- Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Founding Director of the Data Science Institute, Imperial College
- Member of Academia Europaea
- Fellow of Royal Academic of Engineering, U.K.
- Fellow of British Computer Society
- Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
Professor Yike Guo, Fellow of the Royal Academic of Engineering, Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, was appointed as the Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with effect from 1 December 2022. He is concurrently a Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Before joining the HKUST, Professor Guo was the Vice-President (Research and Development) of Hong Kong Baptist University and the Founding Director of the Data Science Institute at Imperial College that is one of the six Imperial College Global Challenge Institutes. He is also a Member of Academia Europaea, Fellow of British Computer Society. Professor Guo's main research interests lie in the field of machine learning and large-scale data management and has contributed to numerous major research projects. He is now the investigator of several major data science projects in Hong Kong, UK and Europe including the project "Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong" of the Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme, the project of Idea-Fast in digital biomarker discovery for neurodegenerative diseases.
