---
type: Public research university
title: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
description: Current doctoral institution of Xinbao Qiao.
tags:
  - en
  - institution
  - education
  - public-research-university
timestamp: '2026-06-13T20:46:02+08:00'
modified: '2026-07-02T20:03:20+08:00'
content_hash: 'sha256:a27c4d78f158b9564e002f310e7e37f4ac2fa63d951f4b0521f8c330fa042e2a'
reviewed_at: '2026-07-02T20:03:20+08:00'
review_due: '2026-12-29'
name: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
summary: Current doctoral institution of Xinbao Qiao.
person:
  label: Xinbao Qiao
  url: /wiki/Xinbao_Qiao/
program: PhD in Information Engineering
school: Faculty of Engineering
department: Department of Information Engineering
dates: 2026-present
place: 'Sha Tin, Hong Kong'
focus: Data-centric ML; AI for Networks; Networks for AI; trustworthy AI
image: /institutions/cuhk-emblem.svg
image_caption: Emblem of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
links:
  - label: Department of Information Engineering
    url: 'https://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/'
  - label: MPhil-PhD in Information Engineering
    url: 'https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/programme/engineering'
---
**The Chinese University of Hong Kong** (**CUHK**) is the current doctoral institution of [[Xinbao_Qiao|Xinbao Qiao]], who is affiliated with its Department of Information Engineering. In this wiki the CUHK page functions as an institutional context page rather than a general encyclopedia article: it records why the university matters to Qiao's research biography, how the information-engineering program frames his current work, and where the doctoral phase sits in relation to earlier training at [[Zhejiang_University|Zhejiang University]] and [[Shandong_University|Shandong University]].[^cuhk-intro]

## Program

Qiao's current program is Information Engineering within CUHK Engineering, advised by [[Angela_Yingjun_Zhang|Angela Yingjun Zhang]]. The CUHK Graduate School describes the MPhil-PhD in Information Engineering as a research program for students pursuing fundamental and applied work in communications, networking, information processing, and security.[^cuhk-grad] This program context is closely aligned with Qiao's current emphasis on [[Data_Centric_Machine_Learning|data-centric ML]] and [[AI_and_Networks|AI and networks]], where learning algorithms are studied together with communication constraints, decentralized data access, distributed computation, and cross-silo evaluation.

## Academic context

The Department of Information Engineering was established in 1989 and describes itself as the first and only academic department of its kind in Hong Kong.[^cuhk-ie] Its stated scope includes the generation, transmission, storage, and processing of information in real-world applications. That framing is broader than conventional computer science: it gives institutional room for research that connects machine learning, data systems, communication networks, and trustworthy deployment.

## Connection to Qiao

Qiao's CUHK period begins after a master's phase focused on [[Data_Centric_Machine_Learning|data-centric ML]] and [[Machine_Unlearning|machine unlearning]]. Under [[Angela_Yingjun_Zhang|Angela Yingjun Zhang]]'s supervision, the doctoral phase emphasizes data-centric ML, AI for Networks, and Networks for AI: efficient decentralized learning, collaborative evaluation across [[Data_Silos|data silos]], communication-aware reliability, and distributed methods such as [[Distributed_Wasserstein_Barycenter|Wasserstein barycenter]] computation. The page is therefore linked from the biography infobox as the sole current affiliation, while past institutions remain under education and research experience.

## See also

- [[Xinbao_Qiao]]
- [[Angela_Yingjun_Zhang|Angela Yingjun Zhang]]
- [[AI_and_Networks]]
- [[Education]]
- [[Experience]]
- [[Zhejiang_University]]

[^cuhk-intro]: CUHK's [official university introduction](https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/aboutus/university-intro.html) describes the university as founded in 1963 and as a comprehensive research university with a college system, bilingualism, and multiculturalism.

[^cuhk-grad]: The CUHK IE [MPhil-PhD in Information Engineering overview](https://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/programmes/mphil-phd-in-information-engineering/) describes the programme's research areas and PhD-stream requirements; the CUHK Graduate School also lists [MPhil-PhD in Information Engineering](https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/programmes/engineering) under Engineering.

[^cuhk-ie]: The Department of Information Engineering's [official department page](https://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/about-the-department/) states that the department was established in 1989 and focuses on information generation, communication, storage, processing, and applications.
