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Research interests
Computer Science / Information Technology - Database systems
Computer Science / Information Technology - Spatial databases
Computer Science / Information Technology - Big data
Computer Science / Information Technology - Information and multimedia processing 
Computer Science / Information Technology - Machine learning
Computer Science / Information Technology - Spatial databases
Computer Science / Information Technology - Big data
Computer Science / Information Technology - Information and multimedia processing 
Computer Science / Information Technology - Machine learning
Position Held
Director of HKUST-HKPC Joint Research Lab for Industrial AI and Robotics
Director of HKUST-China Unicom Joint Laboratory on Smart Society
Director of HKUST-MetaX Joint Laboratory for Advanced AI Computing
Associate Director of HKUST-Inspur Cloud Joint Laboratory
Associate Director of HKUST-Wuxi Joint Laboratory for Robotic Embodied Dexterity and Intelligence
Director of HKUST-China Unicom Joint Laboratory on Smart Society
Director of HKUST-MetaX Joint Laboratory for Advanced AI Computing
Associate Director of HKUST-Inspur Cloud Joint Laboratory
Associate Director of HKUST-Wuxi Joint Laboratory for Robotic Embodied Dexterity and Intelligence
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Computer Science, PhD, Wiley - The University of Queensland
1994
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Graph-based Indexing for Scalable Maximum Inner-Product Search
ZHOU, X. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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A Digital Twin for Enhancing Coastal Resilience against Extreme Storm Surges in Hong Kong
HOU, J. (CoI), STOCCHINO, A. (CoPI), HUANG, B. (CoPI), LAM, Q. C. C. (CoI), SU, H. (CoPI), CHENG, J. C. P. (CoPI), LU, M. (CoPI), ZHAO, S. (CoI), ZHANG, L. M. (CoPI), JENG, D.-S. (CoPI), LIU, D. (CoI), BUI, H. (CoPI), QU, H. (CoPI), CHEUK, J.C.-Y. (CoI), ZHAO, J. (PI), FU, L. (CoPI), YANG, C. (CoPI), SU, Q. (CoPI), SO, W. H. R. (CoI), QU, T. (CoI), VOUSDOUKAS, M. (CoI), GAO, W. (CoI), BAI, Y. (CoI), YIN, Z. (CoPI) & ZHOU, X. (CoPI)
RGC - Theme-based Research Scheme
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Adaptive Proximity Queries for High-Density Point Cloud Data in Dynamic Environments
ZHOU, X. (PI)
30/10/24 → 29/10/26
Project: Research
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Adaptive Proximity Queries for High-Density Point Cloud Data in Dynamic Environments
ZHOU, X. (PI)
30/10/24 → 29/10/26
Project: Research
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Optimization of Data Curation for Cost-effective LLM Training
ZHANG, R. (CoI) & ZHOU, X. (PI)
15/10/24 → 14/10/26
Project: Research
Research output
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Faithful in Steps: Improving Generalization and Citation in RAG via Query Decomposition
LIU, Y., Ru, Z., DI, S., ZHANG, J., ZHANG, R. & ZHOU, X., Jan 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Semantic-guided Diverse Decoding for Large Language Model
SHI, W., CUI, Y., WU, Y., FANG, J., ZHANG, S., Li, M., HAN, S., ZHU, J., XU, J. & ZHOU, X., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 39th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025). 48 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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A Bargaining-Based Approach for Feature Trading in Vertical Federated Learning
Cui, Y., Yao, L., Li, Z., Li, Y., Zhong, K., Liu, B., Ding, B. & Zhou, X., 2025, Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 41st International Conference on Data Engineering, ICDE 2025. IEEE Computer Society, p. 1001-1014 14 p. (Proceedings - International Conference on Data Engineering).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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A Bargaining-Based Approach for Feature Trading in Vertical Federated Learning
CUI, Y., YAO, L., LI, Z., LI, Y., ZHONG, K., LIU, B., DING, B. & ZHOU, X., May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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A Just-In-Time Framework for Routing-Oriented Traffic Prediction
ZHAO, J., LI, L., ZHANG, M., MA, H. & ZHOU, X., May 2025, p. 3206-3219.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
Awards
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Second Prize of the Computer Academy of Guangdong Excellent Paper Award
ZHOU, X. (Recipient), ZHANG, M. (Recipient), LI, L. (Recipient) & ZHOU, X. (Recipient), Dec 2024
Prize: Others
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A Top-Down Scheme for Coverage Centrality Queries on Road Networks
ZHOU, X. (Recipient), Sept 2022
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize