Personal Statement
I am a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, where I worked on deep learning, computer vision, AI Safety and Securiety, Explainable and Trustworthy Deepfake Detection, etc. Before that, I worked for 4 years as a vice research director in the Autonomous Driving Group in SenseTime, under the supervision of Dr.Jianping Shi. I got my Ph.D. at the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition (NLPR)] (http://www.nlpr.ia.ac.cn/en/) in the [Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA), under the supervision of Prof. Chunhong Pan and Prof. Shiming Xiang. After that, I worked as Postdoctoral Researcher from 2017 to 2019 with Prof. Zhongming Zhao and Prof. Yu Meng at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences.


For Prospective Students:
I am always looking for Ph.D. students with strong motivation to actively participate in research. There are a few possible ways of receiving a scholarship, for example
A few Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) at Liverpool, including e.g., CDT for Distributed AlgorithmCSC-Liverpool scholarship, which usually has a deadline at the beginning of a yearDuncan Norman ScholarshipOther scholarship opportunities available at Liverpool
If you have other means of supporting your study, you are also welcomed to get in touch.

Research Overview
Research Grants:
- Alan Turing Institute Research Grant (PI): "An Ethical and Robust AI Development Framework: Assessing Correctness and Detecting Fakes", £ 260K. [2024.03-2025.10] (Co-I: Prof. Xiaowei Huang, Team Member: Dr Yiwei He (Postdoc), Dr Xiangtai Li, Mr Zhenglin Huang)
- EPSRC IAA (PI)“Scalable and Trustworthy Multimodal Deepfake Detection Framework for Safer Platforms and Public Verification”,£20K. [2025.12-2027.02] (Team Member: Dr Xiangtai Li, Mr Zhenglin Huang, Mr Tianxiao Li, Mr Haiquan Wen)
- EU Horizon Project "ROBUSTIFAI: Robustifying generative AI through human-centric integration of neural and symbolic methods" (Co-I; Project Lead: Prof. Xiaowei Huang), EUR 7.36M. [2025.06-2029.06]
- EPSRC “Collaborative design of accessible and effective XR … mental health improvement and employment support in depressed adults”Co-I, £ 5K (PI: Dr Haoming Xia)
- Research England. “Participatory Design of XR Solutions for Mental Health and Employment in Depressed Adults”Co-I, £15K (PI: Dr Haoming Xia)