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Xiaoming Yuan
Professor
RRS 420
Department of Mathematics
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Email: xmyuan [AT] hku.hk

Research Interests:

My primary interest lies in computation-related applied mathematics. Specifically, I have been working on various topics within the following fields:

  1. Mathematical Foundation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  2. Optimization
  3. Optimal Control
  4. Scientific Machine Learning
Currently, I am focused on developing AI-collaborated computational methods for various topics in applied mathematics and their applications to real-world problems. I have been actively collaborating with several leading industrial partners, working across industries such as cloud computing and large language models (LLMs). Additionally, I have begun exploring the use of LLMs in environmental governance.

Publications: Google Scholar Citation

Academic Service:


I am serving as an editorial board member for several journals such as Advances in Computational Mathematics, Computational Optimization and Applications, Set-Valued and Variational Analysis, and ESAIM: Control, Optimization and Calculus of Variations.

Admin Service:

  1. Founding Director, Master of Science in AI programme, HKU, since 2022
  2. Member of Senate, HKU, 2022-2025
  3. Department Head, Department of Mathematics, HKU, 2020-2024
  4. Co-founder, Applied AI programme (BASc 6224), HKU, 2019

Knowledge Transfer:

  1. Public Lectures on STEM Education, Joseph Needham Foundation for Science & Civilisation, 2026
  2. Interviewed by Hong Kong 01, 2025
  3. Science Column, Ming Pao, 2024
  4. Panel Discussant, Hong Kong Laureate Forum, 2023
  5. Interviewed by Ming Pao, 2022
  6. Speaker, Hong Kong Laureate Forum, 2022

Teaching:

No teaching in the 2025-26 academic year.