PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Liwei Wang

Also known as Wang Liwei, Li-Wei Wang

Liwei Wang is a professor at Peking University, and his research centers on machine learning theory. He earned a PhD at Peking University in 2005 after degrees from Tsinghua University. In 2008 his paper on the margin theory of AdaBoost became the first COLT paper from mainland China since COLT was founded in 1988. IEEE Intelligent Systems named him one of AI's 10 to Watch in 2010. He co-wrote an ICLR 2023 Outstanding Paper on the expressive power of GNNs and a NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper on Visual Autoregressive Modeling.

Works
136
Citations
12,308
h-index
41

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1999–2005

    Degrees from Tsinghua and Peking

    He earns B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University in 1999 and 2002, then completes a PhD at Peking University in 2005.

  2. 2008

    A COLT paper on AdaBoost

    He publishes a margin-theory paper on AdaBoost at COLT in 2008, the first COLT paper by authors from mainland China since COLT was founded in 1988.

  3. 2010

    Named to AI's 10 to Watch

    IEEE Intelligent Systems names him one of AI's 10 to Watch in 2010, and he is the first Asian researcher to receive the honor.

  4. 2012

    An NSFC young researcher grant

    He receives an NSFC excellent young researcher grant in 2012.

  5. 2023

    An ICLR 2023 Outstanding Paper

    ICLR 2023 gives an Outstanding Paper award to Rethinking the Expressive Power of GNNs via Graph Biconnectivity, a paper he co-wrote with Bohang Zhang, Shengjie Luo and Di He.

  6. 2024

    An ICLR 2024 honorable mention

    He co-wrote Beyond Weisfeiler-Lehman: A Quantitative Framework for GNN Expressiveness, which ICLR 2024 lists among its honorable mentions.

  7. 2024

    A NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper

    He co-wrote Visual Autoregressive Modeling with Keyu Tian, Yi Jiang, Zehuan Yuan and Bingyue Peng, a paper that receives the NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper Award.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at Peking University

    He is a professor at Peking University, works on machine learning theory, and serves as an associate editor of TPAMI.

Sources and credits

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  1. Wang, Liwei-北京大学信息科学技术学院 eecs.pku.edu.cn. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. [2301.09505] Rethinking the Expressive Power of GNNs via Graph Biconnectivity arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. ICLR 2023 Awards iclr.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Liwei Wang liweiwang-pku.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. ICLR 2024 Outstanding Paper Awards – ICLR Blog blog.iclr.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. 北大国际机器学习研究中心 cmlr.pku.edu.cn. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Liwei Wang-北京大学人工智能研究院 ai.pku.edu.cn. Checked 15 October 2026.