Group Members

We are always looking for self-motivated students with strong mathematical and programming background (see openings) !

Principal Investigators

Qingfu ZHANG (张青富)

Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence, IEEE Fellow

  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Metaheuristics
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Machine Learning

Zhichao LU (陆智超)

Assistant Professor

  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Bilevel Optimization
  • Neural Architecture Search

Postdoc Research Fellows

Ping GUO (郭平)

  • Computational Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Optimization

Shen-Huan Lyu (吕沈欢)

  • Ensemble Learning

  • Learning Theory

Yuxin PAN (潘钰鑫)

  • Combinatorial Optimization

  • Reinforcement Learning

Jianxiong TANG (唐建雄)

  • Spiking Neural Networks

  • Brain-Inspired Intelligence

Zidong WANG (王紫东)

  • Causal Discovery

  • Bayesian Networks

Liang ZHAO (赵亮)

  • Multiobjective Optimization

  • Bayesian Optimization

PhD Students

Dake BU (卜大可)

started September 2023

  • Machine Learning

Ji CHENG (程吉)

started January 2023

  • Machine Learning
  • Online Learning
  • Bayesian Optimization

Longcan CHEN (陈龙灿)

started September 2021

  • Multiobjective Optimization

  • Evolutionary Computation

Siyuan CHEN (陈思源)

started September 2024

  • Automated Programming

  • Synergistic Optimization of Hardware and Software

Xin CHEN (陈昕)

started September 2025

  • Machine Learning
  • Large Language Model
  • Optimization

Runlin HOU (侯润林)

started January 2023

  • Jailbreak Prompting
  • Large Language Model
  • Automatic Kernel Optimization

Qinglong HU (胡庆隆)

started September 2024

  • Evolutionary Computing
  • High-dimensional Optimization
  • Large Language Model

Song LAI (赖嵩)

started September 2023

  • Continual Learning
  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Large Language Model

Ke LI (李可)

started September 2022

  • Combinatorial Optimization

  • Machine Learning

Weiduo LIAO (廖伟多)

started October 2020

  • Continual Learning
  • Meta Learning
  • Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

Yilu LIU (刘一鹭)

started September 2023

  • Few for Many
  • Network Science
  • Multiobjective Optimization

Chengyu LU (卢承宇)

started September 2021

  • Evolution Strategy

  • Multiobjective Optimization

Yuxiong QING (秦渝雄)

started September 2024

Junhao QIU (邱俊豪)

started January 2026

  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Automated Algorithm Design
  • Intelligent Manufacturing

Yansong SUN (孙延松)

started September 2025

  • Machine Learning
  • Large Language Model
  • Operator Optimization

Shenxiu WU (吴身修)

started September 2025

  • Large Language Model

  • Optimization

Jianhang XIE (谢建行)

started September 2025

  • Secure LLM Inference
  • Efficient Deep Learning
  • Optimization

Bo XUE (薛波)

started September 2022

  • Bandits

  • Stochastic Optimization

Shunyu YAO (姚舜禹)

started Month Year

  • Combinatorial Optimization

  • Deep Learning

Yiming YAO (姚一鸣)

started September 2022

  • Bayesian Optimization

Xu ZHANG (张煦)

started September 2024

  • Multimodal Learning

  • MLLM Safety

Zhe ZHAO (赵哲)

started September 2023

  • Multiobjective Optimization

  • Machine Learning

Kefeng ZHENG (郑可风)

started September 2024

  • Machine Learning
  • Large Language Model
  • Aerodynamics

MPhil Students

Rui SUN (孙锐)

started September 2024

  • Neural Combinatorial Optimization

  • Learning to Optimize

Jiaqi WU (邬家齐)

started September 2025

  • LLM architectures

  • Optimization for LLMs

Rui ZHANG (张睿)

started September 2024

  • Large Language Model for Optimization

Ruoyu ZHAO (趙若愚)

started September 2025

  • Neuromorphic Computing
  • LLM Architecture
  • Machine Learning

Alumni

Jingjing CHEN (陈静静),

Jingda DENG (邓镜达), Assistant Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University

Chang GAO (高畅), Associate Professor at Xidian University

Weifeng GAO (高卫峰), Professor at Xidian University

Cheng GONG (龚成), Huawei

Lin GUI (桂林), Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Peiqiu HUANG (黄佩秋), Associate Professor at Central South University

Genghui LI (李庚辉), Assistant Professor at Shenzhen University

Ke LI (李珂), Senior Lecturer at University of Exeter

Zhenhua LI (李振华), Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Xi LIN (林熙), Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University

Fei LIU (柳斐), Postdoc researcher in Department of Physics, UZH & Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich

Hui LIU (刘卉), Assistant Professor at Saint Francis University

Jialong SHI (石家隆), Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University

Shaolong SHI (师少龙), University of Electronic Science and Technology

Zhenkun WANG (王振坤), Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology

Mengyuan WU (吴梦远), Huawei Noah’s Ark lab → Shein

Zhiyuan YANG (杨致远), Huawei Noah’s Ark lab

Xiaoyuan ZHANG (张霄远),

Hui-Ling ZHEN (甄慧玲), Huawei Noah’s Ark lab

Yu ZHOU (周宇), Associate Professor at Shenzhen University

Qingling ZHU (朱庆灵), Assistant Professor at Shenzhen University

Former visitors, BSc/ MSc students

Visitors

Prof. Kalyanmoy Deb (MSU), 2024

Prof. Bilel Derbel (INRIA), 2016

Prof. Arnaud Liefooghe (INRIA), 2016

Prof. Dirk Arnold (Dalhousie Univ.), 2014

Prof. Huanhuan Chen (USTC), 2014

Prof. Zexuan Zhu (Shenzhen Univ.), 2014

Postgraduate students

Jianhang XIE (BJTU), Spring 2025

Zhanxin Cui (NUDT), Spring 2025

Pengcheng Cao (NUDT), Spring 2025

Bachelor students

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