Faculty

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason Univeristy
Address: Room 3234, Nguyen Engineering Building, Fairfax, VA
Email: xchen26 (at) gmu (dot) edu
Research Interest
- High Performance Mobile Computing System
- Deep Learning and Distributed Intelligent System
- Intelligent System Robustness and Security
- Graphic Computing Optimization for VR/AR Technologies
- Low-Power Mobile Display Systems
- Embedded System Human-Computer Interaction
Bibliography
Xiang (Shawn) Chen is currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at George Mason University (GMU), which is the largest university in Virginia and one of the Tier-1 research facilities with a remarkable reputation in the field of computer engineering. Chen received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with a major in Computer Engineering in 2016 from the University of Pittsburgh under the guidance of Dr. Yiran Chen (currently Duke University). Afterward, Chen joined GMU and founded “the Intelligence Fusion Lab.” Currently, he is advising 5 Ph.D. students and 1 Post-Doc fellow. During the past few years at GMU, Chen has led 3 National Science Foundation (NSF) projects as the principal investigator, 4 NSF projects as the collaborative investigator, and contributed to 1 Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) project as a sub-contractor. He also received the NSF CAREER Award in 2021. Chen’s research focuses on artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, mobile and distributed systems, as well as multi-domain edge applications.
Chen has published more than 70 papers in top-tier conferences and journals (e.g., KDD, NeurIPS, CVPR, ECCV, MLSys, DAC, DATE, TC, TCAD, CODES, etc.). These works achieved the Microsoft Excellence Award in 2015, the Best Paper Award in DATE 2017, MLSys 2022, two Best Paper Award Nominations, and several other competition awards. With these works, Chen has built close collaboration with vast universities and many industrial research labs (e.g., Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, and Comcast).
Chen has also contributed to the community through various service roles. He is the Associated Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (TCAS) and the IEEE Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (TCPS). Chen is also the General Chair of the IEEE Cloud Summit in 2022, the ACM/IEEE Workshop on Computing Architecture for Edge Computing in 2018~2020, and the ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing in 2019. He also serves as the technical program chair/committee for over 10 top-tier conferences in the past few years.
PostDoc Student
Zhe Zhang (Alumni)Co-Advised with Dr. Zhi Tian
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Education
Xi’an Jiaotong University Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
Work Experience
Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) Fairfax VA, Jul/2015-Sep/2020 Mansfield CT, Jan/2014-Apr/2014 |
Ph.D. Student
Min Zhang
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mzhang25-gmu-edu |
Education
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing Jiaotong University |
Work Experience
Beijing China, Jul/2021-Jul/2022 |
Chenhui Xu
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cxu21-gmu-edu |
Education
University of Science and Technology of China |
Work Experience
Hefei China, Aug/2021-Jun/2022 Hefei China, Feb/2021-Jul/2021 |
Tianhao Wu
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twu23-gmu-edu |
Education
Northeast Agricultural University |
Work Experience
Harbin China, Jul/2021-Sep/2021 |
Yongbo Yu
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yyu25-gmu-edu |
Education
Ocean University of China Ocean University of China |
Work Experience
Fairfax VA, Aug/2021-Present |
Fuxun Yu (Alumni)
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fyu2-gmu-edu |
Education
Harbin Institute of Technology |
Work Experience
Seatle WA, 2022-Present Seatle WA, Jul/2020-Sep/2020 Seatle WA, Jul/2019-Sep/2019 Singapore, Aug/2016-Dec/2016 Hangzhou China, Jul/2014-Sep/2014 |
Zirui Xu (Alumni)
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zxu21-gmu-edu |
Education
Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University |
Work Experience
Fairfax VA, 2022-Present Washington D.C. Jul/2019-Sep/2019 Beijing China, Jul/2014-Apr/2017 Beijing China, Apr/2016-Apr/2016 Berkeley CA, Jun/2014-Aug/2014 |
Zhuwei Qin (Alumni)
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zqin-gmu-edu |
Education
Oregon State University Tianjin University of Science & Technology |
Work Experience
San Francisco CA, Sep/2020-Present |
M.S. Student
Qide Dong (Alumni)
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qdong-gmu-edu |
Education
George Mason University Zhejiang Univeristy |
Work Experience
Hangzhou China, 2020-Present Fairfax VA, Oct/2016-2017 Hangzhou China, Sep/2014-Jul/2015 |
Genqian Hu (Alumni)
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ghu-masonlive-gmu-edu |
Education
George Mason University Shenzhen Univeristy |
Work Experience
Fairfax VA, Oct/2016-Present Shenzhen China, Sep/2013-Dec/2013 |
Chien-Hung Shun (Alumni)
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csu3-gmu-edu |
Education
George Mason University Chang Gung University |
Work Experience
Fairfax VA, Oct/2016-Present Taiwan, Feb/2014-Jun/2014 Taiwan, Feb/2013-Jun/2013 |
Po-Shun Liu (Alumni)
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pliu9-gmu-edu |
Education
George Mason University Hung Kuang University |
Work Experience
Fairfax VA, Oct/2016-Present Taiwan. |
B.S. Student
Jay Kim (Alumni)
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jkim208-masonlive-gmu-edu |
Education
George Mason University |
Work Experience
Fairfax VA, Oct/2016-Present Fairfax VA, Apr/2014-Aug/2016 |