About Me

Hello, I am Yize Cai, a first year Ph.D. student in the Internet of Things Thrust at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). I am honored to work under the supervision of Prof. Zhiqing Hong and Dr. Baoshen Guo. Before that, I received my B.E. degree in Software Engineering at Dalian University of Technology in 2025.

Research Interests

My research focuses on Wearable AI, Sensor Foundation Models, and IoT, with applications in Human Behavior Understanding, Healthcare Monitoring, and Social Good.

Educations

• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China
  PhD in Internet of Things (2026.01 - Present)
  Advisor: Prof. Zhiqing Hong and Dr. Baoshen Guo

• Dalian University of Technology, China
  BE in Software Engineering (2021.09 - 2025.06)
  Advisor: Prof. Junxin Chen and Prof. Yu Liu

Awards and Honors

• Silver Medal - BirdCLEF+, Kaggle, 2026
• First Prize - Pal2Sim Competition, IEEE/ACM CPS-IoT Week, 2026
• Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, China, 2025
• Undergraduate Research Innovation Fund, China, 2024