My name is Qi Liu. I am a third-year PhD student at the Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China, advised by Prof. Jiaxin Mao. From January to July 2026, I was a visiting PhD student at NExT++, National University of Singapore, where I worked with Dr. Fengbin Zhu and Prof. Tat-Seng Chua on search agents.
My research focuses on Large Language Models for Search and Search Agents.
Education
- 09/2024 - Present. PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
- 09/2020 - 06/2024. B.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence, Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Experience
- 05/2026 - Present. Research Intern, Xiaohongshu, Beijing, China.
- 01/2026 - 07/2026. Visiting PhD Student, NExT++ Research Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- 05/2025 - 01/2026. Research Intern, Tongyi Lab, Alibaba Group, Beijing, China.
- 11/2023 - 06/2024. Research Intern, Jina AI, Beijing, China.
- 07/2023 - 09/2023. Intern, Xiaohongshu, Beijing, China.
First-Author Publications
Services
Reviewer
I have served as a reviewer for SIGIR, ACL, ICLR, WWW, and other venues.