Tao Li

Bio: I am an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. I was a visiting researcher at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, collaborating with the Mathematical Sciences and Quantum Computing divisions in the summer of 2025. I earned my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from New York University, advised by Quanyan Zhu. My dissertation examines the triad of information, decision, and uncertainty in multi-agent learning. Prior to my doctoral studies, I conducted research in computational harmonic analysis under the supervision of Bin Han at the University of Alberta. I hold a B.S. in Mathematics, graduating summa cum laude from Xiamen University.

My Erdős Number is 3: Paul Erdős (0) coauthored “On chagnes of signs in infinite series” (1978) with Charles K. Chui (1), who coauthored “A dual-chain approach for bottom–up construction of wavelet filters with any integer dilation” (2012) with Bin Han (2), who coauthored “Directional compactly supported box spline tight framelets with simple geometric structure” (2019) with me (3).

Research Overview:

My research develops computational foundations of mulit-agent learning under complex information structures to achieve certified robustness and resilience in AI-integrated network systems across cyber, physical, and huamn layers.

Prospective Students: I am always actively looking for self-motivated students to join my research group as PhD students, research assistants (long/short-term/remote), and interns. We welcome applicants with

• strong mathematical backgrounds in reinforcement learning, control and optimization, and game theory, and/or
• practical experience with RL algorithms, large language models (foundation models), and simulation platforms in cybersecurity (e.g., those included in this repo), vehicular, and traffic simulation (e.g., CARLA and SUMO).

For more information on joining us, please check out the openings. Due to the high volume of messages I receive at my school email, please contact me at my personal address taoli.cityuhk@gmail.com to ensure I see your message. Alternatively, you can fill this form to let me know your interest in joining us.