About Me
I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Technology at Tongji University, expecting to graduate in March 2027. My research has been published in top-tier AI and data mining venues, including ICLR, AAAI, ICDE, IEEE TITS, and ESWA.
Research Interests
I am dedicated to advancing AI for Science and Large Language Models (LLMs), while actively exploring the frontier of World Models. My primary research directions span:
- Spatio-Temporal Data Mining: LLM-driven ST modeling, and ST foundation models.
- Robust Machine Learning: Continual learning, out-of-distribution generalization, and cross-domain transfer learning.
News
- [Jan. 2026] Our paper about ST continual forecasting is accepted to ICLR 2026.
- [Nov. 2025] Our paper about ST learning is accepted to AAAI 2026.
- [Mar. 2025] Our paper about ST pattern generalization is accepted to ICDE 2025.
- [Mar. 2024] Our paper about ST scalability modeling is accepted to ESWA.
- [Jan. 2024] Our paper about ST forecasting is accepted to TITS.
Publications
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Under Review
Aoyu Liu, Yaying Zhang* (*Corresponding authors)
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ICLR
Aoyu Liu, Yaying Zhang* (*Corresponding authors)
The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2026.
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AAAI
Aoyu Liu, Yaying Zhang* (*Corresponding authors)
The 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI, Oral), 2026.
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ICDE
Aoyu Liu, Yaying Zhang* (*Corresponding authors)
The 41st IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2025.
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TITS
Aoyu Liu, Yaying Zhang* (*Corresponding authors)
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS), 2024.
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ESWA
Aoyu Liu, Yaying Zhang* (*Corresponding authors)
Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA), 2024.
Awards and Honors
- AAAI'26 Student Scholar Volunteer Program (Jan. 2026)
- ICDE'25 Student Travel Grant (May. 2025)
- Tongji University Graduate Student Social Activity Scholarship (Nov. 2025)
- Tongji University Outstanding Doctoral Freshman Scholarship (Dec. 2021)
- Outstanding Graduate of Anhui Province (Jun. 2021)
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