Summary
Anyi Rao is an assistant professor and machine learning researcher with eight years of interdisciplinary experience spanning human-AI, multimodal generation, computer vision, and hardware-aware systems. After a PhD at CUHK and postdoctoral work at Stanford, she joined HKUST’s Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies and Division of Arts and Machine Creativity, bridging technical depth with creative applications of AI. Her background includes research internships and visits at Meta, Shanghai AI Lab, Vector Institute, SenseTime, and University of Toronto, reflecting a strong industry–academia collaboration record. A top-ranked electrical engineering graduate from Nanjing University, she is known for combining rigorous empirical research with practical system-building across modalities—a blend that surfaces in her cross-institutional projects and work on multimodal generation.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
All subjects are above A. Graduate with the highest honor., All subjects are above A. Graduate with the highest honor. at Xiushui No.1 High School
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ranking 1/183. Graduate with the highest honor., Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ranking 1/183. Graduate with the highest honor. at Nanjing University
Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal Generation, Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal Generation at University of Toronto
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Postdoc, Postdoc at Stanford University
English, Chinese, Japanese, Chinese