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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))
  • Shuhao Li (incoming Ph.D. Candidate, Previously Undergraduate Student at Lanzhou University)
  • 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)

  • Alumni

  • Jian Chen, an Assistant Professor at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
  • Zhengzhong Wang, an Assistant Professor at Xiamen University

  • 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 28, 2025 Our papers, Backdoor Defense via Enhanced Splitting and Trap Isolation, was accepted by ICCV 2025 and, The Diversity Bonus: Learning from Dissimilar Clients in Personalized Federated Learning, was accepted by TNNLS 2025 :sparkles:
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.” :smile:
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. :sparkles:
May 5, 2025 Our paper, Graph-Relational Federated Learning: Enhanced Personalization and Robustness, was accepted by TDSC 2025. :sparkles:
May 2, 2025 Our three papers “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. :smile:
Apr 30, 2025 Our paper, Faithful Interpretation for Graph Neural Networks, was accepted by TMLR 2025. :sparkles:
Jun 27, 2025
Jan 23, 2025 Our paper, Accelerating 3D Molecule Generation via Jointly Geometric Optimal Transport, was accepted by ICLR 2025. :sparkles: