Welcome to the Smart Networking and Computing (SNeC) Lab

 

  Bin Li

Biography: Bin Li is an associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, and is also affiliated with the Institute for Networking and Security Research (INSR). He received his B.S. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering, M.S. degree in Communication and Information Engineering, both from Xiamen University, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University (OSU). He was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Coordinated Science Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).  His research focuses on the intersection of networking, machine learning, and system development, and their applications in networking for virtual/augmented/mixed reality, digital twins, mobile edge computing, and Internet-of-Things (IoT). He has served as Associate Editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE). He has also served on the technical committees of several major networking conferences, such as ACM MobiHoc, IEEE INFOCOM, and WiOpt. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM. He received both the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and Google Faculty Research Award in 2020, ACM MobiHoc 2018 Best Poster Award, IEEE INFOCOM 2023 Best Demo Award, ACM MobiHoc 2023 Best Poster/Demo Award, and IEEE VR 2024 Best Demo Honorable Mention Award.   

To Prospective Students, Postdocs, and Visiting Scholars 

  • Ph.D. and Postdoc positions available (starting Fall 2025): Dr. Bin Li constantly looks for highly self-motivated Ph.D. students and postdocs interested in research at the intersection of networking, machine learning, and system development with their applications in networking for virtual and augmented reality, digital twin, edge computing, and Internet-of-Things (IoT). Students admitted to our Ph.D. program will receive full financial support through either teaching or research assistantships. Please email him at binli@psu.edu with your CV and undergraduate/graduate transcripts if you are interested in Ph.D. positions. Please email your CV and three representative papers if you are interested in postdoc positions.
  • Both master and undergraduate students at The Pennsylvania State University are encouraged to discuss with Dr. Bin Li if you are interested in our research.
  • Visiting scholars/students are highly welcome to join our group for a short-term visit.

News

  • [October 2024]: Dr. Bin Li serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). Please consider submitting your work.
  • [September 2024]: Dr. Bin Li serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN). Please consider submitting your work.
  • [August 2024]: Ph.D. students, Zifan Zhou and Xuan Wang, earned the 3rd place in the poster presentation competition at the “Closing the Gap: Strategies for Effective Methane Emissions Reduction” Symposium. This event, held at the University of Oklahoma, was supported by the DoE and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The poster title is “Securing IoT: Cutting-Edge Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols for AIMNet”. Congratulations to Zifan and Xuan!
  • [May 2024]: Dr. Bin Li serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE). Please consider submitting your work.
  • [April 2024]: Ph.D. student, Jiangong Chen, received the prestigious Dr. Nirmal K. Bose Dissertation Excellence Award. Congratulations to Jiangong!
  • [March 2024]: Our demo “ GPT-VR Nexus: ChatGPT-Powered Immersive Virtual Reality Experience” received the IEEE VR 2024 Best Demo Honorable Mention Award. Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Jiangong and collaborator, Prof. Tian Lan @ George Washington University.
  • [October 2023]: Our demo “Demo: Immersive Remote Monitoring and Control for Internet of Things” received the ACM MobiHoc 2023 Best Poster/Demo Award. Congratulations to Xiaoyi, Jiangong, Rui, and Kefan!
  • [August 2023]: Ph.D. students, Xuan Wang, Mingyu Zhu, and Zifan Zhou, joined our research lab. Welcome on board, Xuan, Mingyu, and Zifan!
  • [May 2023]: Our demo “Collaborative Mixed-Reality-Based Firefighter Training” received the IEEE INFOCOM 2023 Best Demo Award. Congratulations to Zhanchen and Jiangong!
  • [April 2023]: Ph.D. student, Xudong Qin, received the prestigious Dr. Nirmal K. Bose Dissertation Excellence Award for his Ph.D. thesis “Distributed Offloading Algorithm Design for Mobile Edge/Cloud Computing Systems“. Congratulations to Xudong!
  • [March 2023]: Dr. Bin Li was awarded a Distinguished Member of the INFOCOM 2023 Technical Program Committee.
  • [February 2023]: Dr. Bin Li will serve as Co-Chair for the “Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-based Smart Design” Track in IEEE MASS 2023, which will be held in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 25-27, 2023. Please consider submitting your work.
  • [November 2022]: Dr. Ting He and Dr. Bin Li demonstrated virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) applications to kids at Mount Nittany Elementary School. Thanks to graduate students, Jiangong, Xinyi, and Xiaoyi, for their great help.
  • [October 2022]: Undergraduate students, Michael Artlip (EE) and Owen Sweeny (CSE), attended the National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS), which was held in Denver, and presented their demo paper “Virtual Reality-Based Gymnastics Visualization Using Real-Time Motion Capture Suit” [demo video] and “A Collaborative Augmented Reality Platform for Interactive and Immersive Education” [demo video], respectively. Both Owen and Michael worked in my lab this summer under the support of my NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) supplemental grant, and were advised by graduate students Jiangong Chen, Zhanchen Dong and me. Each of them published their first-author demo paper for the first time. Moreover, Michael and Jiangong received the Best Poster Presentation Award. Congratulations to Michael, Owen, Zhanchen and Jiangong! Here is the news article.

  • [October 2022]: M.S. students, Zhanchen Dong and Xinyi Yao, successfully defended their M.S. thesis. Congratulations to Zhanchen and Xinyi!
  • [August 2022]: Ph.D. student, Xiaoyi Wu, joined our research lab. Welcome on board, Xiaoyi!
  • [July 2022]: Ph.D. student, Jiangong Chen, received the prestigious Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Graduate Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Congratulations to Jiangong!
  • [July 2022]: Dr. Bin Li gave a keynote talk on Wireless Networking for Personalized and Collaborative Virtual Reality at the ICDCS workshop SocialMeta 2022.
  • [July 2022]: EE summer campers visited our lab and learned virtual reality-based gymnastics. Thanks, Michael Artlip, for demonstrating it. Michael is a professional gymnast and is doing the NSF REU internship.

  • [June 2022]: Dr. Bin Li co-organized a one-week “Design Your Own Reality” Summer Camp for K7-K9 students with Dr. Ting He and Dr. Jing Yang. Thanks to graduate students, Jiangong, Xinyi, Zhanchen, and Rui for their great help.
     
  • [May 2022]: Dr. Bin Li introduced virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) technology at the Gray’s Woods Elementary School, and demonstrated various VR/AR applications to kids. Thanks to graduate students, Jiangong, Xinyi, and Zhanchen, for their great help.
  • [March 2022]: Ph.D. student, Jiangong Chen, and M.S. student, Xinyi Yao, received IEEE INFOCOM 2022 Student Conference Grant. Congratulations to Jiangong and Xinyi!
  • [February 2022]: Dr. Bin Li will serve as Demo and Poster Chair in IEEE MASS 2022.
  • [February 2022]: Dr. Bin Li was awarded a Distinguished Member of the INFOCOM 2022 Technical Program Committee.
  • [February 2022]: Dr. Bin Li was invited to be a guest on The Peggy Smedley Show to introduce virtual/augmented reality technology and its applications in education, manufacturing, and online shopping.
  • [November 2021]:  Dr. Bin Li was invited to give a talk on networking for virtual/augmented reality at Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Research Night.
  • [August 2021]: Dr. Bin Li participated in the Ask a Scientist event at the Grange Fair in Centre Hall, PA, and demonstrated various VR/AR applications to kids. Thanks to Jiangong for his great help.
  • [August 2021]:  Dr. Bin Li joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The Pennsylvania State University.