Speakers

Professor Yike Guo is the Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering as well as Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, and also Director of Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center. He is a world-renowned computer scientist who has led several large-scale AI and data science research projects in Hong Kong, Mainland China, the UK and other European countries. He was the Founding Director of the Data Science Institute at Imperial College London, one of its seven Global Institutes, as well as the Vice President (Research and Development) at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), a Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (FHKEng), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), and Fellow of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (FCAAI).
Professor Guo was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award of the 2022 Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award, which is considered to be the highest award for Chinese AI science and technology. In June 2025, Professor Guo was named "Leader of the Year 2024" in the Education/Professional/Technology and Innovation category from Sing Tao News Corporation for his transformative contributions to education and technological innovation in Hong Kong. In November of the same year, Professor Guo was elected as an International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the Information and Electronics Engineering Division. The CAE is the nation's highest academic institution in engineering sciences and technology, and membership is considered as the highest lifelong academic honor in the field.