Rui Tan

I am working with the members of NTU IoT Sensing Group to conduct research on networked sensing in various cyber-physical systems that are carried by humans, embedded in infrastructures, and distributed in wild environments. With an experimental basis, our research tries to understand how the physical processes affect the cyber systems (sensor networks and the broader Internet of Things) and exploit certain properties of the physical processes to advance the functional and non-functional aspects of the cyber systems. Our research has been recognized by various best paper awards and runner-ups at prestigious international conferences. With immediate application potential, our research has been funded externally by government authorities and companies in the information technology, energy, and manufacturing sectors. I have been serving on the technical program committees of various international conferences and also the editorial boards of journals that are related to networked sensing.

Research interests

• AIoT (AI + IoT)
• Sensing for resilient system functions (e.g., timing, synchronization, location, etc)
• Thermal and energy management in data centers
• Secure sensing and control in smart grids

Awards and commendables

• SenSys'22 Best Paper Candidate
• ICCPS'22 Best Paper Award Finalist
• SenSys'21 Best Paper Award Runner-Up
• IPSN'21 Best Artifact Award Runner-Up
• IPSN'17 Best Paper Award
• CPSR-SG'17 Best Paper Award
• IPSN'14 Best Paper Award Runner-Up
• PerCom'13 Mark Weiser Best Paper Award Finalist
• Outstanding Academic Performance Award
• Research Tuition Scholarship
• Rockwell Master Scholarship
• INFOCOM Distinguished TPC Member, 2017, 2020, 2022

Education

• PhD (2010) in Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong
• MS (2007) in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• BEng with Honors (2004) in Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Employments

School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

• Associate Professor (2021-now)
• Assistant Professor (2016-2021)

Advanced Digital Sciences Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

• Adjunct Senior Research Scientist (2016-2018)
• Senior Research Scientist (2015)
• Research Scientist (2012-2015)
• Senior Research Affiliate (2012-2015), Coordinated Science Laboratory of UIUC

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2010-2012)