Jiaoyan Chen

Dr. Jiaoyan Chen is a Lecturer (teaching & research) in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Manchester, transitioning to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in July 2025. Previously, she was a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford (2017-2022) and held visiting roles at Zurich University and Heidelberg University. She holds a PhD and BEng in Computer Science from Zhejiang University.

Her research focuses on neural-symbolic systems, integrating knowledge graphs/ontologies with large language models and machine learning. Key areas include knowledge graph construction/curation, ontology embeddings, and data-intensive systems. She leads EPSRC-funded projects like 'OntoEm' (427.9K GBP) and collaborates on initiatives such as the Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto AI for Child Protection project.

Teaching responsibilities include units like 'Data Engineering Technologies' and 'Advanced Topics in Knowledge Representation.' She actively supervises 9 PhD/postdoc researchers across topics like knowledge-aware AI and semantic search. Professional services include associate editor roles at Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge and membership in the EPSRC Peer Review College.

Her software contributions include OWL2Vec* (ontology embedding framework) and DeepOnto (ontology engineering toolkit). Recent achievements include ACL 2025 acceptances and an IEEE TKDE survey paper on ontology embeddings.