I am an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, working on sustainable and intelligent urban energy systems using data-efficient computational methods. With over a decade of multi-continental research experience, I develop scalable, decision-oriented digital twins to address scientific and practical challenges in the transition to zero-carbon cities. More about me »

Research

My research sits at the intersection of building energy systems and computational technologies, aiming both to unlock the potential of smart buildings to accelerate urban energy transition and to develop sustainable AI infrastructure as an integral component of future cities. More about research »

News

• 📃 09/2026 - Our paper on decentralized personal cooling for sustainable cooling in hot and humid climates accepted at Applied Energy
• 📃 07/2026 - Our paper on Implementable occupant-centric control and AI trade-offs accepted at Energy and Buildings
• 🎙️ 06/2026 - Presented our study on data center waste heat reuse with fifth generation district heating and cooling at ACM Sustainability Week 2026
• 🎙️ 03/2026 - Gave a guest lecture on calibrating building energy models at CMU Building Performance Modeling class
• ✈️ 03/2026 - Visited the Cambridge Sustainable Design Group and gave a seminar on data-centric building digital twins
• 🎙️ 02/2026 - Our paper on non-invasive occupent-centric control for legacy office buildings is accepted at IAQVEC 2026
• 🎙️ 02/2026 - Gave a guest lecture on revisiting MPC for HVAC control at IBPSA BOPTEST Webinar
• ✈️ 02/2026 - Co-hosted Trane Technology VP and Senior Director in Innovation at MIT and discussed research in waste heat reuse and campus decarbonization
• 🎙️ 01/2026 - Gave a guest lecture on the two-way interaction between AI and the built environment at MIT IAP Sustainable AI Module
• 🧑‍💼 01/2026 - Served as workshop cochair and TPC Member for BuildSys 2026
• 📃 12/2025 - Our paper on performance evaluation of physics-informed machine learning for building controls accepted at Energy and Buildings
• 🎙️ 11/2025 - Presented our paper on robust and expert-agnostic digital twin calibration at ACM BuildSys 2025 in Golden, CO
• ✈️ 11/2025 - Visited Prof. Liping Wang at University of Wyoming and discussed research in sustainable controlled environment agriculture
• 🎙️ 11/2025 - Invited to join the panel of AI-assisted building performance simulation at Buiding and Simulation 2025 in Changsha, Hunan.
• 🧑‍💼 09/2025 - Appointed as Youth Editorial Board Member of Building Simulation

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