Zihao Fu

Zihao Fu is a Research Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), specializing in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). His work bridges computational methods with social sciences, focusing on model instability, repetition, hallucination, and algorithmic fairness. He has held research positions at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Language Technology Lab at the University of Cambridge.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (2017–2021), CUHK
  • M.Eng. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (2012–2015), Beihang University
  • B.Eng. in Automation Science (2008–2012), Beihang University

His research explores the theoretical foundations of LLMs, addressing challenges like repetition, instability, and hallucination. He integrates linguistics, cognitive science, and fairness frameworks to enhance both foundational understanding and real-world applications of language technologies. Recent work includes biomedical NLP applications (BAND dataset), parameter-efficient model adaptation, and fairness toolkits (OxonFair).

Zihao leads projects like BioCaster (disease outbreak monitoring) and CAM-Tool (cloud task distribution). He is actively mentoring postdoctoral researchers at CUHK and CUHK (Shenzhen), with expertise in machine learning, knowledge base integration, and parallel computing systems. His industry experience includes developing distributed algorithms at Alibaba Cloud’s PAI platform.