Wang Haofen
Distinguished Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

Education Experience:
- 2007-09 to 2013-12, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Computer Science and Engineering, PhD
- 2005-09 to 2007-06, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Computer Science and Engineering, Master
- 2001-09 to 2005-06, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor
Research and Academic Work Experience:
- 2019-09 to Present, Tongji University, Design and Innovation College, Researcher
- 2018-07 to 2019-08, Shanghai LeYan Information Technology Co., Ltd., Technology Department, CTO
- 2017-02 to 2018-06, Shenzhen Dogtail Grass Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Technology Department, CTO
- 2014-01 to 2017-01, East China University of Science and Technology, Information College Computer Science and Engineering Department, Lecturer
Research Interests
- Knowledge Graphs
- Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models
- Neuro-Symbolic Integration
Academic Roles:
- Council Member of the Chinese Information Processing Society of China
- Secretary-General, Professional Committee of Natural Language Processing of China Computer Federation
- Standing Committee Member, Professional Committee of the Large Model and Generation of the Chinese Information Processing Society
- Deputy Secretary-General, Professional Committee of Language and Knowledge Computing of Chinese Information Processing Society
- Deputy Director, China Computer Federation Committee on Terminology
- Chairman, China Computer Federation Technical SIGKG
- Chair of OpenKG Technical Oversight Committee
- Deputy Director, Shanghai Computer Federation Technical Committee Natural Language Processing
- General Chair, LKM2024 (The first International Workshop on Large Knowledge-enhance Model, in conjucntion with IJCAI2024)
- PC Chair, 14th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing and the 4th Conference on Asian Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (IJCNLP-AACL 2025)
- PC Chair, the 2024 Web Information Systems and Applications (WISA 2024)
- General Chair, the 17th China Conference on Knowledge Graph and Semantic Computing (CCKS 2023)
- General Chair, the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Graphs (IJCKG 2022)
- Chair, the 6th Knowledge Graph Forum at the 2022 China Computer Congress (CNCC 2022)
- PC Chair, the 16th China Conference on Knowledge Graph and Semantic Computing (CCKS 2022)
- PC Chair, the 2022 Web Information Systems and Applications (WISA 2022)
- PC Chair, the 10th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Graphs (IJCKG 2021)
- Co-Editors-in-Chief: Data Intelligence
- Guest Editor of Journals: Big Data Mining and Analytics, World Wide Web Journal, Communication of CCF, Intelligent Computing and Journal of Computer Research and Development.
- Long-term PC member and Reviewers: AAAI, ACM MM, ICLR, IJCAI, IPM, ISWC, JWS, KBS, KDD, NeurIPS, TKDE, TNNLS, TOIS, WWW.
Publications
Published over 100 high-level papers in the Knowledge Graph, Natural Language Processing, and other AI fields, with more than 7,500 citations. [Selected Recent Papers]
Recent Research Grants
- National Natural Science Key Project: Research on the Technology of Building Large-scale Knowledge Computing Platform
- National Natural Science Project: Research on Multi-hop Knowledge Question Answering Method Based on Explainable Neural Symbolic Reasoning
- National Natural Science Project: Research on Efficient Query Methods for Large-scale Annotated Semantic Knowledge
- Huawei Research Funds: Knowledge-enhanced Personal Intelligent Assistant
- BMW Research Funds: Knowledge Engine and Platform in Intelligent Cockpit
Open Source Projects
OpenKG [link]
OpenKG is an open knowledge graph initiative aimed at promoting the openness, interconnection, and crowdsourcing of knowledge graph data centered on Chinese, as well as the open-source development of knowledge graph tools, models, and platforms.

OneKE [link]
OneKE is a large language model-based knowledge extraction framework with preliminary bilingual (Chinese and English), multi-domain, and multi-task generalized knowledge extraction capabilities.

OpenSPG [link]
OpenSPG is a knowledge graph engine developed by Ant Group in collaboration with OpenKG, based on the SPG (Semantic-enhanced Programmable Graph) framework. It provides capabilities for domain model constrained knowledge modeling and facts and logic fused representation.

OpenRAG [link]
OpenRAG is an open-source project focused on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques, aiming to enhance large language models with external knowledge retrieval capabilities.

cnSchema [link]
cnSchema is an open Chinese knowledge graph schema, derived from schema.org and independently released by OpenKG. It focuses on Chinese information processing and supports rapid domain knowledge modeling.

AI-Ceping [link]
AI-Ceping is a cutting-edge platform dedicated to the evaluation and advancement of LLMs. As a pioneer in the field, AI-Ceping offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to test, improve, and showcase LLMs capabilities.

Awards
- First Prize, China Transportation Association Science and Technology Award in 2024
- Best Paper, the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024)
- Best Paper, 2021 China Health Information Processing Conference (CHIP 2021)
- Best Paper, the 5th Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST 2015)
- Excellent Publication Award, Professional Category of 2020 China Industry and Information Technology Publishing& Media Group (4/8000)
- Shanghai Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2016
- Best Datathon Result at the 1st Summer Datathon on Linguistic Linking Open Data (SD-LLOD-15) in 2015
Selected Talks:
- Keynote Speaker, “Theoretical Innovations and New Research Paradigms of Knowledge Graphs in the Era of Large Language Models”, the First International OpenKG Workshop Large Knowledge-Enhanced Models @IJCAI 2024 [Slides]
- Keynote Speaker, “Industry-level Knowledge Graph Platform for Large-scale, Diverse and Dynamic Scenarios”, 2024 International Workshop on LLM+KG: Data Management Opportunities in Unifying Large Language Models+Knowledge Graphs @VLDB 2024 [Slides]
- Keynote Speaker, “Towards Intelligent Systems Driven by Knowledge Graph and Large Language Model”, the International Conference on Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing (CLNLP 2023) [Slides]
- Keynote Speaker, “Emerging Technologies of Knowledge Graph in the Big Data Era”, 6th International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2022 [Slides]
Practical Applications
- Led the team in creating the world’s first interactive virtual idol “Amber·Virtual”
- Developed an intelligent customer service chatbot serving over 1 billion users
- Founded “AI-ceping”, a renowned large model evaluation and co-creation community, with over 1,000 daily active users and 1.5 million monthly community interactions