Professor Reynold C.K. Cheng Named to 2025 AI 2000 Global Artificial Intelligence Scholars List

We are proud to announce that Professor Reynold C.K. Cheng, Division Head (AI & Data Science) of the School of Computing and Data Science at The University of Hong Kong (HKU-CDS), has been named to the 2025 AI 2000 Global Artificial Intelligence Scholars List. He has also received the 2025 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award – Honourable Mention in the area of Database, recognizing his impactful research contributions over the past decade.The AI 2000 initiative, developed by the AMiner team at Z.AI, annually identifies the 2,000 most influential scholars worldwide in Artificial Intelligence. The selection draws on large-scale academic data covering 44 leading conferences and journals across 20 research areas in AI.

For the 2025 edition, the list was curated from 258,760 papers published between 2015 and 2024, involving contributions from 293,909 scholars globally. From this dataset, 100 scholars in each research area were selected, honouring those who have made outstanding and influential contributions to advancing the frontiers of AI research and innovation.Professor Cheng’s recognition underscores the global impact of his research in databases and artificial intelligence, and highlights CDS’s ongoing commitment to excellence in data-driven research and innovation.

Congratulations to Professor Cheng on this distinguished international recognition!