Kaicheng Yu
Founder of Awomo; Assistant Professor of Westlake University, Awomo
Kaicheng Yu is listed as Founder of Awomo; Assistant Professor of Westlake University, Awomo. Kaicheng spoke at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026 in November 2026 (speaker, “From Computing Power to Intelligence: Breakthroughs and Convergence in the Next Generation of Technology / 从“算力”到“智能”：下一代科技产业的融合、突破与落地”).
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About
Dr. Yu received a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors from the University of Hong Kong and a Doctorate in Computational and Communication Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). His long-standing research interests span 3D vision, autonomous driving, world models and embodied intelligence. Prior to joining Westlake University, he held research positions in related fields at the Intel Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Abacus.AI and Alibaba Damo Academy. After joining Westlake University, he founded the Autonomous Intelligence Laboratory and focuses on developing next-generation autonomous intelligence systems centered on data-driven world models. In early 2026, he launched Awomo, dedicated to building latent world models for physical-world scenarios including embodied intelligence, autonomous driving and industrial automation.