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Baiyu Chen (Breeze)

PhD Student @ CRUISE - UNSW

Hi! I am Baiyu Chen, you can call me Breeze, a PhD student at CRUISE Research Group, UNSW Sydney, supervised by Prof. Flora Salim and Dr. Benjamin Tag. I am also a visiting student researcher at Tsinghua University, collaborating with A/Prof. Yuntao Wang, and a research student member of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). During my Master's, I was supervised by Prof. Flora Salim, Dr. Hao Xue and Prof. Daniel Angus.

My Research Interests

  • Multi-modal Learning

  • Generative AI

  • Self-supervised Learning

  • Personalized Behavior Modeling

  • Ubiquitous Computing

  • Human-AI Interaction

  • Recommender System

Professional Experience

Tsinghua University

Visiting Student Researcher

Mar. 2025 - Present

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society

Research Student Member

Oct. 2024 - Present

University of New South Wales

Research Assistant

Oct. 2023 - Aug. 2025

Pen CS

Software Engineer Intern

Jan. 2024 - Jun. 2024

China CITIC Bank

Software Engineer Intern

Mar. 2023 - May. 2023

Academic History

University of New South Wales

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science and Engineering

Present

University of New South Wales

Master of Information Technology with Excellent

Xiamen University of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering with Distinction

  • WAM 91.3 (High Distinction), ranked 1/215 students in the major.

  • Thesis: Breeze Video: A Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Video Recommendation and Rating System - Grade: 95/100

Awards

  • 2025: 3rd Place (US$1500) - KDD Cup 2025, Meta Comprehensive RAG Multi-modal, Multi-turn (CRAG-MM) Challenge, Task 1: Single-source Augmentation
  • 2024: Judges (1st) Prize (AU$5000 Research Project Grant) - ADM+S Hackathon 2024: Recommender Systems for Public Service Media
  • 2023: Outstanding Graduate - Xiamen University of Technology
  • 2023: Honours Bachelor's Degree with Distinction - Xiamen University of Technology
  • 2022: Premier Scholarship - Xiamen University of Technology
  • 2022: Merit Student & Learning Star - Xiamen University of Technology
  • 2022: Third Prize in Java Development Competition - The 13th National Final of the Lan Qiao Cup
  • 2022: First Prize in Java Development Competition - The 13th Fujian Division of the Lan Qiao Cup
  • 2022: Outstanding Award - RoboCom CAIP Fujian Division
  • 2022: Outstanding Group Award - Group Programming Ladder Tournament

Academic Services

Program Committee