No. 22 of Guangzhou in the 1996 National University Entrance Exam 
1999 Bachelor in Computer Science from South China University of Technology (SCUT)
2002 PhD in Computer Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST); Supervisor: Prof. Dimitris Papadias 
2002/08-2003/07: Visiting Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU); Supervisor: Prof. Christos Faloutsos 
2003/08-2006/07: Assistant Professor, the City University of Hong Kong 
2006/08-2011/09: Assistant Professor - Professor, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
2011/09-2013/05: (on leave from CUHK) WCU Visiting Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 
2013/06-2016/01: Professor, CUHK 
2016/01-2017/06: Professor, the University of Queensland 
2017/07-Now: Professor, CUHK