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

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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 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