Biography

Hi, I am Junwei Li, a researcher at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST(GZ)). I earned my Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree in Data Science and Analytics from HKUST(GZ) in 2025, supervised by Prof. Jing TANG and Prof. Lei CHEN. My research interests include Multi-Agent LLM Systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation with KV-cache reuse, and compliance-aware, privacy-preserving AI companions for cloud–edge deployment in education and assistive use. Besides, I serve as the President of the Entrepreneurship Association at HKUST(GZ).

Recent News

  • Oct 20 — I will attend ICHEC 2025 @ Singapore and present a full paper.
  • Oct 2 — I was invited to serve as a reviewer for CHI 2026.
  • Jun 6 — One paper on real-time conversational digital humans (Hi-Reco) was accepted at CGI 2025!

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Interests
  • Multi-Agent LLM Systems
  • RAG/Graph-RAG
  • Educational Technology
  • Affective Computing
  • Human–Computer Interaction
Education
  • MPhil in Data Science and Analytics, 2025

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

  • BSc in E-commerce with Business Analytics, 2021

    Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 
SyncEcho
Founder
Mar 2026 – Present Guangzhou, China

I founded SyncEcho (同频回响) to develop AI companion products, including conversational robots that support Cantonese and other local dialects.

  • Raised a multi-million-RMB seed round from Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group and Guangzhou Jinkong Fund. Funding announcement
  • Our work was featured in a People’s Daily front-page report. Read the coverage
 
 
 
 
 
Lab of Future Technology (Bridge Program)
Founder & Project Lead, Agent-first devices
Jul 2024 – Aug 2026 Guangzhou, China

The Lab of Future Technology is at HKUST(GZ) within the College of Future Technology (CFT). The group is led by Prof.Jingshen Wu.

As the Entrepreneurial Project Owner and Product Manager, I am leading the Agent-first devices project (formerly Aicorumi & TATA AI), a multimodal state and interaction system for AI hardware incubated within the prestigious Bridge Program. Our projects have been awarded ¥600,000 in non-equity funding to accelerate development and productization.

On August 28, 2026, our team — Junwei Li and Wenqing Wang (李俊伟、王闻清) — received the Best Maker Award (最佳创客奖) for Agent-first devices at the Bridge Program Demo Day.

 
 
 
 
 
Metaverse Joint Innovation Laboratory
Research Student
Aug 2023 – Oct 2025 Guangzhou, China
The Metaverse Joint Innovation Laboratory is at HKUST(GZ) within the Data Science and Analytics Thrust (DSA Thrust). The group is led by Prof.Lei Chen.
 
 
 
 
 
International Digital Economy Academy (IDEA)
AI Product Manager
Mar 2022 – Apr 2023 Shenzhen, China
As the AI Product Manager, I owned the lifecycle for a proprietary Conversational AI solution focused on the healthcare sector, from v1.0 to v4.0. I successfully drove its 0-to-1 launch in a live hospital setting, acquiring over 1,000 seed users and establishing a critical proof-of-concept.
 
 
 
 
 
JD.com
Product Manager, JD Retail
Jun 2021 – Mar 2022 Beijing, China
As a Product Operator at JD Retail, I was deeply involved in both driving business growth and shaping the underlying product & technology. By building data dashboards and analyzing user behavior funnels, I provided data-driven growth strategies for a portfolio of 60+ flagship stores, including top-tier lifestyle service brands, consistently achieving over ¥10 million in monthly GMV.

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Recent Publications

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(2025). BeautyGuard: Designing a Multi-Agent Roundtable System for Proactive Beauty Tech Compliance through Stakeholder Collaboration. Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Engaged Computing (ICHEC'25).

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(2025). Hi-Reco: High-Fidelity Real-Time Conversational Digital Humans. Proceedings of the Computer Graphics International (CGI'25).

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(2024). Investigating Size Congruency Between the Visual Perception of a VR Object and the Haptic Perception of Its Physical World Agent. Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI'24).

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