Education & Experiences

Education

• Ph.D           Computer Science                   University of Minnesota                2009 – 2014

Advisor:           Dr. Mohamed Mokbel

• M.S              Computer Science                   Auburn University                        2007 – 2009

Advisor:          Dr. Wei-Shinn Ku

• Exchange student  IS  Singapore Management University                            2006 – 2007

Advisor:           Dr. Robert Deng

• B.S                            Computer Science                   Zhejiang University         2003 –2007

Advisor:          Dr. Gencai Chen

Experiences

• Internship      Smarter Commerce Solution    IBM Research          2013.6   –    2013.8

Mentor:          Dr. Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami

• Internship     GeoLife Project   Microsoft Research Asia                      2011.6  –  2011.12.

Mentor:          Dr. Yu Zheng

Awards

• ACM SIGSPATIAL 10-year Impact Award 2022
• NSF ACM SIGSPATIAL Travel Grant 2013
• NSF ACM SIGSPATIAL Travel Grant 2012
• NSF ACM SIGMOD Travel Grant 2012
• NSF ICDE Travel Grant 2012
• NSF ACM SIGSPATIAL Travel Grant 2010