I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science Department and Data Science Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). I obtained two Ph.D. degrees, in Computer Science from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 2013, and Electrical Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2009, respectively. I am interested in analyzing, understanding, and making sense of urban big data, smart cities, and data-driven cyber-physical systems (CPS). I am a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM.
⧫ News
[Paper] 04/2017: One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD).[Award] 03/2018: Research grant from DiDi Chuxing Research.[TPC] 3/2018 TPC member for CIKM 2018, ICDM 2018, SIGSPATIAL 2018, Urbcomp 2018.[Paper] 11/2017: One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE).[Talk] 11/2017: Invited talks in workshop on Sharing Economy at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.[TPC] 10/2017: TPC member for ICDE 2018 Industry and Application track.[Paper] 10/2017: One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD).[Paper] 08/2017: Three papers were accepted by SIGSPATIAL GIS 2017.[Paper] 07/2017: Congratulations to Guojun and Yichen for our paper being accepted by IEEE CDC 2017.[Paper] 07/2017: One paper was accepted by IEEE RTSS 2017.[TPC] 06/2017: TPC member for AAAI 2018.[Paper] 05/2017: One paper was accepted by ACM SIGKDD 2017.[Paper] 05/2017: One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD).[TPC] 04/2017: TPC for ICDM 2017, CIKM 2017, SIGSPATIAL 2017.[Award] 03/2017: Research grant from Pitney Bowes Inc.[Talk] 03/2017: Invited talks at UMASS Lowell and UMASS Amherst.[Talk] 02/2017: Talk in Computer Science ColloquiumUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities.[Award] 01/2017: NSF grant from CRII CPS program.[Paper] 01/2017: Congratulations to Guojun and Yichen for our paper being accepted by ICDE 2017.
⧫ Recent Publications
⧫ Sponsors
Sincere gratitude to our sponsors from NSF, DiDi Chuxing, Pitney Bowes Inc., and NVIDIA.




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⧫ Recent Professional Service
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Full list of professional service
- Panelist
- NSF 2017-2018
- Pub Chair
- ACM SIGSPATIAL 2017-18
- TPC
- ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018
- TPC
- IEEE ICDM 2018
- TPC
- ACM CIKM 2018
- TPC
- IEEE ICDE 2018
- TPC
- AAAI 2018
- TPC
- IEEE ICCPS 2017
- TPC
- SIGMETRICS 2017
⧫ Media Coverage
- 5/2017
- Telegram & Gazette News
- 3/2017
- WPI Research News
- 3/2017
- WBJournal Online
⧫ Professional Appointments
- 2015-now
- Assistant Professor, WPI
- 2015
- Postdoc, U of Minnesota
- 2013-14
- Researcher, Noah's Ark Lab, Hong Kong
- 2013
- Research Intern, HUAWEI Research Lab, CA
- 2012
- Research Intern, Bell Lab, NJ
- 2011
- Research Intern, Microsoft Research, Beijing
- 2009-13
- Research Assistant, U of Minnesota
⧫ Education
- Ph.D.
- Computer Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2013
- Ph.D.
- Electrical Engineering, Beijing U of Posts and Telecommunications, 2009
- MS
- Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, 2006
- BS
- Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, 2003