Beyond Words: Riemannian Geometry for Next-Generation Graph Foundation Models
Prof. Philip S. Yu
伊利諾大學芝加哥分校 傑出教授暨 Wexler 資訊科技講座教授(UIC Distinguished Professor and Wexler Chair in Information Technology, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago)· ACM / IEEE / AAAS Fellow
場次主持人:戴志華 教授(國立臺北大學)
摘要(Abstract)
Graph Foundation Models (GFMs) are poised to transform graph learning, yet substantial debate remains over how to construct a general-purpose GFM analogous to Large Language Models (LLMs). Traditional Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) struggle with memory retention, principled interpretability, and multi-domain adaptation, while graph serialization limits the direct application of LLMs, as linear tokens fail to capture the rich structural complexity of graphs. In contrast, Riemannian geometry provides a natural, mathematically principled framework for modeling graph structures, offering compatibility with semantic graph learning and LLM integration. In this talk, we argue that for graphs, geometry speaks louder than words. We introduce Riemannian Graph Foundations, which prioritize intrinsic graph geometry and endow models with endogenous capabilities for structural inference and generation, moving beyond simple representation-space transformations. Recent results on building a graph foundation model within Riemannian geometric space will be presented, highlighting how this approach lays the groundwork for next-generation graph intelligence.
講者簡介(Biography)
Dr. Philip S. Yu is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, and AAAS. Dr. Yu received the ACM SIGKDD 2016 Innovation Award for his influential research and scientific contributions to mining, fusion, and anonymization of big data; the IEEE Computer Society 2013 Technical Achievement Award for “pioneering and fundamentally innovative contributions to the scalable indexing, querying, searching, mining, and anonymization of big data”; and the Research Contributions Award from ICDM in 2003 for his pioneering work in data mining. He has published over 2,000 refereed conference and journal papers, which have been cited more than 278,000 times, with an H-index of 223. He has also applied for more than 300 patents. Dr. Yu served as Editor-in-Chief of ACM TKDD (2011–2017) and IEEE TKDE (2001–2004).



