PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

James Kwok

Also known as James Tin-Yau Kwok, James T. Kwok, 郭天佑

As of October 2026, James Kwok is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST, and his work includes kernel methods, SVM training and few-shot learning. He earned a BSc at the University of Hong Kong and a PhD in computer science at HKUST in 1996, supervised by Dit-Yan Yeung. After a stint as an assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, he returned to HKUST in 2000. His papers include Core Vector Machines, a fast SVM training method from 2005, and a few-shot learning survey first submitted to arXiv in April 2019. He became an IEEE Fellow in November 2016 for work on kernel methods, and he serves as an IJCAI trustee for 2022–2027 and as program chair of IJCAI-25.

Works
361
Citations
21,756
h-index
63

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1996

    A PhD under Dit-Yan Yeung

    He earns a BSc in electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Hong Kong and completes a PhD in computer science at HKUST in 1996, supervised by Dit-Yan Yeung.

  2. By 2000

    Assistant professor at HKBU

    He joins Hong Kong Baptist University as an assistant professor, then returns to HKUST in 2000.

  3. 2005

    Core Vector Machines

    He publishes Core Vector Machines with Ivor W. Tsang and Pak-Ming Cheung in 2005, a fast method for training SVMs on very large data sets.

  4. November 2016

    Elevated to IEEE Fellow

    He is elevated to IEEE Fellow in November 2016 for contributions to computational algorithms for kernel methods.

  5. April 2019

    A few-shot learning survey

    He co-authors a survey of few-shot learning with Yaqing Wang, Quanming Yao and Lionel M. Ni, first submitted to arXiv in April 2019.

  6. 2022–2027

    IJCAI trustee and program chair

    He serves as an IJCAI trustee for 2022–2027 and as program chair of IJCAI-25.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor at HKUST

    He is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST.

Sources and credits

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  1. James Tin Yau KWOK 郭天佑 | HKUST School of Engineering seng.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Selected PhD Graduates | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Core Vector Machines: Fast SVM Training on Very Large Data Sets jmlr.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. News | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Prof. James KWOK and former PhD graduate Prof. Jiangchuan LIU elevated to IEEE Fellow | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. [1904.05046] Generalizing from a Few Examples: A Survey on Few-Shot Learning arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Current Trustees | IJCAI ijcai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.