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, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 2016/01-2017/06: Professor, the University of Queensland 2018/08-2021/07: Adjunct Professor, Fudan University 2017/07-Now: Professor, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)