Academic Staff

Jia is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing at PolyU. Her current research interests include AI for education and computer networks. Her work in computer networks focuses on transport-layer optimization and routing security, while her emerging research explores the use of generative AI and learning analytics in teaching, learning, and assessment. She has published papers in leading journals and conferences such as ACM CCS, USENIX ATC, The Web Conference, IEEE ICNP, and IEEE/ACM ToN.

She received her BEng and PhD from Tsinghua University under the supervision of Prof. Mingwei Xu. She also visited University of Surrey, working with Prof. Ning Wang. Before joining PolyU, she was a Research Associate Professor at Zhongguancun Laboratory. She has also worked in Meituan and Baidu, where multiple of her research efforts got deployed in production. She is the PI or Co-I for multiple grants, including a NSFC Young Scientists Fund project.

• Bachelor of Management, Tsinghua University
• Bachelor of Engineering, Tsinghua University
• Doctor of Philosophy, Tsinghua University