Yanxiao Liu(刘延骁)
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Yanxiao Liu |
About me
I am currently a postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London, working with Professor Deniz Gündüz on the project [Machine Learning and Information Theory].
I received my Ph.D. degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, advised by Professor Cheuk Ting Li and Professor Raymond W. Yeung.
I was a visiting scholar in Stanford University, ISL Lab, from January 2024 to June 2024, hosted by Professor Ayfer Özgür and supported by CUHK PhD IMPAC Award 2023–24.
I received my B.Eng. degree in Electronic Information Engineering and minor degree in Philosophy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) in 2021, advised by Professor Shenghao Yang.
Research
My research interests lie at the intersection of information theory, machine learning, and privacy. I develop novel techniques for non-asymptotic information theory and one-shot achievability results, and I also apply these techniques in various fields of artificial intelligence, including distributed machine learning, sampling problems, LLM inference, LLM watermarking, and generalization performance characterization of learning algorithms. In addition, I study several problems related to wireless communication and networking. I am always passionate about any form of collaboration and am happy to help or learn new things, so please feel free to contact me.
Awards
CIEIT Best Paper Award 2025 (中国电子学会信息论年会学术论文奖) [paper]
CUHK PhD International Mobility for Partnerships and Collaborations Award (CUHK PhD IMPAC Award 2023–24).
NeurIPS Scholar Award (2024)
ISIT Travel Award (2024)
Service
Award:
Top Reviewer for NeurIPS 2025 (≈8%)
Session chair:
Information Theory Workshop (ITW) 2024
Reviewer:
Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
Data Compression Conference (DCC)
News
Sep 2025: I plan to attend IZS 2026, one paper is submitted.
Aug 2025: One paper has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
Jul 2025: I will attend AICIT 2025 in Guangzhou (27-29 July) and CSCIT 2025 in Hong Kong (3-8 Aug), and present a poster.
Jun 2025: I cannot attend ISIT 2025 in-person, due to visa issues. Prof. Cheuk Ting Li will present our paper.
Jun 2025: I passed my Ph.D. oral defense, see my [Thesis Page].
Apr 2025: One paper has been accepted by ISIT 2025.