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Professor Reynold Cheng is a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), specifically within the Department of Computer Science in the School of Computing and Data Science (CDS). He currently serves as the Division Head of the AI & Data Science Division at CDS and is part of the Steering Committee of the Musketers Foundation Institute of Data Science. His academic journey includes a BEng and MPhil from HKU (1998–2000) and an MSc and PhD from Purdue University (2003–2005). Prior to HKU, he was an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) from 2005 to 2008.
Cheng’s research focuses on data science, big graph analytics, and uncertain data management. He has received numerous awards, including the SIGMOD Research Highlights Reward 2020, HKICT Awards 2021, and HKU Knowledge Exchange Award (Engineering) 2021. His work has been recognized through grants such as the HKU-TCL Joint Research Centre for AI-funded project (HKD 1M, 2020–2022) and a CRF-funded project for real-time monitoring of infectious diseases (HKD 6.5M, 2021–2022).
Cheng actively contributes to academic service, including serving as PC co-chair for IEEE ICDE 2021 and editorial roles in journals like IS and DAPD. His publications span top venues like SIGMOD, VLDB, and KDD, emphasizing algorithm design for large graphs and probabilistic data systems.
