Yu Li (李煜)
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
The CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute (SZRI) (by courtesy)
Email: liyuATcse.cuhk.edu.hk, liyu4017ATgmail.com [For reference letter requesting] (To be sustainable, I am trying to force myself not to reply to emails other than 9am to 6pm, Mon to Fri)
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Opening: Intern, PhD/Mphil students (Students with non-CS majors are very welcomed), Postdoc (HKD 540K per year).

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Short Bio

Yu joined the CSE department at CUHK in December 2020 as an assistant professor, leading the Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AIH) group. He was selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list – Class of 2022, Healthcare & Science.
He obtained Ph.D. in Computer Science from KAUST in October 2020 (KAUST news), and Master degree in Computer Science from KAUST in December 2016.
He got Bachelor degree (honored) in Biosciences from the BEI Shizhang Elite Class at USTC in 2015.
He was born on April 1st, 1995 in China. [Quick facts about him]

Research interests

I am working at the intersection between machine learning, healthcare and bioinformatics, developing new machine learning methods to resolve the computational problems in biology and healthcare, especially the structured learning problems.
My long-term goal is to improve the healthcare system, benefiting society directly by improving people's health and wellness.
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