Haichao Zhang

About Me关于我

I am a Ph.D. student in the School of AI and Advanced Computing (AIAC) atXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), supervised by Prof. Jia Wang. I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Software Engineering, with the degree awarded by the University of Liverpool.我是西交利物浦大学(XJTLU)人工智能与先进计算学院(AIAC)的博士研究生,导师为王佳教授。 我攻读计算机科学与软件工程博士学位,学位由利物浦大学授予。

I study trustworthy and controllable recommender systems at the intersection of large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, machine unlearning, and model editing.我的研究聚焦可信与可控推荐系统,探索大语言模型、检索增强生成、机器遗忘和模型编辑的交叉问题。

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Recommendation Unlearning推荐遗忘

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LLMs for Recommendation大模型推荐

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Responsible Personalization负责任的个性化

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Experience & Education工作与教育经历

Education教育经历

XJTLUUniversity of Liverpool

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University西交利物浦大学

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Software Engineering计算机科学与软件工程博士

School of AI and Advanced Computing · Degree awarded by the University of Liverpool人工智能与先进计算学院 · 学位由利物浦大学授予

Industry Experience工作经历

Alibaba

Alibaba · Beijing阿里巴巴 · 北京

Development Engineer开发工程师

Built audience and recommendation data infrastructure for the DMP platform, including engine control, observability, and large-scale inspection and attribution systems.参与 DMP 人群与推荐数据平台建设,负责计算引擎管控、可观测性及大规模巡检归因系统。

Dingfu Data

Dingfu Data Technology · Beijing鼎富智能科技 · 北京

Development Engineer开发工程师

Worked on computer-vision algorithms and image-processing pipelines, with a focus on watermark removal.从事计算机视觉算法与图像处理流程研发,主要研究图像水印去除。

IEEE ICDM 2026

Controllable Generative Recommendation via Guided Token Refinement

Haichao Zhang, Zhixuan Liang, Chong Zhang, Zixi Chen, Wen Wang, Jia Wang

2026 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), accepted

A controllable generative recommendation framework that refines semantic tokens under explicit guidance for more reliable alignment with user intent.一种可控生成式推荐框架,通过显式引导细化语义 token,使生成结果与用户意图更加可靠地对齐。

IEEE ICDM 2026

Explain-then-Forget: Causal Explanation-based Unlearning for Efficient and Precise Recommendation

Haichao Zhang, Chong Zhang, Wen Wang, Shi Qiu, Peiyu Hu, Jia Wang

2026 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), accepted

An efficient recommendation unlearning framework that uses causal explanations to localize and precisely remove the influence of target interactions.一种高效推荐遗忘框架,利用因果解释定位并精确移除目标交互产生的影响。

IEEE ICDM 2025

Customized Retrieval-Augmented Generation with LLM for Debiasing Recommendation Unlearning

Haichao Zhang, Chong Zhang, Peiyu Hu, Shi Qiu, Jia Wang

2025 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), 1702-1711, 2025

A retrieval-augmented generation framework for user-level recommendation unlearning that limits collateral effects on non-target users while preserving recommendation quality.面向用户级推荐遗忘的检索增强生成框架,在保留推荐质量的同时,减少遗忘操作对非目标用户的连带影响。

ICONIP 2026

Explaining Graph Recommendations via Counterfactual Support Sets

Haichao Zhang, Chong Zhang, Can Wang, Shi Qiu, Jia Wang

33rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2026), accepted

A counterfactual explanation framework that identifies compact support sets whose removal changes a target user's recommendation without retraining the graph recommender.一种反事实图推荐解释框架,在无需重训练图推荐模型的情况下,识别能够改变目标用户推荐结果的紧凑支持集。

ICONIP 2026

Topology-Aware Inverse Preference Learning for Robust Hybrid Voting Systems

Can Wang, Shi Qiu, Haichao Zhang

* Corresponding author* 通讯作者

33rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2026), accepted

A topology-aware inverse preference learning framework for reconstructing latent crowd preferences and auditing robustness, conflict, and merit alignment in hybrid voting systems.一种面向混合投票系统的拓扑感知逆偏好学习框架,用于重建潜在人群偏好,并分析鲁棒性、拓扑冲突与能力对齐。

Collaborative Publications合作论文

Research contributions developed through interdisciplinary collaboration.跨方向合作完成的研究成果。

ACS Nano 2026

Machine Vision-Enabled Octahedral Network Reconstruction and Structural Analysis of Perovskite Quantum Dots

Guangyu Du, Haichao Zhang, Tieyuan Bian, Weizhen Wang, Long Hu, Yuxin Liu, Zhen Zhan, Songwei Liu, Yuanzhe Li, Xie He, Chutian Huang, Ying Kong, Lianzheng Hao, Jiawen Wang, Ni Zhou, Bao Tu, Chen Zhu, Jiadong Jaydon Gong, Tom Wu, Jun Yin, Zhouchen Lin, Songhua Cai

† Equal contribution† 同等贡献(共同第一作者)

ACS nano 20 (7), 6125, 2026

Ongoing Research在研工作

Submitted and early-stage work is intentionally introduced only at a high level.为避免泄露尚未发表的研究思路,此处仅提供概括性介绍。

ACM Transactions on Information Systems · Major RevisionACM Transactions on Information Systems · 大修

Teaching to Forget: Dual-Teacher Distilled Prompt-Tuning for Efficient Recommendation Unlearning

A lightweight study of on-demand recommendation unlearning that aims to preserve utility for unaffected users.一项轻量级按需推荐遗忘研究,目标是在移除指定影响的同时保留未受影响用户的推荐效用。

International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics (JMLC) · Under ReviewInternational Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics(JMLC)· 审稿中

Personalized Conformity Disentanglement for Debiased Recommendations

A debiasing study that distinguishes personal preference signals from conformity effects for more faithful personalization.一项推荐去偏研究,通过区分个体偏好与从众效应,实现更忠实的个性化。

AAAI 2026 · Under ReviewAAAI 2026 · 审稿中

Dual-Rate User Semantic Memory for LLM-Enhanced Sequential Recommendation

A dual-rate semantic memory for efficient LLM-enhanced sequential recommendation, designed to retain rich user semantics with lightweight online serving.一种面向高效大模型增强序列推荐的双速率语义记忆,在轻量在线服务中保留丰富用户语义。

Open Source开源项目

Intellectual Property知识产权

One published invention patent application and four registered software copyrights.一项已公开发明专利申请与四项计算机软件著作权。

Invention Patent Application发明专利申请

A Debiasing Method and Recommendation System Based on Personalized Causal Decomposition一种基于个性化因果分解的去偏方法及推荐系统

Publication No.: CN117312675A申请公布号:CN117312675A

Co-inventor · Published on December 29, 2023共同发明人 · 2023 年 12 月 29 日公开

Software Copyright计算机软件著作权

Unbiased Recommendation Algorithm System Based on Personalized Conformity Disentanglement V1.0基于个性化从众解耦的无偏推荐算法系统 V1.0

Registration No.: 2025SR0516629登记号:2025SR0516629

Registered software copyright计算机软件著作权登记证书

Software Copyright计算机软件著作权

Large-Scale Road-Network Taxi Dynamic Dispatching Platform for Mobile Internet Ridesharing (YiBu) V1.0移动互联网+拼车模式下大规模路网出租车动态调度组织平台[简称:易步]V1.0

Registration No.: 2018SR047738登记号:2018SR047738

Registered software copyright计算机软件著作权登记证书

Software Copyright计算机软件著作权

Android-Based Railway Equipment Inspection System (Railway Inspection Equipment APP) V1.0基于安卓的铁路设备巡检系统[简称:铁路巡检设备 APP]V1.0

Registration No.: 2018SR717297登记号:2018SR717297

Registered software copyright计算机软件著作权登记证书

Software Copyright计算机软件著作权

Web-Based Railway Equipment Inspection System (Railway Inspection Equipment System) V1.0基于 WEB 端的铁路设备巡检系统[简称:铁路巡检设备系统]V1.0

Registration No.: 2018SR643652登记号:2018SR643652

Registered software copyright计算机软件著作权登记证书

Selected Awards部分荣誉

  • First Prize, National Railway Transportation Student Thesis Competition全国轨道交通高校学生优秀论文一等奖
  • Second Prize, Jiangxi Computer Works and Internet Innovation Competition江西省计算机作品赛暨“互联网+”创新创业大赛二等奖
  • Third Prize, National Internet Transportation Innovation Competition全国高校“互联网交通”创新创业大赛三等奖
  • First Prize, ECJTU ACM Programming Competition华东交通大学 ACM 程序设计竞赛一等奖