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I received my BSc and MSc degrees in School of Mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China. I received my PhD degree in School of Computer Science from University of Birmingham, UK. After that, I worked as a research fellow at the same school. I am currently a research assistant professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology, China.

I am a research member of OPtimization And Learning (OPAL) with the team leader Prof. Xin Yao.

Research Interests

My main research interests are machine learning and its applications to predictive software engineering. Currently, I am working on

data stream learning, class imbalance learning, ensemble learning, unsupervised learning, and Bayesian regression with small data,
applications of the above to predictive software engineering such as software defect prediction and software effort estimation.

I am also working with evolutionary computation, deep learning, and their applications to (e.g.) image recognition.

Openings: We are opening to MSc and PhD students working on those topics who are good at coding and/or math.

Education

2012/10-2018/11, PhD in Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Supervisor: Prof. Xin Yao

2009/9-2011/7, MSc in Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Supervisor: Prof. Chiping Zhang

2005/8-2009/7, BSc in Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Supervisor: Prof. Chiping Zhang

Work Experience

2019/12-present, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Team leader: Prof. Xin Yao.

2019/3-2019/11, Research Fellow, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Supervisors: Dr. Leandro L. Minku and Prof. Xin Yao

2015/11-2016/10, Senior Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Supervisor: Prof. Haiping Lu (now moved to the University of Sheffield, UK)

2012/1-2012/10, Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Supervisor: Prof. Byron Choi

2011/5-2012/1, Internship, Antiy Labs, Harbin, China

Honors & Awards

Fully funded PhD Studentship from University of Birmingham, UK, 2012-2015

Outstanding Master Student Awards from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀硕士毕业生), 2011

Outstanding Master Degree Thesis from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀硕士毕业论文), 2011

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Awards from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀本科毕业生), 2009

Outstanding Undergraduate Degree Thesis from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (优秀本科毕业论文), 2009