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About Me

Hi, I am Chan Kai Yiu (Heywood). I am a first-year part-time Ph.D. student at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), supervised by Prof. Xiangyu Zhao of the AML Lab.

My research interests focus on large language models, AI agents, recommender systems, and multimodal AI.

Research Interests

Large Language Models AI Agents Recommender Systems Multimodal AI Retrieval-Augmented Generation Agent Evaluation

I am particularly interested in building reliable and deployable intelligent systems that can reason, retrieve external knowledge, use tools, and support decision-making in real-world applications.

Education

Present
City University of Hong Kong
Part-time Ph.D. Student
Supervisor: Prof. Xiangyu Zhao
Sep. 2023 — Aug. 2025
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
MSc in Data Science and Business Statistics
Jul. 2012
City University of Hong Kong
BBA (Hons) in Managerial Statistics

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