Portrait of Weilin Ruan

Weilin Ruan (阮炜霖)

PhD Student @ CUHK CSE 香港中文大学计算机科学与工程系博士生

MPhil Student @ HKUST(GZ) 香港科技大学(广州)哲学硕士

Bachelor of Engineering @ Jinan University 暨南大学工学学士

I am a PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), supervised by Prof. James Cheng, jointly trained with Knowin AI Inc. (Shenzhen). I received my MPhil from HKUST(GZ) supervised by Prof. Yuxuan Liang.

My research interests include Spatio-Temporal World/Action Models, Embodied Foundation Models, Data Generation & Verification, and Infrastructure (Infra) for AI systems. And my research experiences include Spatio-Temporal Data Mining, Time Series Forecasting, and Multi-Modal Learning.

我是香港中文大学(CUHK)计算机科学与工程系博士生,师从Prof. James Cheng,并与深圳市知见智能科技有限公司(Knowin AI)联合培养。我于香港科技大学(广州)取得哲学硕士学位,师从梁宇轩教授(Prof. Yuxuan Liang)

我的研究兴趣包括时空世界/动作模型、具身基础模型、数据生成与验证,以及 AI 系统基础设施;此前的研究经历涵盖时空数据挖掘、时间序列预测和多模态学习。

Education

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Computer Science and Engineering
    香港中文大学 - 计算机科学与工程系
    Supervised by Prof. James Cheng | Joint training with Knowin AI 导师:Prof. James Cheng|与知见智能联合培养
    Aug 2026 - Present 2026年8月 - 至今
  • HKUST(GZ) - Information Hub - Data Science and Analysis
    香港科技大学(广州) - 信息枢纽 - 数据科学与分析
    Supervised by Prof. Yuxuan Liang @ CityMind Lab 导师:梁宇轩教授CityMind Lab
    Sep 2024 - Jun 2026 2024年9月 - 2026年6月
  • Jinan University - Computer Science Department - Network Engineering
    暨南大学 - 计算机科学系 - 网络工程
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2024 2020年9月 - 2024年6月

Latest News

  • Paper Acceptance - One paper was accepted to ACM MM 2026. 论文录用 - 一篇论文被 ACM MM 2026 录用。
    July 2026 2026年7月
  • Paper Acceptance - One paper was accepted to KDD 2026. 论文录用 - 一篇论文被 KDD 2026 录用。
    May 2026 2026年5月
  • Citation Milestone - Google Scholar citations reached 100+. 引用里程碑 - Google Scholar 引用量达到 100+。
    March 2026 2026年3月
  • Paper Acceptance - One paper was accepted to the ICLR 2026 HCAIR Workshop. 论文录用 - 一篇论文被 ICLR 2026 HCAIR Workshop 录用。
    March 2026 2026年3月
  • New Preprint - MAS4TS: Visual Reasoning over Time Series via Multi-Agent System is available on arXiv and under review. 新预印本 - 预印本 MAS4TS: Visual Reasoning over Time Series via Multi-Agent System 已发布于 arXiv,目前正在审稿。
    February 2026 2026年2月
  • Paper Acceptance - Two papers were accepted to AAAI 2026. 论文录用 - 两篇论文被 AAAI 2026 录用。
    November 2025 2025年11月
  • Reviewer Appointment - Appointed as a reviewer for ICLR 2026. 审稿工作 - 受邀担任 ICLR 2026 审稿人。
    September 2025 2025年9月
  • New Position - Joined Knowin AI Inc. as an Algorithm Researcher. 新职位 - 加入知见智能(Knowin AI),担任算法研究员。
    September 2025 2025年9月
  • Paper Acceptance - A paper on traffic flow forecasting was accepted to IEEE T-ITS. 论文录用 - 一篇交通流预测论文被 IEEE T-ITS 录用。
    August 2025 2025年8月
  • Program Committee - Invited to serve as a Program Committee member for AAAI 2026. 程序委员会 - 受邀担任 AAAI 2026 程序委员会委员。
    July 2025 2025年7月
  • Paper Acceptance - One paper was accepted to the ICCV 2025 Workshop. 论文录用 - 一篇论文被 ICCV 2025 Workshop 录用。
    July 2025 2025年7月
  • Paper Acceptance - A paper on multimodal building electricity load forecasting was accepted to ACM MM 2025. 论文录用 - 一篇多模态建筑电力负荷预测论文被 ACM MM 2025 录用。
    July 2025 2025年7月
  • Paper Acceptance - A paper on urban heat island effect forecasting was accepted to KDD 2025. 论文录用 - 一篇城市热岛效应预测论文被 KDD 2025 录用。
    May 2025 2025年5月
  • Paper Acceptance - A paper on spatio-temporal forecasting was accepted to ECML-PKDD 2025. 论文录用 - 一篇时空预测论文被 ECML-PKDD 2025 录用。
    May 2025 2025年5月
  • Paper Acceptance - A paper on multimodal time-series forecasting was accepted to ICML 2025. 论文录用 - 一篇多模态时间序列预测论文被 ICML 2025 录用。
    May 2025 2025年5月
  • Program Committee - Invited to serve as a Program Committee member for WebST 2025. 程序委员会 - 受邀担任 WebST 2025 程序委员会委员。
    January 2025 2025年1月
  • Reviewer Appointment - Appointed as a reviewer for IJCNN and ICASSP. 审稿工作 - 受邀担任 IJCNN 与 ICASSP 审稿人。
    December 2024 2024年12月
  • Outstanding Graduate - Named an Outstanding Graduate of the Department of Information Science and Technology at Jinan University. 优秀毕业生 - 获评暨南大学信息科学技术学院优秀毕业生。
    June 2024 2024年6月
  • Research Internship - Joined the CityMind team as a research intern supervised by Prof. Yuxuan Liang. 科研实习 - 加入 CityMind Lab 开展科研实习,导师为梁宇轩教授
    August 2023 2023年8月
  • RBCC Achievement - Recognized as an Outstanding Camper at the in-person RBCC program held at HKUST(GZ). RBCC 荣誉 - 参加香港科技大学(广州)线下 RBCC 项目,并获评优秀营员。
    July 2023 2023年7月

Pinned Publications

TS-Memory: Plug-and-Play Memory for Time Series Foundation Models Pinned

Sisuo Lyu, Siru Zhong, Tiegang Chen, Weilin Ruan, Qingxiang Liu, Taiqiang Lv, Qingsong Wen, Raymond Chi-Wing Wong, Yuxuan Liang

KDD. 2026

Visual Reasoning over Time Series via Multi-Agent System Pinned Under Review

Weilin Ruan, Yuxuan Liang

Under Review. 2026

Cover image for OccamVTS: Distilling Vision Models to 1% Parameters for Time Series Forecasting

OccamVTS: Distilling Vision Models to 1% Parameters for Time Series Forecasting Pinned

Sisuo Lyu, Siru Zhong, Weilin Ruan, Qingxiang Liu, Qingsong Wen, Hui Xiong, Yuxuan Liang

AAAI. 2026

Cover image for Retrieval Augmented Spatio-Temporal Framework for Traffic Prediction

Retrieval Augmented Spatio-Temporal Framework for Traffic Prediction Pinned

Weilin Ruan, Xilin Dang, Ziyu Zhou, Sisuo Lyu, Yuxuan Liang

AAAI. 2026

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Selected Awards

  • Outstanding Graduate - Jinan University 优秀毕业生 - 暨南大学 2024 2024年
  • Golden Arowana Scholarship - Jinan University 金龙鱼奖学金 - 暨南大学 2023 2023年
  • Bronze Medal - ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest 铜牌 - ICPC 国际大学生程序设计竞赛 2022 2022年

Milestones

Key progress in research and academic activities.

  • Publications 15
  • Citations 100+
  • Awards 20+
  • Blog followers 3600+

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Interests

Beyond research, I enjoy these activities in daily life.

Video games Badminton Hiking Movies Cars Travel Photography Music Indie game development Pets Chess Board games Web novels