PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Bo Han

Also known as 韓波

Bo Han is a machine-learning researcher whose work connects robust learning, out-of-distribution detection, and trustworthy reasoning with foundation models. He earned a PhD in computer science at the University of Technology Sydney in 2019 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at RIKEN AIP from 2019 to 2020. At RIKEN, he received the 2019 BAIHO Award in March 2020 for work on robust deep learning with heavily noisy data. His coauthored 2022 NeurIPS paper on out-of-distribution detection was selected as an Outstanding Paper, and he received the INNS Aharon Katzir Young Investigator Award for 2024. His HKBU tenure promotion took effect in July 2025; a 2026 RGC fellowship supports a five-year project on trustworthy and efficient reasoning agents with foundation models, and as of October 2026, he is an associate professor and RGC Research Fellow who directs the Trustworthy Machine Learning and Reasoning Group.

Works
275
Citations
8,178
h-index
35
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2015–2019

    A PhD at UTS

    He earns a PhD in computer science at the University of Technology Sydney in 2019.

  2. 2019–2020

    Postdoctoral fellowship at RIKEN

    From 2019 to 2020, he works as a postdoctoral fellow at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (RIKEN AIP).

  3. March 2020

    A RIKEN BAIHO Award

    In March 2020, he receives the 2019 RIKEN BAIHO Award for research on robust deep-learning technologies for heavily noisy data.

  4. 2022

    Is Out-of-Distribution Detection Learnable?

    In 2022, he coauthors “Is Out-of-Distribution Detection Learnable?”, which NeurIPS selects as an Outstanding Paper. It applies PAC learning theory to study when out-of-distribution detection can be learned.

  5. 2024

    An INNS young investigator award

    He receives the 2024 INNS Aharon Katzir Young Investigator Award, presented at IJCNN 2025.

  6. July 2025

    Tenure promotion at HKBU

    At Hong Kong Baptist University, his tenure promotion takes effect in July 2025.

  7. July 2026

    An RGC research fellowship

    In July 2026, the Research Grants Council awards him the 2026/27 Research Fellow Scheme for a five-year project to build trustworthy and efficient reasoning agents with foundation models.

  8. As of October 2026

    Associate professor at HKBU

    As of October 2026, he is an associate professor and RGC Research Fellow in Machine Learning at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he directs the Trustworthy Machine Learning and Reasoning Group.

Career

  1. Since 2026Hong Kong Baptist UniversityAssociate Professor
  2. 2019–2020RIKENPostdoctoral Fellow
  3. 2018–2020Guilin University of Electronic Technology
  4. 2012–2014CSIRO
  5. 2011–2014University of Melbourne
  6. 2010–2021Wuhan University

Education

  1. 2019University of Technology SydneyPhD in computer science

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Bo Han. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Hong Kong Baptist University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Hong Kong Baptist University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Universities keep AI researchers for a median of 6 years, compared with 2 years at frontier labsIncludes RIKEN. Across 15,811 dated work stays (6,529 people), median role tenure runs from 6 years at universities to 2 years at frontier labs. We compare all five organization types, starting decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and the organizations that keep people longest.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Bo HAN - Hong Kong Baptist University scholars.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Visiting Scientist Bo Han received the 2019 RIKEN BAIHO Award | Center for Advanced Intelligence Project aip.riken.jp. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. Announcing the NeurIPS 2022 Awards – NeurIPS Blog blog.neurips.cc. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Is Out-of-Distribution Detection Learnable? proceedings.neurips.cc. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. Professor Bo Han Receives INNS Aharon Katzir Young Investigator Award | HKBU COMP comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. INNS Award Recipients neural.memberclicks.net. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. Bo Han bhanml.github.io. Checked 22 October 2026.
  8. Professor Bo Han Awarded Prestigious RGC Research Fellowship to Build Trustworthy AI Reasoning Agents | HKBU COMP comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 22 October 2026.