Chengyi Qu

Chengyi Qu

Cloud/edge computing, machine learning and drone swarm networking expert.

About me

Hi! I’m Chengyi Qu, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Missouri - Columbia in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, CERI Center.

My background and history

I plan to finish my Ph.D by the end of 2022. My Ph.D advisor is Dr. Prasad Calyam. I obtained B.E. from Northeastern University, China. Before start my Ph.D, I was a software research volunteer with Dr. Dong Xu in Mizzou, and had an internship at Neusoft Corporation, China. During summer 2022, I also had an internship as a Research Aide in DSL division in Argonne National Lab, supervised by Rajkumar Kettimuthu and Joaquin Chung.

My work and research

My research and development areas of interest include: Edge/Cloud Computing, Drone Video Analytics, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Advanced Cyber-infrastructure. My research aims to solve multi‑drone communication and computation bottlenecks, propose novel system orchestration approach on various drone swarms scenarios. As of Fall 2022, I have published over 14 peer‑reviewed papers in prestigious conference (e.g., IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE CNSM, ACM ICDCN) and journal venues (e.g., Elsevier FGCS).

I have experience in developing National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals, related to

  • ‘Intelligent Resource Orchestration for Environmental Situational Awareness in Drone Swarm Applications’ (Submitted, NSF CNS),
  • ‘Edge Computing and Network Control for Drone Video Analytics’ (Funded, $15,000, NSF PAWR),
  • ‘Algorithms to Coordinate Autonomous Drones and Robots for Scalable Delivery Systems’ (Under preparation, NSF OE), and
  • ‘UAV swarms in Smart Farming: Autonomous Modeling and Learning-based Orchestration Systems’ (Under preparation, NSF)

Awards and Honors

  • Best Paper Award, IEEE 2nd Workshop on Cloud‑to‑Things continuum, CCGrid, Italy, 2022.
  • Student Travel Grant, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2021, 2022.
  • Finallist, AERPAW Fall 2021 Event ‑ Poster Session, Raleigh, NC, 2021.
  • Student Travel Grant, 17th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Izmir, Turkey, 2021.
  • Student Travel Grant, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM), D.C., 2019.
  • Student Travel Grant, The 27th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), Chicago, 2019.
  • Honor Student Award, China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarships, 2016-2018.
  • Meritorious Winner, Mathematical Contest In Modeling/Interdisciplinary Contest In Modeling, U.S.A, 2014.

Service

  • Student Volunteer, The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC ’22), Dallas, 2022.
  • Paper Review, TNSM, ICNC, MobiSys, GlobeCOM, ICCCN, TMC, TSC, CIoT, ICC, JNCA, FGCS, WoWMoM, AICAS, NetSoft, CSNet, IM…
  • TPC member, Wi‑DroIT 2022

What’s new?

  • [08/2022] Finished my internship of ANL with Dr. Raj and Dr. Joaquin! I will miss you!
  • [08/2022] Received SC22 Student Volunteer! See you in Dallas!
  • [08/2022] Paper accepted in EScience 2022!
  • [07/2022] NSF PAWR proposal - Edge Computing and Network Control for Drone Video Analytics in Hybrid Testbeds - got accepted!
  • [06/2022] Our paper: Automating Edge‑to‑cloud Workflows for Science: Traversing the Edge‑to‑cloud Continuum with Pegasus - wins Best Paper Reward in Cloud2Things Workshop in CCGrid ‘22!