I am an MPhil student in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), under the supervision of Prof. Xiaofang Zhou. I received a BSc in Data Science and Technology (DSCT) and Computer Science (COSC) from HKUST with First Class Honours.

Here is my CV

Education

• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2025.09 ~ present
  • Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Computer Science and Engineering
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2021.09 ~ 2025.07
  • Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Technology
  • Bachelor of Computer Science
  • First Class Honours (GPA: 3.932/4.3; MCGA: 3.944/4.3)

Research Interests

My primary interest lies in database and Natural Language Processing (NLP), particularly in human-centric problems. The following are some areas I have been working on or following out of interest:

• Databases
• LLM/LVLMs
• RAG
• Document Understanding
• Medical AI
• Graph Neural Network
• Multimodality
• AI Agent
• Fact-Checking
• …

Experiences

CSE Research Assistant, HKUST, 2025.06–2025.08

• Reproduced research papers and developed a demonstration for comparing RAG systems.

Teaching Assistant, CSE, HKUST, 2026.02–2026.05

• Course: Design and Analysis of Algorithms

UROP Project: VQL Debugger with Code-LLMs and Optimization Strategies, 2024.06–2025.06

• UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) title: Knowledge Discovery over Database
• Selected as one of the finalists in the Kerry Holdings Limited Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Award 2025. Here are the application materials:
  • Research report
  • Poster

FYP: Large-Scale Vision-Language Models in Medicine, 2024.06–2025.06

• FYP (Final-Year Project) title: Large-Scale Vision-Language Models in Medicine
• Our group’s target: improve medical LVLMs’ performance by introducing new data from sources including medical books and medical webpages using a RAG component.
• My main contributions:
  • Designed a pipeline to parse medical books.
  • Constructed a visual question-answering benchmark.
  • MedBookVQA paper on arXiv
• Here is our materials submitted for nomination of :
  • Presentation
  • Report

HKUST DS CoLab Intern: AR for an Ancient Map, 2025

• We used 2D/3D illustrations and applying AR technology to an ancient map and develop an interactive platform for them.
• My main contributions: Developing the interactive platform using Mind-AR.js.
• Check it out here!

HKUST DS CoLab Intern: Topic Modelling Web Tool (EN Version), 2024

• We developed a topic modelling tool with an English and a Chinese versions for non-technical users.
• My main contributions:
  • Developed the English version.
  • Main designer of the functionalities.
• Presentation proposal accepted to Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2025! Here is our entry in the symposium proceedings
• Check it out here!

HKUST DS CoLab Intern: Chinese Named Entity Recognition Web Tool, 2024

• We developed a named entity recognition tool with an English and a Chinese versions for non-technical users.
• My main contributions:
  • Main designer and developer of the functionalities.
• Paper accepted and presented at the 15th DADH
• Presented at the 15th CCDSCR
• Check it out here!

HKUST DH Intern: Linguistic Analysis of “Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Sea” 《三寶太監西洋記》, 2023

• We analyzed the novel using part-of-speech and named entity recognition.
• We also visualized the novel with a webpage.
• My main contributions:
  • Analyzed the novel using part-of-speech and N-gram patterns.
  • Conducted research on the locations on the voyage routine.
  • Visualized the the relationship among the characters with a network graph.
• Check it out here!

Selected Course Projects

• Study: Understanding Hallucinations in LLMs: A Graph-Based Reproduction Study

• Software game: Tom & Jerry Maze Game

Connect with Me

• Academic email: slyipae@connect.ust.hk

Awards & Activities

• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Academic Achievement Medal, 2025
• Outstanding Student Helper Award, HKUST Library, 2025
• Hall Tutor, HKUST UG Hall XIII, 2025.08 ~ present

Personal Interests

• 🥾 Hiking
• 🏃 Jogging
• 🏊 Swimming
• 🎶 Kpop
• 📚 Books
• …