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- E-mail: whu (at) nju.edu.cn
- Address: 163 Xianlin Ave., Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Zipcode: 210023
- Office: CS Bldg. 405; Mengminwei Bldg. 2611
- Phone: +86-25-89681523
Bio#
I am an associate professor and PhD supervisor at Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China.I obtained my PhD in Computer Software and Theory in 2009 and BS in Computer Science and Technology in 2005, both from Southeast University.
I joined the faculty of Nanjing University in Dec. 2009.
From Nov. 2007 to May 2008, I appointed as visiting student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, advised by Prof. Frank van Harmelen.
From Sep. 2008 to Dec. 2008, I interned at IBM Research - China.
From Sep. 2014 to Sep. 2015, I appointed as visiting scholar at Stanford University, working with Prof. Michel Dumontier,
From Nov. 2016 to May 2017, I appointed as visiting scholar at University of Texas at Arlington, working with Prof. Chengkai Li,
From Jun. 2017 to Nov. 2017, I appointed as visiting professor at University of Toronto, working with Prof. Sheila McIlraith.
For more information, please visit my group website
Research Interests#
At present, my research is mainly about automatic extraction, semantic fusion and intelligent application of multi-source heterogeneous knowledge with big data:- Deep knowledge representation: representation learning
- Heterogeneous knowledge fusion: ontology matching, entity alignment, truth inference
- Intelligent software R&D: knowledge-enhanced search/QA/recommender systems
- Cross-research in medicine: with National Institute of Health Data Science at Nanjing University
Courses#
- For undergraduates: Introduction to Databases
- For Postgraduates: Knowledge Engineering with Semantic Web Technologies
Publications#
Please visit the following links directly:Fundings and Awards#
- Representation Learning based RDF Data Linkage, NSFC 61872172
- Crowdsourcing Entity Linkage for the Semantic Web, NSFC 61370019
- Object Coreference Resolution on the Semantic Web, NSFC 61003018
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- CCKS Best English Paper Award 2018
- Awardee of Nanjing University Study and Research Abroad Program 2013
- Outstanding Instructor for Nanjing University Undergraduate Innovation Program 2012
- JIST Best Paper Award 2011
- IBM China Excellent Student 2008
- ISWC Best Paper Nominee 2007
Professional Services#
- Member of CCF Technical Committee on Databases
- Member of CIPSC Technical Committee on Language and Knowledge Computation
- Communication Member of CCF Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence
- Member of JSCS Technical Committee on Big Data
- Member of JSAI Technical Committee on Knowledge Engineering and Intelligent Services
- W3C Advisory Committee Representative of Nanjing University
- Secretary of CS Department for Foreign Affairs
Students#
- PhD students:
- Jiwei Ding (2015)
- Zequn Sun (2016)
- Jiacheng Huang (2019), Yuxin Wang (2019)
- Xiangrong Zhu (2020), Xinyi Wang (2020)
- Yuanning Cui (2021), Yang Liu (2021)
- Master students:
- 2019: Yao Zhao, Botao Yu, Wenzheng Sui, Fengning Gao, Kailong Hao
- 2020: Wei Cheng, Guangyao Li
- 2021: Honghu Wu, Wenzheng Zhao
- Undergraduates:
- 2018: Zibo Wang, Hao Tang, Xiaobin Tian, Siyan Shen
- Graduated (year, first employment):
- PhDs:
- Saisai Gong (2019, Pinduoduo)
- Masters:
- Hang Zhang (2013, Microsoft), Chuanlei Ni (2014, Standard Chartered), Cunxin Jia (2015, Google)
- Chengyue Jiang (2016, CETC-28), Honglei Qiu (2017, TP-Link), Hao Zhang (2018, SAIC Motor)
- Haoxuan Li (2019, Baidu), Lingbing Guo (2019, Zhejiang Univ.), Jiacheng Huang (2019, Nanjing Univ.)
- Ermei Cao (2020, Tecent), Qingheng Zhang (2020, Huawei), Xinze Lyu (2020, Huawei)
- Difeng Wang (2021, Alibaba), Shengguang Qiu (2021, KuaiShou), Chengming Wang (2021, Alibaba)
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