PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Guoliang Xing

Guoliang Xing researches embedded AI for health applications. He earned degrees at Xi’an Jiao Tong University and Washington University, then held faculty posts at City University of Hong Kong and Michigan State University. In July 2024, he received HK$39.17 million for a five-year foundation-model project that proposes Koala for early diagnosis and intervention in aging-related degenerative diseases. ACM elected him a Fellow for 2024 for contributions to embedded AI and mobile computing systems, and in 2025 the University Grants Committee conferred on him the RGC Senior Research Fellow title. He is Professor and Chairman of CUHK’s Department of Information Engineering.

Timeline

  1. 1998–2006

    Degrees at Xi’an and Washington

    Xing earns a B.S. and an M.S. at Xi’an Jiao Tong University in 1998 and 2001. He earns an M.S. and a D.Sc. at Washington University in St. Louis in 2003 and 2006.

  2. 2006–2016

    Faculty posts and iSleep

    He joins City University of Hong Kong’s Department of Computer Science as an assistant professor in 2006 and Michigan State University’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering as an assistant professor in 2008. The US National Science Foundation gives him a CAREER Award in 2010. In 2013, MobiCom lists his iSleep smartphone system for sleep-quality monitoring with Tian Hao and Gang Zhou as coauthors; Michigan State presents iSleep as a startup with Xing and Tian Hao in 2016.

  3. 2018

    Professor at CUHK

    He joins CUHK’s Department of Information Engineering as a professor in 2018. His research links systems and embedded AI with health applications.

  4. July 2024

    A foundation-model grant

    In July 2024, he receives HK$39.17 million for a five-year foundation-model project aimed at early diagnosis and personalized intervention in aging-related degenerative diseases.

  5. July 2024

    Koala for ambient intelligence

    In July 2024, the project proposes Koala, an ambient intelligence system that uses foundation models for non-invasive, personalized diagnosis, intervention, and cross-disease analysis of aging-related degenerative diseases.

  6. 2024

    An ACM Fellowship

    ACM elects him to its 2024 Fellow class for contributions to embedded AI and mobile computing systems.

  7. August 2025

    An RGC fellowship

    In August 2025, the University Grants Committee confers on him the RGC Senior Research Fellow title.

  8. August 2026

    Professor and department chair

    He becomes Professor and Chairman of CUHK’s Department of Information Engineering in August 2026.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Guoliang Xing personal.ie.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Guoliang XING - The Chinese University of Hong Kong research.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. MobiCom 2013: The 19th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking sigmobile.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. 2016 Innovation Celebration - MSU Innovation Center innovationcenter.msu.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Prof. Guoliang Xing Receives RGC Strategic Topics Grants - IE WEB ie.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Prof. Guoliang Xing Elected as ACM Fellow 2024 - IE WEB ie.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. Prof. Guoliang Xing Named the RGC Senior Research Fellow in 2025-26 - IE WEB ie.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 19 October 2026.