Yang Hao is currently an associate researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Peking University (PKU). His main research areas include Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties, Buddhism of the Sui and Tang dynasties,  Metaphysics of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the relations among Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Recently, his primary interest has been in  applying artificial intelligence methods to theorganization and research of ancient classics.  

He has published a monograph The Mind-Transmission of the Confucian School: Interpretation and Construction of Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries on the Four Books   translated and annotated  Near Thoughts, and co-edited Selected Essays on the Study of the Relations Among Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism with Professor Zhang Guangbao.