
Anyi Rao
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About me
Assistant Professor @ HKUST | Postdoc @ Stanford | Ph.D. @ MMLab | Prev. @ Meta
Education

Xiushui No.1 High School
2011 - 2014All subjects are above A. Graduate with the highest honor.
Stanford University
2022 - 2024Postdoc
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018 - 2022Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human AIMMLab

University of Toronto
2020 - 2021Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal Generation
Nanjing University
2014 - 2018Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering Ranking 1/183. Graduate with the highest honor.
The University of Hong Kong
2017 - 2017Computer Science
Experience

Nanjing University
Jan 2014 - Jan 2018Research AssistantBroad interests in hardware circuit design, robotics, computer vision, and deep learning.

Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology Co., Ltd
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016Research Intern Group leaderLed the team to above expectations performance of all assigned tasks

The University of Hong Kong
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017Research Intern
Huawei Technologies
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017Campus Ambassador
Department of Information Engineering, CUHK
Jan 2018 - Jan 2022Graduate Researcher
Vector Institute
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021Research Visitor
SenseTime 商汤科技
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020Research Intern
Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020Research Visitor
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021Research Intern
Meta
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022Research Intern
Stanford University
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024Postdoctoral Scholar
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jan 2024 - nowAssistant Professor
Division of Arts and Machine Creativity, HKUST
Jan 2024 - nowAssistant Professor
HKUST Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies
Jan 2024 - nowAssistant Professor
Licenses & Certifications
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Responsible Conduct of Research (AIS - Faculty)
CITI ProgramAug 2024 - View certificate

Biomedical Data or Specimens Only Research
CITI ProgramOct 2024 - View certificate

Social and Behavioral Research
CITI ProgramOct 2024 
Python
CourseraOct 2016
Machine Learning
CourseraSept 2016
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Anyi RaoForbes 30 Under 30 Asia Forbes May 2025
- Awarded to Anyi RaoMarr Prize - Oct 2023
- Awarded to Anyi RaoMost Influential Paper Award Paper Digest 2021
- Awarded to Anyi RaoHong Kong PhD Fellowship - Aug 2018
- Awarded to Anyi RaoNanjing University Top-Grade Scholarship (Highest honor in the university) - 2017 Awarded to 12 students out of all undergraduate student at the university.
- Awarded to Anyi RaoProvincial Merit Student (Highest honor in Jiangsu Province) - 2017
- Awarded to Anyi RaoNational Scholarship (Highest honor in China) China Ministry of Education 2015
- Awarded to Anyi RaoAll Round Student Award Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education 2014
- Awarded to Anyi RaoCampus Diverse Culture Development Award Nanjing University
- Awarded to Anyi RaoOutstanding Student Award Nanjing University
- Awarded to Anyi RaoOutstanding Student Leader Award Nanjing University
- Awarded to Anyi RaoPeople Scholarship Nanjing University
- Awarded to Anyi RaoSenseTime Scholarship -
- Awarded to Anyi RaoTop Volunteer Excellence Award -
- Awarded to Anyi RaoZhenggang Scholarship - Top 40 students in Nanjing University
Volunteer Experience
Xiushui County Left-behind Children Care Program, Co-Founder (Jiangxi Province, China)
Issued by China Children & Teenagers' Fund on Jul 2015
Associated with Anyi Rao2016 National Undergraduate Electronics Design Contest Volunteers, Organizer
Issued by Texas Instruments on Aug 2015
Associated with Anyi Rao2019 International Conference on Computer Vision Volunteer
Issued by IEEE on Oct 2019
Associated with Anyi RaoYouth Volunteer Assocation, Vice president
Issued by Nanjing University on Jun 2015
Associated with Anyi Rao
Languages
- enEnglish
- maMandarin
- jaJapanese
- caCantonese
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