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Current Postdoc and Ph.D Students<\/h2>\n
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  1. Dr. Cheng Xin<\/strong><\/a> (Postdoc since Oct 2023)<\/li>\n
  2. Chengyuan Deng<\/strong><\/a> (2021 till now)<\/li>\n
  3. Prathamesh Dharangutte<\/strong><\/a> (2021 till now)<\/li>\n
  4. Vikrant Ashvinkumar<\/strong><\/a> (2021 till now), co-advised with Aaron Bernstein<\/li>\n
  5. Daniel Baumgartner<\/strong> (2025 till now)<\/li>\n
  6. Puheng Weng<\/strong> (2025 till now)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Past Postdoc and Ph.D Students<\/b><\/h2>\n
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    1. Kevin Lu<\/strong> (May 2026), PhD in Mathematics, co-advised with Prof. Feng Luo. Dissertation: Geometric Algorithms for Metric Embedding, Dimension Reduction, and Social Networks.<\/li>\n
    2. Dr. Haiwen Wang<\/strong> (Postdoc June 2024 – Feb 2026)<\/li>\n
    3. <\/b>Haotian Wang<\/b><\/a> (December 2021). Dissertation: Learning of Network Dynamics: Mobility, Diffusion and Evolution. First job at jd.com.<\/li>\n
    4. Aria Rezaei<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(December 2020). Dissertation: On Challenges in Privacy Protection for Social and Correlated Data. First job at Twitter.<\/li>\n
    5. Hao-Tsung Yang<\/b><\/a> (December 2020). Dissertation: Scheduling Algorithms for Mobility and Coverage in Adversarial Settings, co-advised with Prof. Shan Lin. Postdoc at Edinburgh, followed by a tenure-track faculty position at National Central University, Taiwan.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Kin Sum Liu<\/b><\/a> (December 2019). Dissertation: Graph Analysis: Representation, Learning and Optimization, co-advised with Prof. Shan Lin. First job at Twitter.<\/li>\n
    7. Jiaxin Ding<\/b><\/a> (December 2018). Dissertation: Geometric Algorithms for Spatio-Temporal Data Sensing, Mining and Privacy Protection. Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2019.<\/li>\n
    8. Bo Li<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(Postdoc from 2016-2017), co-advised with Prof. Grant Schoenebeck.\u00a0Tenure-track Assistant Professor at UIUC.<\/li>\n
    9. Chien-Chun Ni<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(August 2017). Dissertation: Network Algorithms for Routing and Sensing Using Area Preserving Maps, Homology and Curvature. Received the\u00a02016 Catacosinos Computer Science Award<\/a><\/b>. First job at Yahoo Research Labs.<\/li>\n
    10. Golnaz Ghasemiesfeh<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(August 2017), Dissertation: Contagions in Social Networks.\u00a0Finalist of Facebook Graduate Student Fellowship 2013. First job at Accenture Research.<\/li>\n
    11. Siming Li<\/b>\u00a0(May 2017), Dissertation: Mobility and Traffic-Adaptive Routing Algorithms for Wireless and Optical Networks. First job at eBay.<\/li>\n
    12. Jiemin Zeng<\/b>\u00a0(August 2016), Dissertation: Integrating Mobile Agents and Distributed Sensors in Wireless Sensor Networks. First job at Google.<\/li>\n
    13. Akshay Patil<\/b> (August 2013). Dissertation: Analyzing Dynamics in Online Social Networks. First job at Quantcast. Received the Outstanding Dissertation Progress Award\u00a0by the American Sociological Association for contributions in computational sociology analysis.<\/li>\n
    14. Xiaomeng Ban<\/b> (December 2012). Dissertation: Exploring Advanced Communication Primitives Using Greedy Routing in Sensor Networks. First job at Google.<\/li>\n
    15. Dengpan Zhou<\/b>\u00a0(May 2012). Dissertation: Distributed Algorithms for Online Coordination in Wireless Sensor Networks. First job at Nine Chapters Capital Management, LLC.<\/li>\n
    16. Rupa Krishnan<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(August 2010). Dissertation: Improving Network Performance through Measurement Based Analysis. First job at Google.<\/li>\n
    17. Rik Sarkar<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(May 2010). Dissertation: Geometric Abstractions for Information Processing in Sensor Networks.\u00a0Assistant Professor at University of Edinburgh.<\/li>\n
    18. Sol Lederer<\/b>\u00a0(December 2009). Dissertation: Localization and Location Certification in Sensor Networks. First job at Morgan Stanley.<\/li>\n
    19. Yue Wang<\/b>\u00a0(May 2009), co-advised with Prof. Joseph Mitchell. Dissertation: Geometry Discovery With Connectivity Information And Applications In Sensor Networks. First job at Microsoft.<\/li>\n
    20. Xianjin Zhu<\/b>\u00a0(August 2008), co-advised with Prof. Himanshu Gupta. Dissertation: Collaborative Information Processing and Query Evaluation in Wireless Sensor Networks. First job at Microsoft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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