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Name in Chinese
姚新
Biography
Prof Yao Xin is the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and the Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of Machine Learning at Lingnan University. Previously, he held academic positions at the Southern University of Science and Technology (China), the University of Birmingham (UK), Australian Defence Force Academy, University College, the University of New South Wales (Australia), and the University of Science and Technology of China (China). Prof Yao was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2003. He won the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2012, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award in 2013, and the prestigious IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award in 2020. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation in 2003-08 and the President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society in 2014-15. He was listed in World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University since 2021 and named Highly Cited Researcher in 2022 and 2023. According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited over 74,000 times by other scholars, with an H-index of 122.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Automatic Design of Parallel Algorithm portfolios
YAO, X. (PI)
1/07/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Grant Research
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Co-evolving more generalisable Parallel Algorithm portfolios with Limited training instances (CoPAL)
YAO, X. (PI)
Research Grants Council (Hong Kong, China)
1/01/27 → 31/12/29
Project: Grant Research
Research output
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A Conceptual Framework of AI Transparency from Sociotechnical Perspective
HUANG, C., WANG, Z., WEN, X., WANG, X. & YAO, X., Apr 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. 7, 4, p. 1942-1955 14 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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Algorithm 1060: EDOLAB, a Platform for Research and Education in Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization
PENG, M., YAZDANI, D., YAZDANI, D., SHE, Z., LUO, W., LI, C., BRANKE, J., NGUYEN, T. T., GANDOMI, A. H., YANG, S., JIN, Y. & YAO, X., Mar 2026, In: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 52, 1, 31 p., 4.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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A perspective on algorithm design for combinatorial optimization: lessons learned from solving capacitated arc routing problems
TONG, H., RUAN, G., LIU, J. & YAO, X., 2026, In: Cogent Engineering. 13, 1Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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Prizes
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LU Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award 2026 (RGC Grant)
YAO, X. (Recipient), Sept 2026
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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Explaining Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
YAO, X. (Keynote speaker)
31 Oct 2025 → 2 Nov 2025Activity: Talks or Presentations › Keynote Speech
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Online Learning of Data Streams with Concept Drift
YAO, X. (Keynote speaker)
21 Jul 2025 → 23 Jul 2025Activity: Talks or Presentations › Keynote Speech
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Online Learning of Data Streams with Concept Drift
YAO, X. (Keynote speaker)
Jul 2025 → …Activity: Talks or Presentations › Keynote Speech
Press/Media
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岭南大学DBA第六届开学典礼暨专题讨论（工作坊）丨精彩回顾 Lingnan University holds opening ceremony for DBA in Global Digital Economy and Governance
QIN, S. J., CHAN, R., YAO, X. & LENG, M.
28/09/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Corporate News › Corporate News
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東南大學自動化學院「六朝松∙智控論壇」名家系列報告－ 姚新教授學術報告 Prof Xin Yao delivers an academic talk on “Online Learning from Data Streams with Concept Drifts”
16/09/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer › Research / Knowledge Transfer
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第八屆工業人工智能國際會議於瀋陽舉行 President Qin and Prof Yao attend the 8th International Conference on Industrial Artificial Intelligence in Shenyang
1/09/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Corporate News › Corporate News