Yongqi Li

About

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. My research focuses on enabling AI agents to efficiently learn from lifelong experience, with a particular emphasis on managing experience data.

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, 2026 – Present

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

M.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, 2023 – 2026

Wuhan University · Supervisor: Prof. Tieyun Qian

B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, 2019 – 2023

Wuhan University · Hongyi Honor Class

Experience

Research Intern, Tongyi Lab, Alibaba — Character AI, May 2025 – Jan. 2026

Mentored by Hao Lang and Yongbin Li

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