Team
We work on vector databases and systems for AI. Join the group →
Current members
Research staff
- Jiangneng LIResearch Fellow · since 06/2026
- Kethmi HETTIGEResearch Fellow · since 07/2026
- Mohammad Tamimul EHSANResearch Engineer · since 07/2026
PhD students
- Yitao ZHENGsince 08/2026
- Yutong GOUsince 01/2025
- Jifan SHIsince 08/2024
- Zhonghao YANGsince 08/2024
- Yuexuan XUsince 08/2023
- Sixiao ZHANGsince 01/2023
- Mingrui LIUsince 08/2022
- Xi YUANsince 08/2022
Visiting students
- Sujia HUANGPhD student, Nanjing University of Science and Technologysince 09/2026
Alumni
Where they went. Eight former PhD students and research fellows now hold faculty positions,
at Nanjing University, HKUST (Guangzhou), University of Tsukuba, UESTC, Southeast University, Beijing University of Technology,
IIIT Allahabad, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Hong Kong). Others are at ETH Zürich, Huawei, Alibaba, ByteDance and Hyundai.
PhD students
- Kethmi HETTIGE Now: Research Fellow, NTU2022 – 2026
- Qiuyu ZHU Now: Researcher, Alibaba2021 – 2025
- Jianyang GAO Now: Postdoc, ETH Zürich CCDS Outstanding PhD Thesis Award (2025)2021 – 2025
- Liang ZHANG Now: Assistant Professor, HKUST (Guangzhou)2020 – 2024
- Qianxiong XU Now: Researcher, ByteDance Singapore2020 – 2024
- Kaijun LIU Now: Researcher, Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore2020 – 2024
- Kaixin WANG Now: Assistant Professor, Beijing University of Technology2019 – 2024
- Kaiqiang YU Now: Assistant Professor, Nanjing University2019 – 2023
- Zheng WANG Now: Assistant Chief Scientist, Huawei Singapore Research Center Google PhD Fellowship (2021), AISG PhD Fellowship (2021), Huawei TopMinds (2022), WAIC Yunfan Award (2023), CCDS OPTA Symposium Honourable Mention (2023)2018 – 2023
- Arkaprava SAHA Now: Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba2022 – 2023
Research fellows
- Zizhong MENG Now: Research Fellow, NTU2026
- Chenxi LIU Now: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences WiEST Development Grant, Women@NTU (2025); DDSA Visit Grant (2024); SoBigData Award for Diversity & Inclusion (2024)2023 – 2025
- KM Pooja Now: Assistant Professor, IIIT Allahabad2022 – 2023
- Aman ABIDI2022 – 2023
- Jie ZOU Now: Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China2021 – 2023
- Ying WAN Now: Associate Professor, Southeast University2019 – 2020
Master's students
- Junyao DONG2024 – 2026
- Yutong GOUNow: PhD student in our group2023 – 2024
- Shaowen ZHOU2020 – 2023
- Xuanyi LIUNow: PhD student, Peking University2021 – 2022
Visiting students and scholars
- Ximu ZENGUESTC2025 – 2026
- Zhen CHENAalborg University2026
- Letian GONGBeijing Jiaotong University2025 – 2026
- Yuanyuan YAOZhejiang University2024 – 2026
- Yue ZHONGShenzhen University (Master's)2025
- Kaiwen XIASoutheast University2025
- Qiang YUEHangzhou Dianzi University2024 – 2025
- Jiahao JIBeihang University2023 – 2024
- Xinqi DUJilin University2022 – 2023
- Zitan SUNHong Kong Baptist University2023
- Xinhang LITsinghua University2022 – 2023
- Wenting ZHAONanjing University of Science and Technology2021 – 2022
- Chenxi LIUHunan University2021 – 2022
- Ziyi MAHunan University2021 – 2022
- Wei ZHOUSouthwest Jiaotong University2021 – 2022
- Sijie RUANXidian University2021 – 2022
- Harry Kai-Ho CHANHKUST2019
Open positions
I welcome enquiries from prospective students and postdocs interested in vector databases and systems for AI. Please email me with your CV and a short note on which of our papers you found interesting.