Liyan Song
Research Assistant Professor, Master Supervisor
(研究助理教授, 硕导)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Contact
Email: songly[at]sustech[dot]edu[dot]cn
Office: Room 319, School of Engineering
Address: 1088 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
I received my BSc and MSc degrees in School of Mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China.
I received my PhD degree in School of Computer Science from University of Birmingham, UK.
After that, I worked as a research fellow at the same school.
I am currently a research assistant professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology, China.
I am a research member of OPtimization And Learning (OPAL) with the team leader Prof. Xin Yao.
Research Interests
My main research interests are machine learning and its applications to predictive software engineering. Currently, I am working on
- data stream learning, class imbalance learning, ensemble learning, unsupervised learning, and Bayesian regression with small data,
- applications of the above to predictive software engineering such as software defect prediction and software effort estimation.
I am also working with evolutionary computation, deep learning, and their applications to (e.g.) image recognition.
Openings:
We are opening to MSc and PhD students working on those topics who are good at coding and/or math.
Education
2012/10-2018/11, PhD in Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Supervisor: Prof. Xin Yao
2009/9-2011/7, MSc in Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Supervisor: Prof. Chiping Zhang
2005/8-2009/7, BSc in Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Supervisor: Prof. Chiping Zhang
Work Experience
2019/12-present, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Team leader: Prof. Xin Yao.
2019/3-2019/11, Research Fellow, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Supervisors: Dr. Leandro L. Minku and Prof. Xin Yao
2015/11-2016/10, Senior Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Supervisor: Prof. Haiping Lu (now moved to the University of Sheffield, UK)
2012/1-2012/10, Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Supervisor: Prof. Byron Choi
2011/5-2012/1, Internship, Antiy Labs, Harbin, China
Honors & Awards
Fully funded PhD Studentship from University of Birmingham, UK, 2012-2015
Outstanding Master Student Awards from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀硕士毕业生), 2011
Outstanding Master Degree Thesis from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀硕士毕业论文), 2011
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Awards from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀本科毕业生), 2009
Outstanding Undergraduate Degree Thesis from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀本科毕业论文), 2009