Welcome to the Intelligence, Information and Decision Lab (IID Lab) @ SIST-ShanghaiTech! Our mission is to bridge theory and practice by conducting interdisciplinary research related to intelligent decision making under incomplete information, including theories, models, algorithms, analysis, and implementation, using state-of-the-art mathematical and information techniques.

We are generally interested in the following fields (see Research for recent highlights):

• Integration of Perception Intelligence and Decision Intelligence

• Edge Intelligence and Cloud Intelligence

• AI for Networking and Networking for AI

• Bandit and Reinforcement Learning

• Multi-agent Learning and Optimization

• Distributed AI System

• On Device Machine Learning System

• Embedded Intelligence

• Embodied intelligence

Lab Members

Faculty

• Professor Ziyu Shao

Current Postgraduate Students

Ph.D. Students

• Tianyi Zhang, B.S. from CS@ ShanghaiTech University.

Master Students

• Yichi Deng(incoming), B.S. from Math@ Shanghai Jiaotong University.

• Xinyue Yin(incoming), B.S. from CS@ Hangzhou Dianzi University.

• Lingjie Gu, B.S. from CS@ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.

Alumni

Ph.D

• Simeng Bian, Ph.D. 2023 (B.S. from CS@ Northwestern Polytechnical University), Next Hop: Research Scientist @ Huawei.

• Xin Gao, Ph.D. 2022 (B.S from EE@ Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Next Hop: Research Scientist @ Ant Financial Services Group.

• Xi Huang, Ph.D. 2021 (B.S from CS@ NanJing University), Next Hop: Research Scientist @ Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS).

Master

• Shangshang Wang, M.S. 2024 (B.S. from CS@ ShanghaiTech University), Next Hop: CS PhD Student @ University of Southern California (Awarded the Prestigious Viterbi Fellowship)

• Yintian Zhang, M.S. 2024 (B.S. from EE@ South China University of Technology), Next Hop: DiDi.

• Ming Chen, M.S. 2024 (B.S. from CS@ Xidian University), Next Hop: United Imaging.

• Yinxu Tang, M.S. 2023 (B.S. from CS@ ShanghaiTech University), Next Hop: CS PhD Student @ Washington University in St Louis.

• Jianfeng Hou, M.S. 2022 (B.S. from CS@ Tongji University), Next Hop: Ant Financial Services Group (selected as the Member of Alibaba Top Talents，阿里头部计划).

• Jingye Wang, M.S. 2022 (B.S. from CS@ South China University of Technology), Next Hop: Tencent.

• Qiuyu Leng, M.S. 2022 (B.S. from Automation@ Northeastern University), Next Hop: Intel.

• Junge Zhu, M.S. 2021 (B.S. from EE@ Wuhan University), Next Hop: Selected Excellent Student for Working as Civil Servant of Guangdong Province(广东省选调生).

• Yijia Chang, M.S. 2021 (B.S. from EE@ Xidian University), Next Hop: PhD Student @ Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Selected Undergraduate

• Bowen Xu, B.S. 2024 from CS@ ShanghaiTech University, Next Hop: CS PhD Student @ Virginia Tech.

• Ye Tian, B.S. 2023 from CS@ ShanghaiTech University, Next Hop: CS Master Student @ University of Pennsylvania.

• Ziheng Yang, B.S. 2023 from CS@ ShanghaiTech University, Next Hop: CS Master Student @ Wake Forest University.

• Ruiyan Xia, B.S. 2023 from CS@ ShanghaiTech University, Next Hop: CS Master Student @ Zhejiang University.

• Longxiulin Deng, B.S. 2022 from CS@ Cornell University, Research Assistant 2019-2020, Next Hop: CS PhD Student @ Cornell University.

• Jia Du, B.S. 2020 from CS@ ShanghaiTech University, Next Hop: CS Master Student @ Carnegie Mellon University.

• Feiran Jia, B.S. 2018 from CS@ ShanghaiTech University, Next Hop: CS PhD Student @ Pennsylvania State University.

Group News

Useful Links for the Group

• How to have a bad career in research/academia? by David Patterson

• How to read a paper by Srinivasan Keshav

• Thinking Outside the Box by Michael Neely

• How to do great research by Nick Feamster

• Advice Collection by Srinivasan Keshav

• Advice Collection by Tao Xie