Xiaobo Xing

About Me

I began my Ph.D. in Data Science at The University of Queensland (UQ) in January 2026. I am advised by Prof. Hongzhi Yin and co-advised by Associate Prof. Rocky Chen, with research interests in tabular deep learning. Prior to my Ph.D. studies, I earned my Master of Computer Science (Management) from UQ and my Bachelor of Information Engineering from Jilin University. I also bring a year of industry experience as a software engineer, which has strengthened my engineering capabilities for research.

News

• 26 Jan 2026: The paper "TableDART: Dynamic Adaptive Multi-Modal Routing for Table Understanding" has been accepted to ICLR 2026, first of co-author.

Research Interests

• Table Understanding & Reasoning
• Multi-modal Learning
• Relational Deep Learning
• Large Language Models for Structured Data

Research Works

• Xiaobo Xing*, Wei Yuan*, Tong Chen, Quoc Viet Hung Nguyen, Xiangliang Zhang, Hongzhi Yin. TableDART: Dynamic Adaptive Multi-Modal Routing for Table Understanding. ICLR 2026. OpenReview. (* equal contribution)

Education

• Ph.D. in Data Science
  The University of Queensland, Australia
  Jan. 2026 – Present | Advisor: Prof. Hongzhi Yin | Co-advisor: Associate Prof. Rocky Chen
• Master of Computer Science (Management)
  The University of Queensland, Australia
  Jul. 2023 – Jul. 2025 | Advisor: Prof. Hongzhi Yin | GPA: 6.63/7 (Thesis: 7/7)
• Bachelor of Information Engineering
  Jilin University, China
  Sep. 2018 – Jun. 2022

Teaching Experience

• Data Mining (INFS4203/INFS7203) — Tutor; oral exam assessment and student support (UQ, 2025 Semester 2).
• Social Media Analytics (INFS7450) — Tutor; weekly tutorials and assessment (UQ, 2025 Semester 1; 2026 Semester 1).

Awards

• Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence, 2025 Semester 1 (Faculty of EAIT, UQ).
• Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence, 2024 Semester 2 (Faculty of EAIT, UQ).
• Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence, 2024 Semester 1 (Faculty of EAIT, UQ).