About Me

Hi there! This is Ling Li. I am currently a Ph.D. student at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). I am fortunately supervised by Prof. Wei Zeng at HKUST-CIVAL. My primary research interests lie in the exploration and development of Generative AI.

Prior to joining HKUST-CIVAL group, I gained impressive industry experience through full-time and internship roles at Tencent, Baidu, and start-up. My academic background includes a Master of Engineering degree, specialized in Software Engineering, from Xi’an Jiaotong University, and a Bachelor of Science degree, with a concentration in Management Information System, from Anhui University.

If you are interested in my research, please feel free to contact me!

Research Interests

  • Generative AI, e.g., Image-to-Image Translation, Multimodal Foundation Models

Experience

Jan 2024 - NowPh.D. Student, CIVAL Lab, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Aug 2023 - Jan 2024Research Assistant, CIVAL Lab, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Sept 2022 - May 2023Applied Researcher, Startup
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022Machine Learning Engineer, Pheonix Nest, Baidu
Sept 2018 - Jun 2021M.Eng. in Software Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Jun 2020 - Sept 2020Research Intern, Youtu Lab, Tencent
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019Sakura Science Exchange Program, The University of Tokushima
Sept 2014 - Jun 2018B.Sc. in Management Information System, Anhui University
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018Visiting Program, The University of Hong Kong

Publications

[C2] Ling Li, Yaochen Li, Chuan Wu, Hang Dong, Peilin Jiang. Detail Fusion GAN: High-Quality Translation for Unpaired Images with GAN-based Data Augmentation[C]. IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp. 1731-1736, 2020.
[J2] Yaochen Li, Chuan Wu, Ling Li, Yuehu Liu and Jihua Zhu. Caption generation from road images for traffic scene modeling[J]. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(7): 7805-7816, 2021.
[C1] Chuan Wu, Yaochen Li, Ling Li, Le Wang and Yuehu Liu. Caption Generation from Road Images for Traffic Scene Construction[C]. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, pp. 1271-1276, 2020.
[J1] Yaochen Li, Xiao Wu, Danhui Lu, Ling Li, Yuehu Liu, Li Zhu. Style Transfer of Urban Road Images using Generative Adversarial Networks with Structural Details[J]. IEEE Multimedia, 27(3): 54-65, 2020.

Selected Awards and Honors

2021Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
2017The Honorable Mention in The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)/The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)
2016The 1st Prize in Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling