Hi, I'm Zhuoang (Nick) Cai
MSc in Big Data Tech at HKUST.
Researcher & Developer blending AI, NLP and Multimedia Arts.
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇸 Spain
🇺🇸 USA
🇬🇧 UK
🇨🇳 China
Selected Works
Publication (July 2025)
SemEval-2025 Task 9
Ustnlp16: Improving NLP Model Performance through Imbalance Handling and Focal Loss. Published in ACL Anthology.
Video Creator
YouTube Channel
Creating content on multimedia design, vlogs, and tech explorations.
Music Composition
Original Music
Singer-Songwriter, Arranger, Producer & Mixing Engineer. Styles: Folk, Rock, and Pop.
Honors & Awards
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Runner-Up Prize W3 Algorand Hackathon 2023 (University of Florida)2023
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Dean's Honours List & Best Semester GPA The Hong Kong Polytechnic University2021-2022
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Excellent Student Scholarship HKUST School of Engineering2024
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Dr. Y.K. Ching Memorial Scholarship Awarded for academic excellence2022
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Special Recognition & Merit Awards Video Production and Poster Design Competitions (PolyU)2023
Leadership & Community
🎵 Music Director
PolyU Hall Choir
Organized music workshops and conducted choir performances.
🌱 Young Future Energy Leader
Khalifa University (UAE)
Engaging in global debates on sustainable energy solutions.
🤝 Global Student Ambassador
PolyU GSAP
Promoted cross-cultural exchange and supported student affairs.
Education
Sep 2024 - Present
MSc in Big Data Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
GPA: 4.2/4.3. Awards: Excellent Student Scholarship.
🇩🇰 Exchange at DTU (Spring 2025)
Sep 2020 - Jun 2024
BSc in Internet & Multimedia Technologies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
First Class Honours. Dean's Honours List.
🇬🇧 Exchange at Cambridge (Summer 2023)
🇺🇸 Exchange at UF (Spring 2023)
🇨🇳 Exchange at Fudan (Fall 2022)
🇨🇳 Exchange at SJTU (Spring 2021)
Experience & Research
Sep 2025 - Present
Student Researcher (Independent Project)
HKUST, Department of CSE
Leading project "Exploring Risks of Misleading Information from Chat Assistants". Designing multi-turn persuasion evaluations and benchmark defenses.
Jun 2025 - Sep 2025
Research Intern
CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Madrid
Developed phenotype-to-diagnosis pipelines using GNNs. Standardized clinical notes to HPO/Phenopackets.
May 2025 - Aug 2025
Research Assistant
Hong Kong Generative AI R&D Center (HKGAI)
Developed GenAI models for music composition based on traditional Chinese concepts. Built web services for MultiTalk video generation.
Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
Programmer Intern
Speech, Language and Reading Lab (SLR), HKU
Designed musical/lexical Unity mini-games for language learning research. Built a music intervention system.
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
Research Intern
Toyota Technological Institute, Japan
Researched Error-Correcting Codes (Hamming & Reed-Solomon) using MATLAB.
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Business Manager Intern
JD.com, Inc., Beijing
Analyzed commodity data purchased by China Mobile using Python & ML. Designed algorithms to optimize procurement data processing.
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Software Development Intern
iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Hefei
Developed Computer Vision models for traffic violation detection (95% accuracy). Analyzed traffic data using SQL & Python.
Skills Stack
Python
C++
SQL
Machine Learning
NLP
Unity
Logic Pro
Final Cut Pro
Blender
MATLAB
Music Production