Qiaoyu (Steven) Tan

Hello! I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at New York University (Shanghai) (NYU Shanghai), leading the Data-Centric AI and Network (TAN) Lab. Prior to NYU Shanghai, I received my Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Xia Hu at DATA Lab of TAMU, and B.Eng. under the advisory of Prof. Guoxian Yu at IDEA Lab of SWU. In TAN lab, our research interests are generally in machine learning and data mining, with a particular focus on graph machine learning, foundation models, efficient deep learning, and trustworthy AI. Our research is motivated by, and contributed to, applications in social media, recommendation systems, question answering, and bioinformatics.

We are currently dedicated to advancing Generative AI for Relational World, with a focus on enhancing the capabilities of LLMs for graph reasoning and user behavior modeling. Additionally, we aim to align LLMs with multi-modal data within the relational domain.

📢 Openings

Delta Lab is actively seeking talented students, post-doctoral research fellows, and fully-funded research assistants to join our team. If you are interested in any of these positions, please feel free to drop me an email. See Openings for details!

📢 Call for Paper

• Data-Centric AI Workshop – DCAI@WWW’2024 [Website] (10 February 2024)
• Trustworthy Machine Learning on Graphs: Algorithms and Applications @ Frontiers in Big Data [Website] (11 February 2024)

News

• [2024.04] One paper accepted by TKDE’24.
• [2023.10] Our research in liver transplantation received recognition as a Best Student Paper Finalist at AMIA’23.
• [2023.09] One paper accepted by NeurIPS’23 (Benchmark track).
• [2023.09] An invited talk at GPC&ICPCSEE’23 at Harbin, China.
• [2023.09] Invited to serve as a PC member of SDM’24.
• [2023.09] Two papers accepted by ICDM’23. Looking forward to seeing you in Shanghai!
• [2023.08] One paper accepted by TKDE’23.
• [2023.08] Two papers accepted by CIKM’23.
• [2023.08] Invited to serve as the Session Chair of KDD’23.
• [2023.07] Invited to serve as a PC member of AAAI’24 and LoG’23.
• [2023.07] One paper accepted by TKDE’23.
• [2023.07] Two papers accepted by AMIA’23.
• [2023.06] I was successfully passed my dissertation defense.
• [2023.05] Invited to serve as a PC member of NeurIPS’23.
• [2023.05] I will be an Assistant Professor of Computer Science Department at NYU Shanghai starting in Fall 2023.
• [2023.04] Invited to serve as a PC member of CIKM’23.
• [2023.03] One paper accepted by PAKDD’23.
• [2023.01] One paper accepted by WWW’23.
• [2023.05] Invited to serve as the Web Chair of ICHI’23.
• [2022.10] Three papers accepted by WSDM’23.
• [2022.09] One paper accepted by NeurIPS’22.
• [2022.08] One paper accepted by CIKM’22.
• [2022.05] I will join Samsung Research American for summer intern, supervised by Dr. Rui Chen.
• [2021.12] One paper accepted by SDM’22.
• [2021.08] One paper accepted by CIKM’21.
• [2021.04] One paper accepted by SIGIR’21.
• [2020.10] I will visit the DEEP Lab at PolyU, led by Dr. Xiao Huang.
• [2020.10] One paper accepted by WSDM’21.
• [2020.10] One paper accepted by AAAI’21.
• [2020.03] I will join Alibaba Group as Research Intern, supervised by Dr. Hongxia Yang.
• [2020.01] One paper accepted by WWW’20.
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Honors and Awards

• Best Student Paper Finalist, AMIA 2023

Background

I received my Ph.D. degree in the CSCE Department at Texas A&M University in 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Xia Hu. I also hold a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Technology Department from Southwest University supervised by Dr. Guoxian Yu. Prior to my current position, I worked as a research intern at Alibaba Damo Academy and Samsung Research America.