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start\">Raymond Chi-Wing WONG (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)<\/span><\/p><p><b>Panelist:<\/b>\u00a0<\/p><p>Divesh Srivastava (AT&amp;T)<\/p><p>Chengqi Zhang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)<\/p><p>Stephan Fahrenkrog-Petersen (Weizenbaum Institute &amp; Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin)<\/p><p>Jieming Shi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)<\/p><p>Renchi Yang (Hong Kong Baptist University)<\/p><p>Min Xie (Shenzhen Institute of Computing Sciences)<\/p><p><b>Abstract:\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming popular nowadays and are changing the job market. In this panel, we will have a discussion about how PhD students could prepare better for job hunting in the age of LLMs. In this panel, we have senior employers and young researchers who will have complementary perspectives about this topic. 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\/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Raymond Chi-Wing WONG<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-547b1fdd e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"547b1fdd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e742094 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7e742094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ieee-icde.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/DiveshSrivastava-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-141\" alt=\"\" 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src=\"https:\/\/ieee-icde.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/ChengqiZhang-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-142\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Chengqi Zhang<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101d66e7 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"101d66e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ieee-icde.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/StephanFahrenkrogPetersen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-143\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Stephan Fahrenkrog -Petersen<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c137694 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c137694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ieee-icde.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/JiemingShi-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-144\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Jieming Shi<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795d4a40 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Kong)<\/p>\n<p>Paper 5: Leveraging LLM for Diffusion Prediction in Online Social Networks: A Fused Attention-aware Model, Wenbo Shang (Hong Kong Baptist University)<\/p>\n<p>Paper 6: Simplifying Data Integration: SLM-Driven Systems for Unified Semantic Queries Across Heterogeneous Databases, Teng LIN (HKUST(GZ))<\/p>\n<p>Paper 10: StreamSC: A Learning-based Framework for Efficient Subgraph Counting in Stream Graphs, Zhen Xie (National University of Defense Technology)<\/p>\n<p>Paper 11: Explore the Disentanglement Mechanism for Deep Learning, Haiquan Qiu (Tsinghua University)<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745cfa27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"745cfa27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a9d302 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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