Me
Huifan Yang
MPhil in Computer Science and Technology, BUPT
candicyfanny [at] gmail.com

About

I am a highly motivated and quick-learning researcher with expertise in AI full-stack development, NLP, and Generative AI, gained through experiences at BUPT, Microsoft, and City University of Hong Kong. I have authored four top-tier publications and am proficient in English (IELTS 7.0 on first attempt). For collaborations or questions, drop me a line at my email.

Interests

  • Machine Learning in Multi-modality
  • Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graph
  • Generative AI
  • Data Mining
  • Computational Media and Arts
  • AI for Science

Education

School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • MPhil in Computer Science and Technology, 2021.09 – 2024.06
  • GPA: 87.92/100. First-class honour.
  • Advisor: Prof. Bin Wu
School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • B.Eng. in Data Science and Big Data Technology, 2017.09 – 2021.06
  • GPA: 3.63/4.00 (87.54/100)

Experiences

2023.09 – 2024.09
Research Assistant (FT) @ SoundLab, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Generative AI in Sound.
Supervisor: Prof. Ryo Ikeshiro
2020.09 – 2021.08
Research Intern & Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft Software Technology Center Asia, Bing Multimedia Group (Beijing, China)
Academic research. Engineering: CVScreen, Table2Charts.
Supervisors: Wei Ji, Da-Wei Li, Daxin Jiang
2020.09 – 2024.06
Research Assistant @ Beijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Telecommunication Software and Multimedia, BUPT
Supervisor: Prof. Bin Wu
2020.09 – 2022.06
Teaching Assistant @ Beijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Telecommunication Software and Multimedia, BUPT
Courses: Discrete Mathematics, Introduction to Data Science.
Supervisor: Prof. Bin Wu
2022.10 – 2022.12
Research Intern @ International Digital Economy Academy (IDEA), DataStory AI Lab (Shenzhen, China)
Supervisors: Dr. Haiqin Yang, Prof. Xiangyang Shen

Publications ( / )

Open Relation Extraction with Non-existent and Multi-span Relationships
Huifan Yang, Da-Wei Li, Zekun Li, Donglin Yang, Bin Wu
KR 2022
[Paper] [Code] [Slide] [Video]
Open Relation Extraction via Query-based Span Prediction
Huifan Yang, Da-Wei Li, Zekun Li, Donglin Yang, Jinsheng Qi, Bin Wu
KSEM 2022
[Paper] [Code] [Slide] [Video]
TsERL: Two-stage Enhancement of Radical and Lexicon for Chinese Medical Named Entity Recognition
Donglin Yang, Huifan Yang, Bin Wu
BIBM 2022
[Paper]
Large Audio AI Models for Fixed-Media Electronics in "Prelude: To Listening"
Huifan Yang and Ryo Ikeshiro
AIMC 2024
[Paper] [Code] [Slide] [Video] [Audio] [Concert]
[Excerpt 1] [Excerpt 2] [Excerpt 3]
Master's Dissertation: Open Relation Extraction and Canonicalization for Knowledge Graph Construction
Huifan Yang
CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure)
[Paper] [Slide]

Selected Honors & Awards

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