I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Dual Degree Ph.D. Program jointly offered by the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the School of Artificial Intelligence at Nankai University. I am under the joint supervision of Prof. Jiannong Cao and Prof. Hongpeng Wang.
My current research is primarily focused on Embodied AI, leveraging Spatial Intelligence and Multimodal learning to advance Imitation Learning and address uncertainty and optimization challenges in sequential decision-making. My broader expertise spans key areas including Deep Learning, Meta-Learning, Few-Shot Learning, and Uncertainty Quantification. I actively seek to translate theoretical advancements into robust, real-world Embodied AI applications.
Further broadening my international research experience, with the recommendation and support of Prof. Cao, I received funding via the Research Student Attachment Programme (RSAP, PolyU) for a visiting research position (Research Postgraduate) at Imperial College London (Department of Computing). I was attached to the AESE research group from July to November 2025, under the supervision of Prof. Julie A. McCann.
My foundational academic journey in Software Engineering began at Shandong Normal University (B.S.) and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) (M.S.). During my Master’s studies, I was fortunate to conduct research under the guidance of Prof. Fan Zhou, Prof. Ting Zhong, and Prof. Jiahao Wang.
🔥 News
- 2025.11: 🎉🎉 A paper is accepted by the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2026).
- 2025.11: 🎉🎉 A paper is accepted by the Science China Information Sciences (SCIS). Congratulations to Hanqian.
- 2025.09: 🎉 Awarded the Recognition Award on the MATA Awards 2024/25 for teaching COMP1012.
- 2025.07: 🎉 Awarded the Research Student Attachment Programme (RSAP) funding for the research visit to Imperial College London (ICL).
📝 Publications
Xiuxiu Qi, Yu Yang, Jiannong Cao, Luyao Bai, Chongshan Fan, Chengtai Cao, Hongpeng Wang
Project AAAI26(for a 17.6% overall acceptance rate)
Context-aware embodied intelligence: from environmental understanding to autonomous decision-making
Hanqian Luo, Jiannong Cao, Xiuxiu Qi, Rui Cao, Yongchun Fang
MetaGeo: A General Framework for Social User Geolocation Identification with Few-shot Learning
Fan Zhou, Xiuxiu Qi, Kunpeng Zhang, Goce Trajcevski, Ting Zhong
MetaRisk: Semi-supervised Few-Shot Operational Risk Classification in Banking Industry
Fan Zhou, Xiuxiu Qi, Chunjing Xiao, Jiahao Wang
Fusion Algorithm for Matrix Completion Prediction Based on Probabilistic Meta-learning
Computer Science (Chinese Periodicals)
Xiuxiu Qi, Jiahao Wang, Wenxiong Li, Fan Zhou,
Transfer Knowledge Between Cities by Incremental Few-Shot Learning
Jiahao Wang, Wenxiong Li, Xiuxiu Qi[*], Yuheng Ren
Meta-Learned User Preference for Topic Participation Prediction
Fan Zhou, Xiuxiu Qi, Xovee Xu, Jiahao Wang, Ting Zhong, Goce Trajcevskiy
Patents
- China Invention Patent, No. CN109670548A: Multi-Scale Input HAR Algorithm Based on Improved LSTM-CNN. Jiahao Wang, Qiuling Long, Liang Li, Xiuxiu Qi, Yingzi Xie, Kexuan Liu.
- China Invention Patent, No. CN113986890A: A Few-Shot Learning-Based Joint Hospital Data Migration Method and System. Jiahao Wang, Xiuxiu Qi, Wenxiong Li, Dajiang Chen, Jun Zhu, Ping Xiang, Xiaole Bao.
- China Invention Patent, No. CN109508677A: An Airborne Handwriting Action Recognition Method Based on an Improved CNN Network. Jiahao Wang, Yingzi Xie, Qiuling Long, Liang Li, Xiuxiu Qi.
📖 Education Background
- 2022.09 - Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Supervisor: Prof. Jiannong Cao.
- 2022.09 - Present, Ph.D. Candidate, The School of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University, Supervisor: Prof. Hongpeng Wang.
- 2021.06 - 2022.08, Software Engineer, ByteDance.
- 2018.09 - 2021.06, M.S., Software Engineering, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Supervisor: Prof.Fan Zhou, Prof.Jiahao Wang.
💬 Teaching Assistant
- 2024/25 Sem 2, INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS (COMP1411-20242-B), Subject Lecturer: Dr. LYU Mingsong.
- 2024/25 Sem 1, PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS (COMP1012-20241-C), Subject Lecturer: Dr. Ir. Mohammed Aquil Maud Mirza.
- 2023/24 Sem 2, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONCEPTS (COMP5511-20232-A), Subject Lecturer: Dr.YANG Yu.
- 2023/24 Sem 1, DATA STRUCTURES (COMP2011-20231-A), Subject Lecturer: Dr.CAO Yixin.
- 2018/19 Sem 2, DATA MINING.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2025 Recognition Award on the MATA Awards (PolyU)
- 2022-2025 Nankai University Public Ability Scholarship for three consecutive years.
- 2022 ByteDance Best Newcomer Award.
- 2019-2021 The First-Class Merit Scholarship for two consecutive years.