Professor Yike GUO, BSc, PhD

Biography

Professor Yike Guo was appointed the Provost with effect from 1 December 2022. He is concurrently a Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering. Since 2024, he has also served as Director of the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center (HKGAI), one of the research centers established under the HKSAR Government’s InnoHK initiative.

Professor Guo received his first-class honours degree in Computing Science from Tsinghua University in 1985 and his PhD degree from Imperial College London in 1994. He became a full Professor in the Department of Computing of Imperial College London in 2002 and was the Founding Director of its Data Science Institute since 2014. In 2015 – 2020, Professor Guo was appointed as Non-Executive Dean of the School of Computer Engineering and Science in Shanghai University and he is now the Honorary Dean of the School. Prior to joining HKUST, Professor Guo was the Vice President (Research and Development) and the Dean of Graduate School at Hong Kong Baptist University since 2020.

A world-leading computer scientist, Professor Guo’s research focuses on machine learning, data mining and informatics for large-scale scientific applications, with applications spanning biology, chemistry, geophysics, healthcare, environment, economy, finance, social media, creative design and art. He also has extensive experience in working with industries and leading international companies on large research projects and consulting services.

Professor Guo is Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), a Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (FHKEng), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS), and Fellow of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (FCAAI).

Professor Guo has served on the editorial board of numerous first-tier journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Annual Reviews of Data Sciences (World Scientific), and Artificial Intelligence for Engineering (journal); and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems (the official journal of CAAI), Machine Intelligence Research (Springer).

His recent honours include the Outstanding Contribution Award of the 2022 Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award and the "Leader of the Year 2024" recognition by Sing Tao News Corporation for his transformative contributions to Hong Kong. In November 2025, he was elected an International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).

Areas of Responsibility

Among his major responsibilities, Provost plays a key role in setting the University’s overall academic strategy and priorities and oversees the University’s core mission in advancing learning and knowledge through teaching and research. The Provost also provides vision and leadership in the University’s academic and education enterprise, including oversight of Schools and academic divisions/departments, interdisciplinary units and academic support services and programs; academic planning and resources management; academic personnel policies and their implementation; and student recruitment and development.