I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Data Science at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK). She launched investigations on the Energy Systems and the Transportation Systems through data-driven methods. She aimed to understand the urban system by data and deliver reliable results to improve and innovate the urban systems constantly.
Research Interests
- Methodologies
- Optimization (discrete, or stochastic)
- Machine learning and deep learning
- Mechanism design and game theory
- Network science and statistical physics of complex systems
- Applications
- Human dynamics modeling and analytics in transportation-energy systems
- Vehicle-grid integration
- Electric fleet operation and smart charging
- Transportation-energy infrastructure planning
- Smart grid management
Education Background
- Aug. 2021 - May 2025, Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, Dept. of CEE, University of California, Berkeley, Advisor: Prof. Marta C. Gonzalez.
- Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2021, M.S. in Computer Science and Technology, IIIS, Tsinghua University.
- Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2018, B.S. in Geographical Monitoring and Census, Dept. of Remote Sensing Information Engineering, Wuhan University.
Professional Experience
- Jul. 2023 - Aug. 2023 Intern @ Resilient Control Methods Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Work on Autonomous Intelligent Assistant (AutonomIA): Resilient and Energy-Efficient City-wide Transportation Operations
- Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2021 Intern @ Data Science Institute, DiDi Global Inc. Work on GAIA initiative to facilitate data-driven research in transportation
Academic Service
- Reviewer for Applied Energy, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Systems Journal, Electric Power Systems Research
- Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member of IEEE SmartGridComm 2022, 2024, 2025
- BPC Co-chair of ACM SIGSPATIAL 2025
- Poster Session Co-chair of ACM eEnergy 2026
Selected Awards and Honors
- 2021-2023 Ning’s Fellowship from UC Berkeley.
- 2022 Summer Grant Award. University of California, Berkeley.
- 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Award from IIIS, Tsinghua University