Shiqi Wang

Shiqi Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong. He holds a Ph.D. from Peking University (2014) and a B.Sc. from Harbin Institute of Technology (2008). His career includes postdoctoral and research roles at the University of Waterloo, Nanyang Technological University, and Microsoft Research Asia. He specializes in semantic/visual communication, AI content management, and image/video quality assessment.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Computer Application Technology (2014), Peking University
• B.Sc. in Computer Science and Technology (2008), Harbin Institute of Technology

Research focuses on Large Visual-Language Models (LVLMs), Generative Face Video Coding, and Information Forensics. Recent work includes video coding innovations, AI-driven quality assessment, and bias mitigation in facial analysis.

Awards include the IEEE Multimedia Rising Star Award (2021), NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund (2020), and multiple best paper awards at IEEE conferences. He serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and leads MPEG standardization efforts for generative video coding.

Professional activities include TPC roles at ICML, CVPR, and ACM Multimedia. His lab actively collaborates on standards for generative AI and multimedia systems, with a focus on ethical AI and cross-domain applications.