiang University)
- Zhuoran Li (Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Master Student at HK PolyU and Undergraduate at University of Washington-Seattle)
- Guodong Du (incoming Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Undergraduate Student at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC))
- Zeyu An (incoming Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Master Student at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC))
- Zehui Lin (Research Assistant, Previously Undergraduate Student at the University of Sydney)
- Minfeng Wu (Research Assistant, Previously Undergraduate Student at Xiamen University)
- Xu Sun (Research Assistant, Undergraduate Student at HK PolyU)
- Jingwen Yang (URIS Program, Undergraduate Student at HK PolyU)
- Shuxiu Jia (URIS Program, Undergraduate Student at HK PolyU)
- Jian Chen, an Assistant Professor at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
- Zhengzhong Wang, an Assistant Professor at Xiamen University
Alumni
We are looking for motivated Post-Doctoral Fellows and Ph.D. Students who are interested and experienced in AI for Science and trustworthy AI. Send me your CV (GPA, publications, etc.) and your transcript via email if you are interested in working with me at PolyU. Candidates who have strong mathematics backgrounds and programming skills are preferred.
news
Jun 5, 2025 |
Wanyu was an invited speaker for the AI for Science and Engineering at the Young Academy of Science Summit Sub-Conference V. She gave a talk titled “Toward Interpretable Deep Learning for Molecular and Materials Science.”
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May 27, 2025 |
Wanyu is the recipient of the PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award (YIRA) 2025, which highlighting the outstanding contributions of young faculty members at PolyU under 35.
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May 5, 2025 |
Our paper, Graph-Relational Federated Learning: Enhanced Personalization and Robustness, was accepted by TDSC 2025.
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May 2, 2025 |
Our three paper “Latent Imputation before Prediction: A New Computational Paradigm for De Novo Peptide Sequencing”, “HPS: Hard Preference Sampling for Human Preference Alignment”,”Socialized Coevolution: Advancing a Better World through Cross-Task Collaboration” were accepted by ICML 2025.
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Apr 30, 2025 |
Our paper, Faithful Interpretation for Graph Neural Networks, was accepted by TMLR 2025.
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Jan 23, 2025 | Serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (TETCI). |
Jan 23, 2025 |
Our paper, Accelerating 3D Molecule Generation via Jointly Geometric Optimal Transport, was accepted by ICLR 2025.
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Jan 11, 2025 |
Our paper, FedMUA: Exploring the Vulnerabilities of Federated Learning to Malicious Unlearning Attacks, was accepted by TIFS 2025.
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