Yongqi Li

PhD student, CSE, HKUST

yongqi.li [at] connect.ust.hk

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About

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. My research focuses on enabling AI agents to learn from lifelong experience, particularly through efficient experience data management.

Selected Publications

* corresponding † equal contribution — full list

Controlling Multimodal Conversational Agents with Coverage-Enhanced Latent Actions

Yongqi Li†, Hao Lang†, Tieyun Qian*, Yongbin Li*

ACL 2026 · Paper · Code · Blog (中文)

Understanding Generalization in Role-Playing Models via Information Theory

Yongqi Li†, Hao Lang†, Fei Huang, Tieyun Qian*, Yongbin Li*

ACL 2026 Findings · Paper · Code · Benchmark · Blog (中文)

Aligning VLM Assistants with Personalized Situated Cognition

Yongqi Li, Shen Zhou, Xiaohu Li, Xin Miao, Jintao Wen, Mayi Xu, Jianhao Chen, Birong Pan, Hankun Kang, Yuanyuan Zhu*, Ming Zhong, Tieyun Qian*

ACL 2025 · Paper · Code · Benchmark · Collection

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Supervisor: Prof. Xiaofang Zhou

2026 – Present

M.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology

Wuhan University · Supervisor: Prof. Tieyun Qian

2023 – 2026

B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology

Wuhan University · Hongyi Honor Class

2019 – 2023

Experience

Research Intern, Tongyi Lab, Alibaba — Character AI

Mentored by Hao Lang and Yongbin Li

May 2025 – Jan. 2026

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Graduate Student — Wuhan University

2026

National Scholarship — Ministry of Education

2025

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis — Wuhan University

2023

Hongyi Honor Graduate Award — Undergraduate College, Wuhan University

2023

Service

Conference Reviewer — ACL 2024–2026, EMNLP 2024–2026, NAACL 2024–2025, EACL 2024–2026, AAAI 2025–2026