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 always welcome motivated PhD/MPhil/Research Interns/Visitors to work with me at HKUST(GZ). For the latest recruitment details, please visit this link.

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

• [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!
• [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 :-）