Biography

Zhi Wang is currently an associate professor at Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D. in 2014 and his B.E. in 2008, both from Tsinghua University. His research areas include multimedia networks, mobile cloud computing, and large-scale machine learning systems. He is a recipient of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (First Prize) in 2017, the National Natural Science Award (Second Prize) in 2018, the Shenzhen Youth Science and Technology Award in 2019, and the Technology Invention Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (First Prize) in 2020. In addition, his research won the Best Paper Award of ACM Multimedia 2012, the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award of China Computer Federation 2014, the Best Student Paper Award of MMM 2015, and the Best Paper Award of ACM Multimedia 2021, HUMA Workshop. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE TMM and Guest Editor of ACM TIST and JCST. His research has been covered by prestigious technology media, including MIT Technology Review.

Education

• September, 2008 - January 2014: PhD, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
• September, 2004 - July, 2008: BE, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

Experience

• December, 2018 - Now: Associate Professor, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
• February, 2014 - December, 2018: Assistant Professor, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
• February, 2012 - August 2012: Visitor, University of Toronto, Prof. Baochun Li
• January, 2010 - July 2010: Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chuan Wu

Honors and Awards

• 国家级青年人才, 2020
• 中国电子学会技术发明一等奖, 中国电子学会, 2020
• 深圳市青年科技奖, 2019
• 国家自然科学二等奖, 2018
• 教育部自然科学奖一等奖, 教育部, 2017
• 清华大学先进工作者, 清华大学, 2017
• Best Paper Award, ACM Multimedia, HUMA Workshop 2021
• Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE ICME 2021
• Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE/ACM IWQoS, 2016
• Best Student Paper Award, MMM, 2015
• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, China Computer Federation (CCF), 2014
• Best Paper Award, ACM Multimedia, 2012

Professional Services

• Journal Editorships
  - Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2019--
  - Associate Editor, IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society, 2019--
  - Voting Member, IEEE Standards Association, Digital Retina Systems Working Group (3161 WG), 2022--
  - Guest Editor, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (ACM TIST), Special issue on Data-driven Intelligence for Wireless Networking, 2016 -- 2017
  - Guest Editor, Special Section on Data-driven Design for Edge Networking and Edge Cloud, Journal of Computer and Technology (JCST), 2016 -- 2017
  - Guest Editor, Special Section on Networking and Distributed Computing for Big Data, Journal of Computer and Technology (JCST), 2015 -- 2016
  - Leading Guest Editor, Special Issue on Computer Network Design for Social Media, China Communications, 2015 -- 2016
  
• Conference Chairs
  - Chair, IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Big Data Special Interest Group, 2017--2018
  - Co-Chair, IEEE ICME MuSIC Workshop 2017
  - Track Chair, IEEE PhoneCom 2014
  
• Membership in Technical Program Committees
  - ACM Multimedia (MM) 2014--
  - CIKM 2019--
  - ICDM 2018--
  - ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 2014--
  - IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2015--
  - IJCAI 2020
  - ICCCRI 2016
  - IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2015
  - IEEE Big Data Congress 2015
  - IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS) 2015, 2014
  - Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM) 2014
  - IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) 2014
  - IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2014
  - IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2013