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Yichao Luo

Research Assistant, HKUST

I received my B.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence from Sun Yat-sen University and am currently a Research Assistant at HKUST, focusing on AI system deployment, speech and multimodal interaction, intelligent applications in healthcare, and full-stack development bridging research and engineering.

Research Interests

  • AI systems and real-world deployment
  • Speech intelligence and feedback generation
  • RAG and domain-specific knowledge systems
  • Computer vision, 3D reconstruction, and edge inference
  • Full-stack engineering for intelligent products

Education

Sun Yat-sen University2021 - 2025

B.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology2025 - Present

Research Assistant

Skills

Python, TypeScript, Kotlin, Java, C++, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Vue, Spring Boot, Docker, Linux

Experienced in the full engineering pipeline from model training and backend services to frontend interaction and deployment.

Projects

MengYa Suiji — WeChat Mini-Program2025.10 - 2025.12

Longitudinal behavioral data tracking and psychological assessment platform for pregnant women, featuring automated task scheduling and a real-time monitoring dashboard.

ZhiJie Riji — WeChat Mini-Program2025.06 - 2025.08

AI-powered smoking cessation support system with personalized content generation and long-term behavioral tracking.

ChangLe WuYou — WeChat Mini-Program2024.05 - 2024.10

LLM-based colonoscopy screening guidance system with RAG-powered medical Q&A, risk assessment, and customized PDF report generation.

Edge-Deployed Fabric Area Recognition System2025.08 - 2025.12

Hybrid vision system combining traditional CV algorithms and lightweight deep learning for precise fabric area measurement on low-power embedded devices.

Scale Label Designer — Android App2023.09 - 2023.11

Android application for electronic scale label design with rich layout editing, barcode/QR code support, and distributed local-remote data storage.

TianWang ZhiHui — National Software Innovation Competition2023.11 - 2024.04

Full-stack web application with a face editing canvas, real-time multi-angle preview, and decoupled SpringBoot + Flask architecture. Second Prize, South China Region.

Research

Monocular 3D Human Reconstruction2025.02 - 2025.06

Dynamic 3D human reconstruction from monocular RGB video, leveraging depth priors and parametric body models (SMPL/SMPL-X) to improve anatomical accuracy.

CanAnswer — Multi-Source Medical Q&A System2024.09 - 2025.12

RAG-based medical Q&A system integrating professional documents and community data via LangChain, Chroma, and BERTopic for context-aware follow-up generation.

NeRF-Based Virtual Clinic Design2022.11 - 2023.12

Optimized NeRF framework with a two-stage training strategy (grayscale then RGB), reducing training time by 5–10% while maintaining reconstruction quality.

Selected Awards

Sun Yat-sen University Outstanding Student Scholarship
Second Prize, South China Region, National College Student Software Innovation Competition