Yuxiang Ren 任宇翔
Tenure-track Assistant Professor · Ph.D.
Ph.D. Supervisor
School of Intelligence Science and Technology
Nanjing University (Suzhou Campus)
Email: renyuxiang@nju.edu.cn
About Me
I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Nanjing University. Prior to joining Nanjing University, I was a Senior Researcher at the Advanced Computing and Storage Lab, Huawei’s Central Research Institute, 2012 Laboratories (2022–2025), through Huawei’s Top Minds program (“天才少年”计划). I earned my Ph.D. from Florida State University in 2021, supervised by Prof. Jiawei Zhang (Now at University of California, Davis). I received my M.S. in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2017, supervised by Prof. Xiangnan Kong, and graduated from Nanjing University in 2015 with B.Eng. in Software Engineering and L.L.B in Law.
My research interests primarily focus on AI4Science, Smart Grid Analytics, Multi-modal Scientific Large Models, On-device Agents.
Research Interests
- Graph Learning: Graph Neural Network; Geometric Deep Learning; Graph-Related LLMs.
- AI for Science: Graph for Science; Drug Discovery; Molecular Representation Learning; Computational Electromagnetics.
- Industry Application: AI for IT Operations; Fake News Detection; Fraud Analysis and Detection.
Student Recruitment & Internships
2028年秋季研究生招生 / 2028 Fall Graduate Student Recruitment
团队长期招聘科研实习生 / Researh Intern Hiring！
招生方向 / Research Areas:
- 图计算与图神经网络 / Graph Neural Network
- 科学智能 / AI4Science
- 多模态科学大模型 / Multi-modal Scientific Large Models
- 端侧Agent与Memory / On-device Agents
- 智能电网分析 / Smart Grid Analytics
申请要求 / Requirements:
- 计算机科学、电子工程或相关专业背景 / Background in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or related fields
- 热爱科研，对图计算、AI4S、端侧Agent有浓厚兴趣 / Strong interest in Graph Computing，AI4S and On-device Agents
- 良好的编程能力 (Python/C++)，有嵌入式开发、3D打印等方面经验或感兴趣的优先 / Good programming skills (Python/C++)
- 加分项：ACMer，ICPC，kaggle等比赛经验，或有论文发表经验 / Bonus points: Experience in competitions such as ACM, ICPC, Kaggle; With a publication record.
联系方式 / Contact:
- 邮箱 / Email: renyuxiang@nju.edu.cn
- 请附上简历、成绩单和英语能力证明/ Please include CV, transcripts, and CET-4/6 Certificates
南京大学STEM学科同学特别说明 / Special Notice for NJU Students:
- 欢迎大二大三学生进组实习 / Welcome sophomore and junior students for internships
- 南大苏州校区学生可到南雍楼西543办公室面聊 / NJU students can drop by Room 536 at Nanyong Building for face-to-face discussion
- 实习期间可参与实际科研项目 / Interns can participate in actual research projects
News
- I was selected as a Gusu Young Scholar (姑苏青年学者).
- I am leading a Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund project (2026–2029).
- Two research papers are accepted by EMNLP'26.
- We are very honored to receive granted funding from MOE Research Project on Curriculum and Textbooks across Educational Levels.
- Two research papers are accepted by KDD'26 AI4Science Track.
- One research paper is accepted by Nature Communications.
- We are very honored to receive granted funding from the Nanjing University AI+X Graduate Course Development Project.
- I am very pleased to be invited to serve as an Early Career Editorial Board Member of the Journal AI for Science.
- I am very pleased to join the National Institute of Healthcare Data Science at Nanjing University as a dual-appointed PI.
- We are very honored to receive granted funding from the Chip-X Future Intelligent Chip Interdisciplinary Research Center at Nanjing University.
- One research paper is accepted by NeurIPS 2025.
- One research paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
Earlier news
- I will join School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Nanjing University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
- One research paper is accepted by KDD 2025.
- One research paper is accepted by ACL-Findings 2025.
- One research paper is accepted by The web conference 2025.
- One research paper is accepted by DASFAA 2025.
- Two research papers are accepted by AAAI 2025.
- One research paper is accepted by IEEE BIBM 2024.
- One research paper is accepted by NeurIPS 2024.
- One research paper is accepted by ISSRE 2024.
- One research paper is accepted by ICWS 2024.
- Two research papers are accepted by DASFAA 2024.
- One research paper is accepted by ISSRE 2023.
- One research paper is accepted by DASFAA 2023.
- Two research papers are accepted by International Journal of Intelligent Systems。
- I will serve as a PC member for ICML 2022, ACM SIGKDD 2022.
- I am selected for Huawei Top Minds Program.
- I will serve as a PC member for The Web Conference 2022, ICLR 2022.
- I passed my Ph.D. Dissertation Defence
- I will serve as a PC member for NeurIPS 2021.
- Three research papers are accepted by IJCNN 2021.
- I will join NEC Labs, Princeton, NJ as a Research Intern 2021 summer.
- One research paper is accepted by DASFAA 2021.
- One research paper is accepted by ASONAM 2020.
- I will serve as a PC member for AAAI 2021.
- I will serve as a Journal Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.
- One research paper is accepted by ICDM 2020.
- One research paper is accepted by ICDE 2021.
- One research paper is accepted by ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT’20).
- I will serve as a PC member for ECML-PKDD 2020.
- I will serve as a Journal Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Big Data.
- I will join NEC Labs, Princeton, NJ as a Research Intern this summer.
- One research paper is accepted by IEEE CIC 2019 as an invited submission.
- One research paper is accepted by TKDE 2019.
- I will join JD Digits AI Lab, Machine Learning Group, Mountain View as a Research Intern this summer.
- I will present my paper in ICDE 2019, Macau.
- One research paper is accepted by ICDE 2019.
Education
- 2018–2021
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Florida State University, USA
- Dissertation: Mining on Graphs: Graph Neural Network and Applications
- Advisor: Jiawei Zhang (张嘉洧), Ph.D.
- 2015–2017
M.S. in Computer Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
- Advisor: Xiangnan Kong (孔祥南), Ph.D.
- 2011–2015
B.Eng. in Software Engineering; LL.B. in Law
Nanjing University, China
Experience
- 2025.6–present
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Suzhou, China
- 特聘研究员、博士生导师 / Ph.D. Supervisor
- 2022.2–2025.6
Senior Researcher
Advanced Computing and Storage Lab, Central Research Institute, Huawei Technologies, Shanghai, China
- Huawei Top Minds Program（天才少年计划）
- 2018–2021
Research Assistant
IFM Lab, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University, USA
- Supervisor: Dr. Jiawei Zhang
- 2021.5–2021.8
Research Intern
Deep Learning Group, NEC Labs America, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Supervisors: Dr. Lu-An Tang and Dr. Wei Cheng
- 2020.5–2020.8
Research Intern
Deep Learning Group, NEC Labs America, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Supervisors: Dr. Lu-An Tang and Dr. Wei Cheng
- 2019.5–2019.8
Research Intern
Machine Learning Group, JD Silicon Valley Research Center, CA, USA
- Supervisors: Dr. Liefeng Bo and Dr. Bo Liu
- 2018.5–2018.8
Research Intern
Risk Management Department, JD Digits, Beijing, China
- Supervisor: Dr. Hao Zhu
- 2016.5–2017.5
Software Engineer Intern
Dealertrack Technologies, Groton, CT, USA
- Supervisor: Mr. Mark Vitko
- 2014.7–2015.1
Software Developer Intern
IBM China Development Laboratory, Shanghai, China
- Supervisor: Mr. Xinwei Chen