PEOPLE


Associate Professor
Department of Electronic Engineering
Chinese University of Hong Kong


 (852) 3943 4461
 yxyuan [at] ee dot cuhk dot edu dot hk
 Rm 311, Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building, Hong Kong
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Prof. Yixuan YUAN is currently an Associate professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interest is AI in healthcare to promote precision medicine, emphisizing model explainability, robustness and security. She was a postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University, supervised by Prof. Lei Xing during 2017-2018. She received the B.S. degree in Automation from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), China, the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), advised by Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng with Hong Kong Postgraduate Fellowship (HKPFS). She was a visiting student in Radiology at Stanford University, supervised by Prof. Daniel L. Rubin from 2014 to 2015. During 2010-2012, She conducted research in the lab of pattern recognition and intelligent system in NPU. Her supervisor was Prof. Lei Guo, and she worked closely with Prof. Tianming Liu. She received several premium awards including ICBIR Best Paper Award, CVPR 2022 Best Paper Finalist, MICCAI 2022 Young Scientist Award (supervisor), Outstanding Teacher Award 2018/19 in CityU EE, 2017 Young Scientist Award in Engineering by Hong Kong Institute of Science, Best Paper Award in ICMA 2013, School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University. She is ranked Top 2% of Scientists on Stanford List 2021-2024.



  POSTDOC FELLOWS

Dr. Yu Jiang
2023.08 - Present
Ph.D. Hunan University
Dr. Zhihao Peng
2023.11 - Present
Ph.D. City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Pengli Zhu
2026.04 - Present
Ph.D. Dalian Maritime University
Dr. Zijun Liu
2026.04 - Present
Ph.D. City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Chen Ye
2026.06 - Present
M.D Ph.D. Peking University


  PHD STUDENTS

Yufan Hu
2023.08 - Present
B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Cheng Wang
2023.08 - Present
M.S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Weihao Yu
2023.08 - Present
M.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yiyang Lin
2024.08 - Present
M.S. Tsinghua University
B.S. Beihang University
Shengyuan Liu
2024.08 - Present
M.S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S. Xi'an Jiaotong University
Wentao Pan (HKPFS)
2024.08 - Present
M.S. Tsinghua University
B.S. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Boyun Zheng
2024.08 - Present
M.S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Weihong Wang
2025.08 - Present
M.S. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
B.S. Shandong University
Hongtao Wu
2025.08 - Present
M.S. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.S. Tianjin University
Xinyu Xu
2025.08 - Present
M.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.S. Tianjin University
Tianliang Yao
2025.08 - Present
B.S. Tongji University
Jiaxuan Jiang
2026.08 - Present
M.S. Lanzhou University
B.S. Lanzhou University
Shuaibo Li
2026.08 - Present
M.S. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.S. Beijing University of Technology
Ruiqing Li
2026.08 - Present
M.S. Beijing Institute of Technology
B.S. Beijing Institute of Technology
Tongyue Shi
2026.08 - Present
M.S. Peking University
B.S. Soochow University
Haoming Zhang
2026.08 - Present
M.S. Shenzhen University
B.S. Shenzhen University


  Research Assistant

Zhuoyi Li
2026.03- Present
Ph.D. student at Northwestern Polytechnical University


  FORMER MEMBERS

  • Xiaoqing Guo (Ph.D, Postdoc Fellow, 2018-2022). Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Zhen Chen (Ph.D, Postdoc Fellow, 2019-2022). Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Chen Yang (Ph.D, Postdoc Fellow, 2019-2025). Current Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, HKUST
  • Wuyang Li (Ph.D, Postdoc Fellow, 2020-2025). Current Employment: Research Scientist, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Qiushi Yang (Ph.D, 2020-2024). Current Employment: Research Scientist, Tongyi Qianwen
  • Xinyu Liu (Ph.D, 2020-2025). Current Employment: Postdoc Fellow, Imperial College London
  • Wenting Chen (Ph.D, 2021-2025). Current Employment: Postdoc Fellow, Stanford University
  • Meilu Zhu (RA, Ph.D, 2020-2025). Current Employment: Postdoc Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
  • Yiwen Luo (Ph.D, 2021-2025).
  • Yifan Liu (Ph.D, 2021-2026). Current Employment: Research scientist, Tencent Hunyuan
  • Chenxin Li (RA, Ph.D, 2022-2026). Current Employment: Visiting Scientist at Meta Superintelligence Lab (MSL)
  • Chunwei Tian (Postdoc Fellow, 2021-2022). Current Employment: Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Xiaochun Mai (Postdoc Fellow, 2021-2023). Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University
  • Xiaohan Xing (Postdoc Fellow, 2021-2023). Current Employment: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
  • Pengyu Wang (Postdoc Fellow, 2022-2024). Current Employment: Associate Professor, Capital University of Physical Education and Sports
  • Yuanyuan Chen (Visiting student from Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2020-2022). Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Zhibin He (Visiting student from Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2022-2024). Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Northwest University
  • Zhen Zhao (Visiting Student from University of Sydney, 2023-2024). First Employment: Shanghai AI Laboratory
  • Liuxin Bao (Visiting Student from Hangzhou Dianzi University, 2024-2025).
  • Chenhui Wang (Visiting Student from Fudan University, 2025-2026).