Prof Yang Liu

Prof Yang Liu

GDS Professor

Position: GDS Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology

Specialization: Natural Language Processing, Medical AI, AI for Science

Affiliation: Tsinghua University

Biography

Yang Liu is the GDS Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University. He is the Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR) and Executive Director of AI Agent Hospital.

His research interests include natural language processing, Medical AI and AI for Science.

Key Research Areas

  • Natural language processing
  • Medical AI applications
  • AI for scientific research
  • Large language models
  • Machine learning for healthcare
  • Cross-disciplinary AI applications

Leadership Roles

  • Dean, Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR)
  • Executive Director, AI Agent Hospital
  • GDS Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

Awards and Recognition

Professor Liu has received numerous prestigious awards for his outstanding research contributions:

  • COLING/ACL 2006 Meritorious Asian NLP Paper Award
  • ACL 2017 Outstanding Paper Award
  • ACL 2023 Outstanding Paper Award
  • ICLR 2023 Outstanding Paper Award Honorable Mention

Editorial and Professional Roles

Professor Liu actively contributes to the academic community through various editorial and leadership positions:

  • Executive Committee Member of Asia-Pacific Chapter of ACL
  • Editorial Board Member of Computational Linguistics
  • Associate Editor of ACM TALLIP

Research Impact

Professor Liu's work has significantly advanced the fields of natural language processing and AI applications in medicine and scientific research. His contributions to the development of AI Agent Hospital demonstrate innovative approaches to integrating artificial intelligence into healthcare delivery systems.

As Dean of the Institute for AI Industry Research, he leads interdisciplinary research initiatives that bridge theoretical advances in AI with practical applications in industry and healthcare.

Academic Contributions

Professor Liu's research has been recognized through multiple outstanding paper awards from top-tier conferences in computational linguistics and machine learning, highlighting the significance and impact of his work in advancing the field.

His editorial roles in prestigious journals and his position on the executive committee of the ACL Asia-Pacific Chapter demonstrate his standing as a leading researcher in the international NLP community.