Aaron Yi DING
Scholar

Aaron Yi DING

Google Scholar ID: NHK9pn4AAAAJ
Senior Assoc Professor, TU Delft
Edge AIEdge ComputingIoTCyber Physical IntelligenceEdgeSys
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Received substantial EU grants (€5M + €5.5M); supervised over 100 students; served as PhD examiner for many institutions including University of Cambridge, TU Munich, Ghent University, Aalto University, Rotterdam Erasmus MC; published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and received best paper awards from ACM SIGCOMM, ACM EdgeSys, ACM SenSys CCIoT, IEEE INFOCOM; authored the book 'Mobile Edge Computing and Communications'; recipient of Nokia Foundation Personal Grants.
Research Experience
  • Over 18 years of top R&D experience in EU, Switzerland, UK, and USA; worked at TU Munich, University of Cambridge, and Columbia University; currently EU Horizon Coordinator and Marie Curie Principal Investigator at TU Delft; collaborates closely with companies like Nokia, Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, etc.
Education
  • PhD advisors: Sasu Tarkoma and Jon Crowcroft; significant part of his PhD program completed at University of Cambridge and Columbia University; collaborated with notable scholars such as Jörg Ott, Jon Crowcroft, Henning Schulzrinne, and Adrian Perrig.
Background
  • Leading the Cyber Physical Intelligence (CPI) Lab at TU Delft as a Tenured Senior Associate Professor (UHD1 Ius Promovendi) and Adjunct Professor (permanent) in Computer Science at University of Helsinki. Research interests include interconnected Edge AI systems.
Miscellany
  • Founder of ACM EdgeSys and FCN series; served on chairing and program committees for prestigious conferences; member of the Advisory Board for TU Delft Safety Security Institute; leading the Green AI Initiative; chairs multiple international conferences such as PowerWeb Conference 2025, FCN 2025, EDGE 2025, etc.; received numerous best paper awards and academic recognitions.