Team | Mindlab

Principal Investigators

Kay Chen TAN

Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence

kaychen.tan@polyu.edu.hk

Ran CHENG

Associate Professor

Presidential Young Scholar

rcheng@polyu.edu.hk

Jibin WU

Assistant Professor

jibin.wu@polyu.edu.hk

Postdoc Fellows

Zhiyao ZHANG

Research Interests

• Surrogate-assisted Multiobjective Optimization

•Surrogate-assisted Transfer Optimization

Yinglan FENG

Research Interests
• Evolutionary Transfer Optimization

• Multi-Objective Optimization

• Intelligent Computing

Jiaxin GAO

Research Interests

• Bilevel Optimization

• Automatic Machine Learning

Rui LIU

Research Interests
• Deep Learning

• Neuroimaging Analysis

• Medical Image Computing

Yao HU

Research Interests

• Domain Adaptation
• Federated Learning

• Medical AI

Xingyu WU

Research Interests
• Causality-based Machine Learning
•Automatic Machine Learning
•Large Foundation Model

Xiaoming XUE

Research Interests
•Evolutionary Transfer Optimization

• Engineering Design Optimization

PhD Students

Hanglei ZHANG

Research Interests

• Audio/Speech Signal Processing

Yufei ZHANG

Research Interests

• Audio/Speech Signal Processing

Lulu CAO

Research Interests
• Scientific Machine Learning
• Evolutionary Computation

Xiaoyue JIN

Research Interests
• Swarm control

• Game-based decision

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Beichen HUANG

Research Interests
• High-Performance Evolutionary Computation

• Neuro-Evolution

Ziyuan YE

Research Interests
• NeuroAI
• AGI
• Deep Learning

Chenxiang MA

Research Interests
• Spiking Neural Network
• Local Learning

Zhenyu LIANG

Research Interests

• Evolutionary Computation
• Multi-objective Optimization

Yanchen LI

Research Interests
• Evolutionary Computation
•Combinatorial Optimization
• Machine Learning Systems

Haiyun QIU

Research Interests
• Evolutionary Computation
• Combinatorial Optimization

Yuhong CHOU

Research Interests
• Linear Fundation Models

• Large Language Models

• Conditional Computation

Yinsong YAN

Research Interests
• Brain-inspired Computing

• Spiking Neural Networks

Yajie ZHANG

Research Interests
• Multimodal Biomedical AI

• Causal Inference

• Domain Adaptation

Bowen ZHENG

Research Interests

• Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning
• Neuroevolution

Haohuai HE

Research Interests
• Computational Biology
• Single-cell Analysis
• Drug Discovery

Ruofan YAN

Research Interests
• Brain-computer Interface
• Computational Audition

Zhige CHEN

Research Interests
•Brain Computer Interface
•EEG Signal Processing
•Deep Transfer Learning

Yu ZHOU

Research Interests
• Federated Learning

• Evolutionary Computation

• Deep Reinforcement Learning

Xiang HAO

Research Interests

• Audio/Speech Signal Processing

Chenming CAO

Research Interests

• Evolutionary Transfer

Optimization

• Expensive Optimization

Jian YAO

Research Interests

• Machine learning
• LLM agent
• Reinforcement learning

Xianwei CHEN

Research Interests
• Embodied Intelligence
• Learning for Robotics

Fan XU

Research Interests
• Diffusion model,

• Antibody design

Haokai HONG

Research Interests
• Multi-Objective Optimization
• Large-Scale Optimization

Xinyi CHEN

Research Interests
• Neuromorphic Computing
• Spiking Neural Networks

MPhil

Szu-Chi CHIU

Research Interests

• Spiking Neural Networks

• Auditory processing

Research Assistants

Zehao LIU

Research Interests

• Large Language Model

• Machine Learning System

Mengqi XU

Research Interests

• Machine Learning

Wenlong YOU

Research Interests

• Multimodal Learning

•Brain Computer Interface •Signal Processing

Shu PENG

Research Interests

• EEG Source Imaging

• Brain Computer Interface

Shimin ZHANG

Research Interests

• Spiking Neural Networks

• Auditory processing

Collaborators

Songbai LIU, Ph.D. Student (2019-2022); Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University
Zhian HUANG, Ph.D. Student (2018-2021); Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan)
Zhenzhong WANG, Ph.D. Student (2020-2024); Assistant Professor, Xiamen University
Wu LIN, Ph.D. Student (2020-2024); Postdoctoral Fellow, Shenzhen University
Xun ZHOU, Ph.D. Student (2019-2023), Postdoctoral Fellow(2023-2025); Artificial Inteligence Application Innovation Research Manager, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Innovation Research Insititute
Shenghao WU, Postdoc Fellow(2023-2025)；Lecturer, South China Agricultural University
Yuxiao HUANG, Postdoc Fellow(2023-2025)；Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance Co., Ltd
Li YAO, Postdoc Fellow(2024-2025)；Lecturer, Taiyuan University of Technology