Yongqi Li

Yongqi Li

PhD student, CSE, HKUST
yongqi.li [at] connect.ust.hk

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
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