PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Yiu-ming Cheung

Also known as 張曉明

Yiu-ming Cheung is an AI researcher whose work spans machine learning, visual computing and cluster analysis. He developed forecasting software for an international competition in 1995, earned a PhD in computer science and engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000, and joined HKBU in 2001. In 2002, he published a competitive-learning paper on clustering; from 2003 to 2008, he chaired the IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter. He became an IEEE Fellow in 2018, received the RGC Senior Research Fellow Award for 2023–2024, and was elected an IAPR Fellow in 2024 for contributions to cluster analysis and visual computing. He served as Dean of the HKBU Shenzhen Research Institute in 2025; as of October 2026, he is HKBU's Chair Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Dean of its Institute for Research and Continuing Education, and Associate Director of the Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies.

Badges

Timeline

  1. 1995

    Financial forecasting software

    As lead author, he proposes a forecasting approach and develops software to enter the International Nonlinear Financial Forecasting Competition in the USA in 1995.

  2. 2000–2001

    PhD and an HKBU post

    He earns a PhD in computer science and engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000. He joins HKBU's Department of Computer Science in 2001.

  3. 2002–2008

    Clustering paper and IEEE chair

    He publishes “Rival Penalization Controlled Competitive Learning for Data Clustering with Unknown Cluster Number” in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Neural Information Processing in 2002. From 2003 to 2008, he chairs the IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter.

  4. 2018

    An IEEE Fellowship

    IEEE elevates him to Fellow in 2018 for contributions to cluster analysis and visual computing.

  5. 2023–2024

    An RGC Senior Research Fellowship

    He receives the RGC Senior Research Fellow Award for 2023–2024, with a HK$7.8 million grant over 60 months.

  6. 2024

    An IAPR Fellowship

    IAPR elects him a Fellow in 2024 for contributions to cluster analysis and visual computing and their applications.

  7. 2025

    Dean of HKBU's Shenzhen institute

    In 2025, Professor Cheung Yiu-ming, Dean of the HKBU Shenzhen Research Institute, officiates the opening ceremony for a humanities and social sciences research base.

  8. As of October 2026

    AI Chair Professor at HKBU

    As of October 2026, he is a Chair Professor (Artificial Intelligence) in HKBU's Department of Computer Science, Dean of the Institute for Research and Continuing Education, and Associate Director of the Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies. His research interests include machine learning and visual computing.

Career

  1. Since 2001Hong Kong Baptist UniversityDean, Chair Professor (Artificial Intelligence)

Education

  1. 2000Chinese University of Hong KongPhD

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. Universities keep AI researchers for a median of 6 years, compared with 2 years at frontier labsIncludes Chinese University of Hong Kong. Across 15,811 dated work stays (6,529 people), median role tenure runs from 6 years at universities to 2 years at frontier labs. We compare all five organization types, starting decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and the organizations that keep people longest.

Colleagues

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

Sources and credits

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  1. Cheung, Yiu-ming comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Our Members | Membership | The Hong Kong Research Grants Council Research Fellow Alliance hkrfa.hk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Professor Yiu-ming Cheung Receives President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work & HKBU Innovation Award comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter Homepage comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. IEEE Computational Intelligence Society: 2018 Newly Elevated IEEE Fellows in CIS ieee-cis.blogspot.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Yiu Ming CHEUNG - Hong Kong Baptist University scholars.hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Advancing Knowledge: Establish Humanities and Social Sciences Research Base (Shenzhen) hkbu.edu.hk. Checked 20 October 2026.