Ziyu Shao 



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):

  • Network intelligence for edge computing and cloud computing

  • AI for networking and networking for AI

  • Bandit and reinforcement learning

  • Group intelligence with multi-agent learning and optimization

  • Distributed AI system

  • On Device Machine Learning System

Lab Members

Faculty

Current Postgraduate Students

Ph.D. Students

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

Master Students

  • Yintian Zhang, B.S. from EE@ South China University of Technology.

  • Shangshang Wang, B.S. from CS@ ShanghaiTech University.

  • Ming Chen, B.S. from CS@ Xidian 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group News

  • June 2023: Yinxu Tang received the honor of Shanghai Outstanding Graduate! Congratulations!

  • December 2022: Yinxu Tang received the National Scholarship. Congratulations!

  • June 2022: Jianfeng Hou and Xin Gao received the honor of Shanghai Outstanding Graduate! Congratulations!

  • June 2022: Xin Gao, Jianfeng Hou, and Jingye Wang received the honor of Outstanding Graduate of ShanghaiTech University! Congratulations!

  • June 2022: Congratulations on the graduation of four students: one PhD (Xin Gao) and three Masters (Jianfeng Hou, Jingye Wang, and Qiuyu Leng)!

  • December 2021: Xin Gao, Jianfeng Hou, Jingye Wang, and Yinxu Tang received the honor of Merit Student! Congratulations!

  • July 2021: Shangshang Wang received the honor of Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award! Congratulations!

  • June 2021: Junge Zhu received the honor of Shanghai Outstanding Graduate! Congratulations!

  • June 2021: Junge Zhu received the honor of Outstanding Graduate of ShanghaiTech University! Congratulations!

  • December 2020: Junge Zhu and Yijia Chang received the National Scholarship.

  • May 2020: Xi Huang received CSC-IBM Scholarship (Only 40 recipients in China). Congratulations!

  • January 2020: Prof. Shao received the Google Faculty Award!

  • December 2019: Paper ‘‘Systematic Topology Design for Large-Scale Networks: A Unified Framework’’accepted to INFOCOM 2020! With Shannon-style thinking and reverse/forward engineering mentality, by adopting Ramanujan theorems and cross disciplinary domain knowledge, we solved a very important open problem: ‘‘how to systematically design large-scale network topologies’’.

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