I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor in Internet of Things (IoT) Thrust, with a joint appointment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Thrust, Information Hub, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). Before joining HKUST(GZ), I worked as a Researcher at Huawei Hong Kong Research Center (HKRC). I received my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), under the supervision of Prof. Qian Zhang. I obtained my B.S. degree in Computer Science and Technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

My Chinese name and its pronunciation are 陈 煌 栒 chén huáng xún .

Research Interests

• Efficient Edge/Embedded AI
• Agentic AI (for domain-specific workflows and everyday scenarios)
• Security and Privacy in Sensing/Perception Systems

I welcome inquiries from motivated prospective PhD and MPhil students, research assistants and research interns interested in joining my group at HKUST(GZ). For current openings and application instructions, please visit the recruitment page.

I am also broadly interested in challenging problems with practical impact and also keep open-minded to cross-disciplinary problem domains. Email me if you’d like to chat.

News

• [21/08/2026] TurnFlow is accepted to EMNLP 2026 (Findings). Congratulations to Zhixun!
• [18/06/2026] EmbedCopilotBench is accepted to ECCV 2026 (Spotlight). Congratulations to Dongsheng and Yimo!
• [01/04/2026] MemAura is accepted to IMWUT/Ubicomp 2026. Congratulations to Siyuan!
• [24/03/2026] Invited to serve as an Associate Editor of ACM IMWUT.
• [12/11/2025] Yansong, my first PhD student, received the 2025 IoT Student Achievement Award at HKUST(GZ). Congratulations!
• [22/08/2025] MemAura is accepted to MobiCom 2025 (Posters). Congratulations to Siyuan!
• [22/06/2025] AdaptQNet is accepted to MobiCom 2025. Congratulations to Yansong and Jialuo!
• [30/04/2025] NetSenseML is accepted to Euro-Par 2025. Congratulations to Yisu!
• [17/01/2025] SelfFlag is accepted to CHI 2025. Congratulations to Si!
• [10/12/2024] OVE is accepted to AAAI 2025. Congratulations to Qihang!
• [06/12/2024] EMScatter is accepted to INFOCOM 2025. Congratulations to Si!
• [26/09/2024] waveBP is accepted to IMWUT/UbiComp 2024. Congratulations to Qingyong!
• [20/08/2024] SecurityHub is accepted to ACSAC 2024. Congratulations to Si!
• [09/03/2024] mTunnel is accepted to S&P 2024. Congratulations to Yuelin!
• [01/12/2023] CS3T-UNet is accepted to INFOCOM 2024. Congratulations to Hua!
• [19/10/2023] RimSense is accepted to IMWUT/UbiComp 2024. Congratulations to Wentao!
• [20/09/2023] RIStealth and RIScan are accepted to SenSys 2023. Congratulations to Yuxuan and Chenggao!
• [15/08/2023] Joining HKUST(GZ) as an Assistant Professor. New journey :-）