Lingnan University appoints AI researcher Xin Yao as VP of Research and Innovation
Lingnan University has appointed artificial intelligence scholar Xin Yao as its new Vice-President of Research and Innovation. He will begin his five-year term on January 22.
Lingnan University announced that Prof. Xin Yao will serve as the Vice-President of Research and Innovation and Chair Professor of Machine Learning. Effective January 22, Yao is tasked with steering the university’s research development, knowledge transfer, and the management of its graduate school and research offices.
Yao brings expertise in evolutionary computation, intelligent optimization, and AI. His academic background includes senior roles at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen and the University of Birmingham. With an H-index of 122 and over 74,000 citations, Yao is recognized as a significant figure in global computer science research.
This appointment marks the launch of the 'Lingnan-60' initiative, a program aimed at recruiting over 60 international scholars to bolster interdisciplinary research. The university aims to combine its liberal arts foundation with technological advancements in fields such as fintech, human-AI interaction, and digital humanities.