Professional Experience

Tsinghua University

Visiting Student Researcher

Mar. 2025 - Present

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society

Research Student Member

Oct. 2024 - Present

University of New South Wales

Research Assistant

Oct. 2023 - Aug. 2025

Pen CS

Software Engineer Intern

Jan. 2024 - Jun. 2024

China CITIC Bank

Software Engineer Intern

Mar. 2023 - May. 2023

Academic History

University of New South Wales

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science and Engineering

Present

• Supervisors: Prof. Flora Salim and Dr. Benjamin Tag

• Research Areas: Multi-modal Learning, Generative AI, Human-AI Interaction

University of New South Wales

Master of Information Technology with Excellent

• WAM 85.64 (High Distinction)

• Thesis: Uncovering profiles of sequential ads in automated ad targeting - Grade: 94/100

• Research Topic: Australian Ad Observatory: Investigating mobile and dynamic advertising via computational and participatory approaches

• Research Outcomes: [WWW '26] When Ads Become Profiles: Uncovering the Invisible Risk of Web Advertising at Scale with LLMs

Xiamen University of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering with Distinction

• WAM 91.3 (High Distinction), ranked 1/215 students in the major.

• Thesis: Breeze Video: A Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Video Recommendation and Rating System - Grade: 95/100

Awards

• 2025: 3rd Place (US$1500) - KDD Cup 2025, Meta Comprehensive RAG Multi-modal, Multi-turn (CRAG-MM) Challenge, Task 1: Single-source Augmentation
• 2024: Judges (1st) Prize (AU$5000 Research Project Grant) - ADM+S Hackathon 2024: Recommender Systems for Public Service Media
• 2023: Outstanding Graduate - Xiamen University of Technology
• 2023: Honours Bachelor's Degree with Distinction - Xiamen University of Technology
• 2022: Premier Scholarship - Xiamen University of Technology
• 2022: Merit Student & Learning Star - Xiamen University of Technology
• 2022: Third Prize in Java Development Competition - The 13th National Final of the Lan Qiao Cup
• 2022: First Prize in Java Development Competition - The 13th Fujian Division of the Lan Qiao Cup
• 2022: Outstanding Award - RoboCom CAIP Fujian Division
• 2022: Outstanding Group Award - Group Programming Ladder Tournament

Teaching Experience

University of New South Wales

• Tutor of COMP9517 Computer Vision
• Tutor of DESN1000 Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation
• Guest Lecturer of DESN1000 Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation

Supervision

Current Co-supervised Students

• Shuyi Jin, (Master Thesis Research, UNSW, 2026)
• Arnav Narula, (Honours Thesis Research, UNSW, 2026)
• Caspar Khoo, (Honours Thesis Research, UNSW, 2026)
• Huanxue Li, (Research Intern, UNSW, 2026)
• Junle Zhou, (Honours Thesis Research, UNSW, 2025-2026)
• Sparsh Rastogi, (Research Intern, UNSW, 2025-2026)
• Tanmay Kumar, (Research Intern, UNSW, 2025-2026)
• Mingyang Cai, (Honours Thesis Research, UNSW, 2025-2026)

Past Co-supervised Students

• Minyu Deng, (Taste of Research, UNSW, 2026)
• Wenning Ma, (Master Thesis Research, UNSW, 2025)
• Caike Lin, (Master Thesis Research, UNSW, 2025)

Academic Services

Workshop Organization

Co-organizer, 2nd DiversityOne Open Challengeat UbiComp/ISWC 2026

Conference Program Committee / Reviewer

AAAI, WWW, CHI

Journal Reviewer

The ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)

Research Engagement

As of May 2026, there are more than 10 news pieces covering my research: When Ads Become Profiles. Selected highlights include coverage in CHOICE, Australia’s longest-running and largest consumer advocacy organisation; TechRadar, a global technology media; and TechXplore, a technology news platform powered by Science X.