Dongju Yang | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Dongju Yang | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award

North China University of Technology | China

Dr. Dongju Yang is an Associate Researcher and Assistant Lead Professor for Artificial Intelligence at North China University of Technology, with over a decade of academic and research experience in intelligent computing systems. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Software and Theory from Northwestern Polytechnical University and previously conducted advanced research at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Agents, Knowledge Graphs, Natural Language Processing, Service Computing, and Data Intelligence, with strong application impact in smart elderly care and intelligent education. Dr. Yang has led more than ten competitive research projects as principal investigator, including a sub-project of China’s National Key R&D Program and an NSFC General Program, while contributing to multiple major national initiatives. She has contributed to one national standard and three group standards and received the Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award. Overall, her work bridges fundamental AI research with scalable, real-world technological impact and talent cultivation.


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Featured Publications

Intelligent Orientation Robot Based on Large Language Models and Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Dongju Yang, 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Engineering (ICAICE), 2024. (WOS)

Multi-source Autoregressive Entity Linking Based on Generative Method
Dongju Yang, Weishui Lan, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2024. (Book Chapter)

IoT Service Distributed Management Architecture and Service Discovery Method for Edge-Cloud Federation
Dongju Yang, International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, 2022. (WOS)

Construction and Analysis of Scientific and Technological Personnel Relational Graph for Group Recognition
Dongju Yang, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2021. (WOS)

Research on User Demand-Driven Service Matching Methodology
Huiying Zhang, Dongju Yang, IEEE 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics (ICCCBDA), 2021.

Ho-jun Song | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Ho-jun Song | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award

Postech | South Korea

Ho-jun Song is a dedicated researcher and Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in federated learning, edge intelligence, and AIoT systems. With an academic foundation grounded in advanced distributed learning, he has contributed to developing personalized, scalable, and diffusion-based FL frameworks tailored for heterogeneous and resource-constrained environments. He has gained extensive experience through work on edge AI architectures, large-scale experimental pipelines, and applied AI systems for surveillance, security, and military decision support. Professionally, he leads AI initiatives as the Head of AI Development at the Army Artificial Intelligence Center, overseeing deepfake detection, ontology-based LLM systems, and intelligent multi-sensor surveillance solutions. His research interests span federated learning, personalized models, diffusion-based FL, distributed deep learning, and AIoT innovation. His academic journey includes rigorous research under expert mentorship and collaborations with interdisciplinary teams. Although early in his career, he has already contributed impactful ideas such as multidimensional trajectory optimization for FL personalization. He aspires to advance secure, efficient, and adaptive AI systems while contributing to global AI research communities through innovative, mission-driven research.

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Featured Publications

Song, H.-J., & Suh, Y.-J. (2025). HyFLM: A hypernetwork-based federated learning with multidimensional trajectory optimization on diffusion paths. Electronics, 14, Article 4704.