PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jiming Liu

Also known as 劉際明, Liu Jiming

Jiming Liu is a computer scientist at Hong Kong Baptist University whose research covers autonomous agents, autonomy-oriented computing, Web intelligence and AI for disease surveillance and control. He studied physics at East China Normal University, earned his MEng and PhD in electrical engineering at McGill University's Centre for Intelligent Machines, and joined HKBU in 1993. His group began its first systematic study of autonomy-oriented computing in 1996, and the 2005 book Autonomy Oriented Computing, written with Xiaolong Jin and Kwok Ching Tsui, presented the paradigm. Elected an IEEE Fellow in 2011, he won the Wu Wen Jun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award in 2017 and directed HKBU's joint laboratory with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020. As of October 2026, he is Interim Provost of HKBU and a Chair Professor in Computer Science.

Born
1962
Badges

Years link to their sources.

Timeline

  1. By 1993

    McGill degrees and industry work

    After a BSc in physics at East China Normal University and an MA in educational technology (intelligent tutoring systems) at Concordia University, he earns an MEng and PhD in electrical engineering at McGill University's Centre for Intelligent Machines. Before 1994, he also works in the IT industry in Canada, including at the Computer Research Institute of Montreal.

  2. 1993–2001

    Joining HKBU and starting AOC

    In late 1993, he joins Hong Kong Baptist University. His group's first systematic study of autonomy-oriented computing (AOC) starts in 1996. In 2001, he publishes Multi-Agent Robotic Systems with Jianbing Wu and Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, the book in which the notion of AOC first appears, and the First International Workshop on AOC is held in Montreal.

  3. 2003–2011

    Head of Computer Science

    From 2003 to 2011, he heads HKBU's Department of Computer Science, and in 2010 he becomes Chair Professor in Computer Science. In 2003, he gives an invited talk on Web Intelligence research challenges at IJCAI-03 in Acapulco and presents the paper Web Intelligence (WI): What Makes Wisdom Web?

  4. 2005–2006

    The Autonomy Oriented Computing book

    Springer publishes Autonomy Oriented Computing: From Problem Solving to Complex Systems Modeling in 2005, which he writes with Xiaolong Jin and Kwok Ching Tsui. The book presents AOC as a paradigm that uses autonomous entities in solving computational problems and in modeling complex systems. His work on AOC and nature-inspired computing is highlighted in Science's Editors' Choice in October 2006.

  5. 2011

    Elected an IEEE Fellow

    IEEE elects him a Fellow in 2011 for research contributions to multi-agent autonomy-oriented computing and Web intelligence. He also chairs the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics, starting in 2010.

  6. 2017–2018

    Wu Wen Jun AI award

    HKBU appoints him Associate Vice-President (Research) in May 2017. In 2017, the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence gives him the 7th Wu Wen Jun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award (Natural Science, Second-Class) for large-scale network learning and data mining methods developed with a team at Jilin University. In 2018, he receives the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award in Natural Sciences.

  7. 2020–2021

    A disease-control lab with China CDC

    In 2020, he directs HKBU's Centre for Health Informatics and its Joint Research Laboratory for Intelligent Disease Surveillance and Control, a partnership with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In May 2020, he gives an online colloquium talk on how computer science and AI can help fight infectious diseases, including malaria, swine flu and COVID-19. His survey Reinforcement Learning in Healthcare, written with Chao Yu, Shamim Nemati and Guosheng Yin, appears online in ACM Computing Surveys in November 2021.

  8. As of October 2026

    Interim Provost at HKBU

    He is Interim Provost of Hong Kong Baptist University and a Chair Professor in Computer Science. His earlier leadership posts there include Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2021–2023 and Associate Vice-President (Research Development) in 2022–2026.

Career

  1. Since 1993Hong Kong Baptist UniversityAssociate Vice-President (Research), Head
  2. Until 1993Computer Research Institute of Montréal

Education

  1. 1993East China Normal UniversityBSc
  2. 1993Concordia UniversityMA
  3. 1993McGill UniversityMEng and PhD

From the biography.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Hong Kong Baptist University. 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.
  4. 20% of people at companies who shape AI also hold a university role, led by Google and Stanford UniversityIncludes McGill University. We estimate that 539 of the 6,766 people with a known current organization (8%) hold both a university role and a company role, including 20% of people at companies and 13% of people at universities.

Colleagues

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

Sources and credits

Photo: We have no published photo of Jiming Liu yet. Send us a free-licensed photo.

  1. Professor LIU Jiming hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Kyoto University - Hong Kong Baptist University Joint Workshop on Field Informatics - Organizers comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Prof. Jiming Liu: AI & Machine Learning; Multi-Agent Systems; Autonomy-Oriented Computing; AI for Social Good. comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Autonomy Oriented Computing - From Problem Solving to Complex System Modeling comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. 香港浸会大学刘际明教授学术报告-山大计算机科学与技术学院 cs.sdu.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. HKBU appoints Associate Vice-President (Research) hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. HKBU artificial intelligence expert wins national achievement hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. How Computer Science and AI Can Help Fight Infectious Diseases math.bnu.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Reinforcement Learning in Healthcare: A Survey - Hong Kong Baptist University scholars.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. Newly renamed Faculty of Science and Technology conveys its strengths in innovation and technology hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.