I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University. Previously, I was a Senior Research Associate working with Prof. Cecilia Mascolo and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge. I received the B.E. degree in Software Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science advised by Prof. Zhenjiang Li from City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China in 2020.

My research lies at the intersection of wearable sensing, mobile computing, and artificial intelligence. I develop intelligent mobile and wearable technologies that enable human-centered sensing and computing. My work creates novel systems that deepen our understanding of human behavior, monitor wellness, enhance interactions between people and their environments, and address potential privacy risks. By uncovering insights into individual behavior, health, and interaction patterns, my research advances cutting-edge areas such as mobile health, human-computer interaction, the Internet of Things, and cybersecurity. My goal is to design and develop mobile computing technologies that intelligently respond to real-world needs and meaningfully improve quality of life.

I was named a 2024 N2Women: Rising Star in Computer Networking and Communications (10 global awardees). My work has received the ACM SIGBED China Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2021 (3 national awardees in China), as well as Best Paper Awards at ACM EarComp 2023 and IEEE PerCom 2025 (1/152). I am looking for multiple self-motivated students for Ph.D. or research intern roles starting in Spring/Fall 2026. Please email me (yl25r@fsu.edu) with your CV and transcripts.

News

• I started a new position in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University on 03 Oct 2025 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.

• Our recent work, “HearForce: Force Estimation for Manual Toothbrushing with Earables,” has been accepted for publication in IMWUT 2025!

• Our recent work, “EarMeter: Continuous Respiration Volume Monitoring with Earables,” has been accepted for publication in IMWUT 2025!

• Our recent work, “Measuring Cardiac Stroke Volume Through In-ear Audio Sensing,” has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications!

• Our latest work, “A Survey of Earable Technology: Trends, Tools, and the Road Ahead”, is now available on https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05720.

• Our Special Issue “State of the Art in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring” is now open for submissions (Indexed in PubMed; Impact Factor: 3.5; CiteScore: 8.2) — learn more at https://www.mdpi.com/si/237279.

Selected Awards

• Mark Weiser Best Paper Award – IEEE PerCom 2025
• N2Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications – 2024
• Best Paper Award – ACM EarComp 2023
• Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award – ACM SIGBED China, 2021
• Student Travel Grant – ACM MobiSys 2019
• Institutional Research Tuition Scholarship – City University of Hong Kong (CityU), 2019
• Outstanding Academic Performance Award – CityU, 2019
• Best-in-Session Presentation Award – IEEE INFOCOM 2018
• Student Travel Grant – IEEE INFOCOM 2018
• Outstanding Academic Performance Award – CityU, 2018
• Outstanding Poster Award – CityU, 2017

Invited Talks

• [Lecture] WearIoT: Toward Smarter and Healthier Lives Through Intelligent Wearable Sensing, School of Computing, University of Georgia, November 2025, Virtual Event.
• [Seminar] Intelligent Wearable Sensing for Human Behavior Understanding and Wellness Monitoring, ECE, Northwestern University, October 2025, IL, US.
• [Seminar] Intelligent Wearable Sensing for Human Behavior Understanding and Wellness Monitoring, Google, June 2025, Virtual Event.
• [Seminar] Towards Smarter, Healthier, and Secure Lives Through Intelligent Wearable Sensing, CS, Florida State University, April 2025, FL, US.
• [Seminar] WearIoT: Toward Smarter and Healthier Lives Through Intelligent Wearable Sensing, ECE, Purdue University, February 2025, IN, US.
• [Lecture] Toward Smarter and Healthier Lives Through Embedded Wearable AI, EE, Columbia University, February 2025, Virtual Event.
• [Seminar] Intelligent Wearable Sensing for Understanding Human Behavior and Monitoring Wellness, CS, University of Southampton, January 2025, Southampton, UK.
• [Seminar] Toward More Interactive, Healthier, and More Secure Lives Through Intelligent Sensing, CS, University College London, January 2025, London, UK.
• [Lecture] Less is More: Innovative Wearable Sensing for Understanding Human Behavior and Monitoring Wellbeing, CS, North Carolina State University, October 2024, Virtual Event.

Services

Organizing Committee

• 2026: Registration Chairs, ACM MobiSys; CS Student Seminar Committee, FSU
• 2025: N2Women Chairs, ACM SIGCOMM; Web Directors, ACM SIGMOBILE; Fellowship Chairs, N2Women; TPC Chairs, ACM BodySys; Publicity Chairs, ACM IASA; Computer Science Ethics Committee, University of Cambridge
• 2024: Publicity & Social Media Chairs, ACM UbiComp/ISWC; Chairs, IEEE SWC; Computer Science Ethics Committee, University of Cambridge
• 2022: Publicity Chairs, ACM MobiCom
• 2021: Web Chairs, IEEE ICPADS

Technical Program Committee Member (Conference)

• 2026: ACM SenSys; AAMAS
• 2025: ACM SenSys; ACM MobiSys; ACM MobiCom (Posters); ACM BuildSys (PhD Forum); ACM ISWC; IEEE ICPADS; Euromicro DSD
• 2024: ACM MobiSys (Artifact Evaluation); ACM MobiCom (Artifact Evaluation); ACM IPSN (Posters); ACM ISWC; IEEE ICDCS; IEEE ICPADS; IEEE TrustCom; IEEE UIC
• 2023: ACM MobiSys (Artifact Evaluation); ACM MobiCom (Artifact Evaluation); IEEE ICDCS
• 2022: ACM SenSys (Shadow Program); IEEE ICDCS (PhD Symposium); IEEE ICPADS
• 2020: EAI Qshine

Technical Program Committee Member (Workshop)

• 2025: ACM HumanSys; ACM EarComp; ACM IASA; ACM BodySys; DM-SmartHealth
• 2024: ACM HumanSys; ACM EarComp; ACM MobiCom4AgeTech; ACM BodySys; ACM EIFCom
• 2023: ACM EarComp; ACM SmartWear
• 2022: ACM EarComp

Invited Journal Reviewer

• Nature Communications
• ACM CHI
• ACM IMWUT (UbiComp)
• ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
• ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
• IEEE Pervasive Computing
• IEEE Sensors Journal
• MDPI Sensors Journal
• MDPI Applied Science Journal
• MDPI Diagnostics
• Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing
• Smart Health

Editor

• IEEE Pervasive Computing;
• MDPI Sensors – Special Issue “State of the Art in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring”

Invited Funding Reviewer

• Pro² Network+ Funding

Panel / Mentor / Session Chair

• 2025: Faculty Mentor, PerCom PhD Forum; Panels, WiSense Workshop; Session Chair, MobiUK