Meihao Fan

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A short introduction

I am Meihao Fan (范梅浩 in Chinese), currently a Phd student in the School of Information, Renmin University of China (RUC). I am a member of DEKE Lab of Renmin University of China and under the supervision of Prof. Ju Fan. Before that, I completed my B.S. in 2023 at the Chongqing Jiaotong University.

My research interest is on AI4DB, with a special focus on developing deep learning algorithms and systems for Data Preparation. Currently, I was working on enhancing the ability of table understanding for LLMs.

Selected Publications

• Meihao Fan, Xiaoyue Han, Ju Fan, Chengliang Chai, Nan Tang, Guoliang Li, Xiaoyong Du: Cost-Effective In-Context Learning for Entity Resolution: A Design Space Exploration. ICDE 2024. [paper] [slides]
• Meihao Fan, Ju Fan, Nan Tang, Lei Cao, Guoliang Li, Xiaoyong Du: AutoPrep: Natural Language Question-Aware Data Preparation with a Multi-Agent Framework. VLDB 2025. [paper] [slides]
• Yuxin Zhang, Meihao Fan, Ju Fan, Mingyang Yi, Yuyu Luo, Jian Tan, Guoliang Li: Reward-SQL: Boosting Text-to-SQL via Stepwise Reasoning and Process-Supervised Rewards. Arxiv 2025. [paper] [slides]

More publications can be seen at publications.

Company Internship

• Code Agent for Project-level NL2SQL, e.g., automatic ETL in real industrial scenario. ByteDance Infra System Lab. 2025.02 - ?

Selected Awards

• First-Class Academic Scholarship for Doctoral Students Renmin University of China, 2023.11
• National Scholarship Ministry of Education, PRC, 2022.12
• Academic Star CQJTU, 2022.6
• First Prize for The 12th National English Competition for College Students (Final) TEFL China, 2020.12