Prof CAO Jiannong
Ag VP(EDU),Dean(GS),DoIHERD,Hd(CURI),DoRIAIoT,ADoNJRI & CP of Distributed & Mobile Comp.
- PQ819
- +852 2766 7275
- jiannong.cao@polyu.edu.hk
Biosketch
Prof. Cao is currently the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in
Data Science and the Chair Professor of Distributed and Mobile Computing
in the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
(PolyU), Hong Kong. He is also the Dean of Graduate School, the director
of Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things (RIAIoT) in
PolyU, the director of the Internet and Mobile Computing Lab (IMCL). He
was the founding director and now the director of PolyU’s University’s
Research Facility in Big Data Analytics (UBDA). He served the department
head from 2011 to 2017. Prof. Cao is a member of Academia Europaea, a
fellow of IEEE, and an ACM distinguished member. He is also a fellow of
China Computer Federation (CCF).
Prof. Cao’s research interests include distributed systems and blockchain, wireless sensing and networking, big data and machine learning, and mobile cloud and edge computing. He published 5 co-authored and 9 co-edited books, and over 500 papers in major international journals and conference proceedings. He also obtained 16 patents. Prof. Cao received many awards for his outstanding research achievements, including the PolyU President Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities, Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards – Natural Science (Second Class), China Computer Federation (CCF) Overseas Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE TCCLD Research Innovation Award, Hong Kong ICT Awards: Best Innovation & Research - Certificate of Merit and Special Mention, Bronze Medal Award of Brussels Innova, CVIC SE Software Talent Award, Ministry of Education Nominated State Science and Technology Award (First Class), National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class), and best paper Awards from IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics 2018, IEEE DSAA 2017, IEEE SMARTCOMP 2016, IEEE/IFIP EUC 2016, IEEE ISPA 2013, IEEE WCNC 2011, etc. Prof. Cao has delivered over 50 keynote speeches / invited talks.
Prof. Cao has directed and participated in over 130 research and development projects and, as a principal investigator, obtained over HK$67 million grants from funding agencies such as National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China (MOST), Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), The Society of Hong Kong Scholars, and industries and organizations like Alibaba, IBM, Nokia, HK Jocky Club and Hong Kong Construction Industry Council.
Prof. Cao served the Chair of the Technical Committee on Distributed Computing of IEEE Computer Society 2012-2014, a member of IEEE Fellows Evaluation Committee of the Computer Society and the Reliability Society, a member of IEEE Computer Society Education Awards Selection Committee, a member of IEEE Communications Society Awards Committee, and a member of Steering Committee of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. Prof. Cao has also served as chairs and members of organizing and technical committees of many international conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE PERCOM, IEEE IoTDI, IEEE ICPADS, IEEE CLOUDCOM, SRDS and OPODIS, and as associate editor and member of the editorial boards of many international journals, including IEEE TC, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TBD, IEEE IoT Journal, ACM ToSN, ACM TIST, ACM TCPS. Prof. Cao has also actively served Hong Kong local professional communities, including Entrepreneurship Advisor of HK A.I. Lab., member of HK Innovation and Technology Fund Research Projects Assessment Panel, member of Engineering Panel of Hong Kong Research Grant Council, member of Incu-Tech Business Incubation Programme Panel of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, and member of HKIE’s Accreditation Committee for Computer Science Programmes.
Prof. Cao is one of the Academicians of PolyU.
Prof. Cao’s research interests include distributed systems and blockchain, wireless sensing and networking, big data and machine learning, and mobile cloud and edge computing. He published 5 co-authored and 9 co-edited books, and over 500 papers in major international journals and conference proceedings. He also obtained 16 patents. Prof. Cao received many awards for his outstanding research achievements, including the PolyU President Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities, Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards – Natural Science (Second Class), China Computer Federation (CCF) Overseas Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE TCCLD Research Innovation Award, Hong Kong ICT Awards: Best Innovation & Research - Certificate of Merit and Special Mention, Bronze Medal Award of Brussels Innova, CVIC SE Software Talent Award, Ministry of Education Nominated State Science and Technology Award (First Class), National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class), and best paper Awards from IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics 2018, IEEE DSAA 2017, IEEE SMARTCOMP 2016, IEEE/IFIP EUC 2016, IEEE ISPA 2013, IEEE WCNC 2011, etc. Prof. Cao has delivered over 50 keynote speeches / invited talks.
Prof. Cao has directed and participated in over 130 research and development projects and, as a principal investigator, obtained over HK$67 million grants from funding agencies such as National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China (MOST), Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), The Society of Hong Kong Scholars, and industries and organizations like Alibaba, IBM, Nokia, HK Jocky Club and Hong Kong Construction Industry Council.
Prof. Cao served the Chair of the Technical Committee on Distributed Computing of IEEE Computer Society 2012-2014, a member of IEEE Fellows Evaluation Committee of the Computer Society and the Reliability Society, a member of IEEE Computer Society Education Awards Selection Committee, a member of IEEE Communications Society Awards Committee, and a member of Steering Committee of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. Prof. Cao has also served as chairs and members of organizing and technical committees of many international conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE PERCOM, IEEE IoTDI, IEEE ICPADS, IEEE CLOUDCOM, SRDS and OPODIS, and as associate editor and member of the editorial boards of many international journals, including IEEE TC, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TBD, IEEE IoT Journal, ACM ToSN, ACM TIST, ACM TCPS. Prof. Cao has also actively served Hong Kong local professional communities, including Entrepreneurship Advisor of HK A.I. Lab., member of HK Innovation and Technology Fund Research Projects Assessment Panel, member of Engineering Panel of Hong Kong Research Grant Council, member of Incu-Tech Business Incubation Programme Panel of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, and member of HKIE’s Accreditation Committee for Computer Science Programmes.
Prof. Cao is one of the Academicians of PolyU.
