PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Haoran Xie

Also known as 謝浩然

Haoran Xie is a Lingnan AI researcher whose work spans generative models, natural language processing and AI in education. He co-authored a topic-related sentiment paper and Least Squares Generative Adversarial Networks in 2017, then helped develop an AI vocabulary-learning system at Lingnan in 2022. The system won two iCAN awards in 2022, and Stanford included him in its World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2025. He was elected to the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Young Member Section in 2026. He studied software engineering, computer science and digital learning at Beijing University of Technology, City University of Hong Kong and the University of Bristol; as of October 2026, he is Lingnan’s Professor and Person-in-Charge of Artificial Intelligence, Associate Dean of Data Science, and Director of its data science institute.

Timeline

  1. 2017

    Cross-domain sentiment paper

    In 2017, he co-authors “Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification via Topic-Related TrAdaBoost” while affiliated with The Education University of Hong Kong. The paper combines topic distributions with TrAdaBoost for sentiment classification across domains.

  2. 2017

    Least Squares GANs

    He co-authors Least Squares Generative Adversarial Networks for ICCV 2017. The model uses least-squares loss for its discriminator and yields more stable training and higher-quality images in the paper’s experiments.

  3. 2022

    A vocabulary-learning system

    In 2022, he is an Associate Professor in Lingnan’s Department of Computing and Decision Sciences. He collaborates with Man-leung Wong and Di Zou of The Education University of Hong Kong on an AI-based personalised vocabulary-learning prototype that recommends learning paths and tasks for students.

  4. 2022

    Two iCAN awards

    In 2022, the system wins the Gold Medal and International Special Award at the 7th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN).

  5. 2025

    Stanford’s Top 2% list

    In 2025, Stanford includes him in its World’s Top 2% Scientists list.

  6. 2026

    HKAE Young Member

    In 2026, he is elected to the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Young Member Section.

  7. By 2026

    Degrees from three universities

    By 2026, he holds a BEng in software engineering from Beijing University of Technology, an MSc and PhD in computer science from City University of Hong Kong, and an EdD in digital learning from the University of Bristol.

  8. As of October 2026

    AI professor at Lingnan

    As of October 2026, he is Professor and Person-in-Charge of Lingnan University’s Division of Artificial Intelligence, Associate Dean of the School of Data Science, and Director of the LEO Dr David P. Chan Institute of Data Science.

Career

  1. Since 2022Lingnan UniversityAssociate Professor
  2. 2017The Education University of Hong Kong

Education

  1. Beijing University of TechnologyBEng
  2. City University of Hong KongMSc
  3. University of BristolEdD

From the biography.

  1. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes University of Bristol. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Bristol. 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.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Bristol. 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.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Bristol. 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.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification via Topic-Related TrAdaBoost | Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ojs.aaai.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Professor XIE Haoran | Division of Artificial Intelligence ln.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Least Squares Generative Adversarial Networks arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. AI project by LU wins two awards at prestigious International Invention Innovation Competition - Press Release | Lingnan University ln.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Haoran XIE - Lingnan Scholars scholars.ln.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Young Member Section Members | HKAE hkae.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Leading AI scholar Prof Xie Haoran of Lingnan University elected as 2026 new member of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Young Member Section - Press Release | Lingnan University ln.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.