Selected PhD Graduates

Xin LIU

Applied Scientist
Amazon Search/A9
Palo Alto, CA, USA

PhD 2023
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Da YAN

Systems Researcher
Anthropic
New York, NY, USA

PhD 2022
Supervised by Wei WANG

Jiajie TAN

Senior Indoor Location Engineer
Instacart
San Francisco, CA, USA

PhD 2021
Supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN

Hongming ZHANG

Senior Researcher
Tencent AI Lab
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2021
Supervised by Yangqiu SONG

Xiaopeng LI

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2019
Supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG

Yao MING

Quantitative Researcher
Citadel Securities
New York, NY, USA

PhD 2019
Supervised by Huamin QU

Shuai ZHENG

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2019
Supervised by James KWOK

Xingjian SHI

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2018
Supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG

Wei BAI

Senior Researcher
Microsoft Research Redmond
Redmond, WA, USA

PhD 2017
Supervised by Kai CHEN

Yanhong WU

Research Scientist
Meta
Menlo Park, CA, USA

PhD 2017
Supervised by Huamin QU

Nikos ARMENATZOGLOU

Software Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
Palo Alto, CA, USA

PhD 2015
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Yueqi LI

Staff Software Engineer
X, the moonshot factory
Mountain View, CA, USA

PhD 2015
Supervised by Shing-Chi CHEUNG

Peng LIU

Software Engineer
Google Inc.
New York, NY, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Charles ZHANG

Conglei SHI

Software Engineer
Transform
San Francisco, CA, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Huamin QU

Panpan XU

Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Santa Clara, CA, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Huamin QU

Erheng ZHONG

Principal Researcher
Tencent
Palo Alto, CA, USA

PhD 2014
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Weizhu CHEN

Partner Science Manager
Microsoft
Redmond, WA, USA

PhD 2012
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Derek Hao HU

Senior Manager
Snap Inc.
Seattle, WA, USA

PhD 2012
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Nathan Nan LIU

Applied Scientist
Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA, USA

PhD 2011
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Ji LUO

Tech Lead Manager
Google Inc.
Sunnyvale View, CA, USA

PhD 2010
Supervised by Qian ZHANG

Stavros PAPADOPOULOS

Founder and CEO
TileDB, Inc.
Cambridge, MA, USA

PhD 2010
Supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS

Xiangye XIAO

Product Manager
Google Inc.
Mountain View, CA, USA

PhD 2009
Supervised by Qiong LUO

Junfeng PAN

Engineering Manager
Meta
Menlo Park, CA, USA

PhD 2007
Supervised by Qiang YANG

Haifeng JIANG

Principal Software Engineer
Google Inc.
Los Altos, CA, USA

PhD 2004
Supervised by Hongjun LU

  1. Xin LIU, PhD 2023, supervised by Yangqiu SONG
  2. Da YAN, PhD 2022, supervised by Wei WANG
  3. Jiajie TAN, PhD 2021, supervised by Gary Shueng-Han CHAN
  4. Hongming ZHANG, PhD 2021, supervised by Yangqiu SONG
  5. Xiaopeng LI, PhD 2019, supervised by Nevin L. ZHANG
  6. Yao MING, PhD 2019, supervised by Huamin QU
  7. Shuai ZHENG, PhD 2019, supervised by James KWOK
  8. Xingjian SHI, PhD 2018, supervised by Dit-Yan YEUNG
  9. Wei BAI, PhD 2017, supervised by Kai CHEN
  10. Yanhong WU, PhD 2017, supervised by Huamin QU
  11. Nikos ARMENATZOGLOU, PhD 2015, supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS
  12. Yueqi LI, PhD 2015, supervised by Shing-Chi CHEUNG
  13. Peng LIU, PhD 2014, supervised by Charles ZHANG
  14. Conglei SHI, PhD 2014, supervised by Huamin QU
  15. Panpan XU, PhD 2014, supervised by Huamin QU
  16. Erheng ZHONG, PhD 2014, supervised by Qiang YANG
  17. Weizhu CHEN, PhD 2012, supervised by Qiang YANG
  18. Derek Hao HU, PhD 2012, supervised by Qiang YANG
  19. Nathan Nan LIU, PhD 2011, supervised by Qiang YANG
  20. Ji LUO, PhD 2010, supervised by Qian ZHANG
  21. Stavros PAPADOPOULOS, PhD 2010, supervised by Dimitris PAPADIAS
  22. Xiangye XIAO, PhD 2009, supervised by Qiong LUO
  23. Junfeng PAN, PhD 2007, supervised by Qiang YANG
  24. Haifeng JIANG, PhD 2004, supervised by Hongjun LU