About me

• 🔭 I’m currently a PhD researcher at EPCC, University of Edinburgh (transferred from St Andrews in Aug 2024).
• 🧠 I work on large-scale analysis of digitised historical texts: post-OCR correction, geoparsing, temporal-spatial analysis, and knowledge graph construction.
• 🌍 Language mode: Chinese (native), English (professional), Cantonese (intermediate).
• 💬 Ask me about historical text mining, knowledge graphs, RDF/SPARQL/GeoSPARQL, or building research data platforms.

Education

• PhD in HPC, Computational & Data Science, Software Engineering - University of Edinburgh (EPCC), Sep 2024 - now
• PhD in Computer Science - University of St Andrews, Jan 2023 - Aug 2024
• MSc in Software Engineering - University of St Andrews, Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
• BEng in Computer Science and Technology - Huaqiao University, Sep 2016 - Jun 2020

Publications (Selected)

• Mapping Change: A Temporal and Semantic Knowledge Base of Scottish Gazetteers - ESWC 2026
• Frances++: LLM-Based Semantic Enrichment and Spatial Graphs for Digitized Historical Collections - IEEE eScience 2025
• ImpactLens: Using AI and Data to Communicate Research Impact Effectively - IEEE eScience 2025
• Advancing frances: New heritage textual ontology, enhanced knowledge graphs, and refined search capabilities - IEEE eScience 2024 (Best Paper Candidate)
• frances: Cloud-Based Historical Text Mining with Deep Learning and Parallel Processing - IEEE eScience 2024 (Best PhD Paper Candidate)

Skills

• Programming: Python, Java, C++, JavaScript
• Knowledge Graph & Semantic Web: RDF, SPARQL, GeoSPARQL, ontology modelling
• Distributed & Data Systems: Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Fuseki, Qlever
• Backend & Web: FastAPI, Flask, React
• Tools: Docker, Git, Gradle, Figma

Beyond Research

I enjoy: 🏹 🎾 🏓 🏸 ⛸️ 🎿

📫 How to reach me

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