• 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

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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#

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
  • ...
  • 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)