Dr. Xingyu Zhao, a full Professor at the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Wuhan University. He is a recipient of the National High-Level Young Talent Program (Overseas), an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Beihang University, and later pursued his PhD in Computer Science at Centre for Software Reliability, City University of London, under the supervision of Professor Bev Littlewood and Professor Robin Bloomfield. After completing his PhD, he held positions at several Russell Group universities in the UK before joining Wuhan University full-time in 2026 as a full Professor in Safe AI.

His research focuses on the reliability and safety technologies of safety-critical systems, with core interests including Trustworthy AI, Software Reliability, Formal Verification, Bayesian Inference, and Safety Analysis and Assurance.

As Principal Investigator or Co-PI, he has led and contributed to securing research funding totaling £7.8 million. His leading research projects have been funded by UKRI-EPSRC, the European Union's Horizon Programme, the British Academy, among others, involving collaborations with industry partners such as Siemens, Huawei, NVIDIA, DENSO, Wayve, and NCC Group.

He and his students have received a number of international awards in AI safety, software reliability. His recognitions include a Best Paper Nomination at PRICAI 2025, the Best Modelling Award in the UK–US Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge, the Best Paper Award at AISafety 2021, and a Best Paper Nomination at ISSRE 2019. His students have also received several notable honours, including the Best Paper Award at the University of Warwick Early Career Researcher Symposium, the Warwick Star Award, the Best Original Method Award in the Siemens AI Dependability Assessment Challenge, and selection for the University of Liverpool’s “Becoming an Expert” feature series.

He serves as Associate Editor for IEEE-TNNLS, Editorial Board Member for Nature-Communications AI & Computing, Area Chair for NeurIPS, Senior Program Committee of AAAI, and Grant Review Panel Member for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

He has published over 70 papers in top-tier conferences and journals, including:

- Artificial Intelligence: NeurIPS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, AAAI, UAI, AAMAS, Elsevier-INFFUS, Springer-ML
- Reliability & Safety: Elsevier-RESS, IEEE-TR, ISSRE, DSN, CCS, SafeComp
- Software Engineering: ACM-TOSEM, ACM-TECS, IEEE-TSE, Elsevier-IST, ASE
- Robotics & Autonomous Systems: Nature-CE, IEEE-TCCN, IEEE-RA-L, ICRA, IROS, ITSC, IV

For more details, please refer to his personal homepage (https://www.xzhao.me/).

We currently have openings for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. I warmly welcome inquiries from motivated researchers who are excited about our research. Please don’t hesitate to reach out at xingyu.zhao@whu.edu.cn