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Name in Chinese
謝浩然
Biography
Prof. XIE Haoran is a Professor and the Person-in-Charge of Division of Artificial Intelligence, the Associate Dean of School of Data Science, and the Director of LEO Dr. David P. Chan Institute of Data Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Natural Language Processing Journal (Elsevier), Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier), Computers & Education: X Reality (Elsevier), Artificial Intelligence in Language Education (Castledown), Co-Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge Management and E-Learning (HKU) the Associate Editor of International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics (Springer), Array (Elseiver), International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (InderScience). He has published a total of 459 research publications, including 275 journal articles (73 papers as first or corresponding author), 7 edited books, 69 book chapters, 102 conference proceedings and 6 patents. Among all 275 journal articles, there are 219 SCI/SSCI indexed. Some journals like IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TKDE, IEEE TCYB, IEEE TAC, IEEE Intelligent Systems, IEEE Multimedia, Information Sciences, Neural Networks, Neurocomputing, Knowledge-Based Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, Computers & Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, Educational Technology & Society, Interactive Learning Environments are top-tier journals in the related fields. Among all book chapters and conference proceedings, there are many papers from top-tier conferences like AAAI, IJCAI, CVPR, ICCV, ACL, EMNLP, WWW, CIKM, DASFAA, etc. He has served as 19 guest editors in special issues of journals, editors of 7 books, organization committee chairs/members of more than 59 conferences, and reviewers of 40 international journals. Till Oct 2025, his total Google Scholar citation count is 27,582, h-index is 65, and i-10 index is 227 at Google Scholar. He has been selected in the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University since 2021.
Research interests
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Educational Technologies
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research on the Mechanism and Practical Path of VR and GenAI Empowering Cultural Identity in the Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Embodied Narrative (具身叙事视域下VR与GenAI赋能大湾区文化认同机制与实践路径研究)
XIE, H. (PI) & ZHANG, D. (CoPI)
1/08/26 → 31/07/27
Project: Grant Research
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LLM-Augmented News Terminal: Entity Annotations, Explanation Quality, and Interest‑Aware Conversational Recommendation
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Grant Research
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Large Language Models for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis
XIE, H. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Grant Research
Research output
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A Context-Aware Transformer for Corporate Default Prediction: Integrating Firm-Level Financials with Industry and Macroeconomic Factors
ZHANG, W., LIAN, S., WANG, W., XIE, H. & WANG, F. L., 2027, Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications : 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2026, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 22-26, 2026, Proceedings, Part IX. HUANG, D.-S., ZHANG, C., CHEN, W., LI, B., ZHANG, Q., BAO, W., PAN, Y. & PREMARATNE, P. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 21-32 12 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 3042).Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Referred Conference Paper › peer-review
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AI-Powered Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Personalized Treatment Recommendation for Depression based on Patient Profiles
XU, L., XIE, H., QIN, S. J., WANG, F. L., GURURAJAN, R., ELANGOVAN, S. & SHEN, Y., 1 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 14 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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An Empirical Study on Student Feedback Sentiment Classification: From Traditional Machine Learning to Large Language Models
ZHANG, H., XIE, H., ZOU, D. & WANG, F. L., 21 Jul 2026, Blended Learning: Innovations for Future Education 19th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2026, Beijing, China, July 28–31, 2026, Proceedings. CHUI, K. T., LI, C., JIA, J., CHEUNG, S. K. S., LEE, F.W.-F. & SHANG, J. (eds.). Springer Singapore, p. 166-179 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16778).Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering (HKAE) - Young Member Section
XIE, H. (Recipient), Aug 2026
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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Activities
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Computers & Education: X Reality (Journal)
XIE, H. (Editor in chief)
2026 → …Activity: Editorial / Peer-review Work › Editorial (Journal)
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Natural Language Processing Journal (Journal)
TAO, X. (Editor in chief), XIE, H. (Editor in chief) & LI, Z. (Associate Editor)
Jan 2025 → …Activity: Editorial / Peer-review Work › Editorial (Journal)
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Least Squares Generative Adversarial Networks: Theories and Applications
XIE, H. (Speaker) & LEE, K. Y. K. (Chair)
30 May 2023Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
Press/Media
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岭大学者获选为2026年度香港工程院青年部会员 Leading AI scholar Prof Xie Haoran of Lingnan University elected as 2026 new member of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Young Member Section
8/08/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Corporate News › Corporate News
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Leading AI scholar Prof Xie Haoran of Lingnan University elected as 2026 new member of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Young Member Section
6/08/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Corporate News › Corporate News