Professional Title / Position：Professor
Research Direction：Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Technology and Applications
Email：kjhe@scut.edu.cn
Biography：
Kejing He, Ph.D., is a Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology (SCUT). He is the director of the Guangdong Provincial Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Computing in Undergraduate Universities, the deputy director of the Artificial Intelligence Professional Committee of the Guangdong Institute of Electronics, and the deputy director of the Internet of Things and Network Professional Committee of the Guangdong Computer Society. He is a senior member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), an executive committee member of the CCF Technical Committee on High Performance Computing, and an executive committee member of the CCF Technical Committee on Computer Education. Prof. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Young Teacher in Guangdong Institutions of Higher Learning, a Pearl River Science and Technology Nova, and was selected for the Guangdong Special Support Program for High-Level Talents. His accolades include the China Scholarship Council-IBM Scholarship, the SCUT-Huawei "Intelligent Base" Teaching Award, the Ministry of Education-Huawei Intelligent Base "Pillar Teacher" title, and the "Intelligent Base" Huawei Cloud and Computing Pioneer Teacher title. He received the second prize of the Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award and was a participant in the "China Education and Research Grid" project, which won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
He previously served as the Head of the Department of Network Engineering. His main research interests are artificial intelligence and big data processing, as well as high-performance computing and cloud computing. He has led and participated in over 40 national, provincial, and other scientific research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan's major special projects, and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province. In recent years, he has published over 80 SCI and EI-indexed papers in prestigious journals and conferences such as AAAI, IJMLC, JBHI, and PRE. He holds more than 20 authorized invention patents.
He teaches courses on "Foundations of Intelligent Computing" and "High-Performance Computing and Cloud Computing." The latter has been recognized as a Ministry of Education-IBM Industry-University Cooperation Comprehensive Professional Reform Boutique Course, a Guangdong Provincial Boutique Resource-Sharing Course, a Ministry of Education Industry-University Cooperation Collaborative Education Project Co-construction Course, and a first-class undergraduate course at the SCUT-Huawei "Intelligent Base" Industry-Education Integration Collaborative Education Base. He has also led teaching and research reform projects, such as the Guangdong Provincial Comprehensive Professional Reform Pilot (for the Network Engineering major).
Education：
1999-2002, South China University of Technology, Bachelor's Degree
2002-2004, South China University of Technology, Master's Degree
2004-2007, South China University of Technology, Ph.D.
Work Experience：
2014/9–Present, Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology
2014/3–2018/3, Head of Department, Department of Network Engineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology
2009/12–2014/9, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology
2007/07–2009/12, Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology
2014/02–2014/08, Visiting Scholar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2005/12–2006/06, Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
2005/11–2005/12, Visiting Scholar, The University of Alabama, USA
Academic Appointments:
Director, Guangdong Provincial Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Computing in Undergraduate Universities
Deputy Director, Artificial Intelligence Professional Committee, Guangdong Institute of Electronics
Deputy Director, Internet of Things and Network Professional Committee, Guangdong Computer Society
Executive Committee Member, Technical Committee on High Performance Computing, China Computer Federation
Executive Committee Member, Technical Committee on Computer Education, China Computer Federation
Awards：
Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize) (2017)
Guangdong Special Support Program for High-Level Talents - Young Top Talents Program (2015)
Pearl River Science and Technology Nova (2016)
Outstanding Young Teacher in Guangdong Institutions of Higher Learning (2014)
China Scholarship Council-IBM Scholarship (2014)
Ministry of Education-Huawei Intelligent Base "Pillar Teacher" (2021)
"Intelligent Base" Huawei Cloud and Computing Pioneer Teacher Title (2021)
South China University of Technology-Huawei "Intelligent Base" Teaching Award (2022)
Intel China Industry-University Cooperation Award (2024)
South China University of Technology Teaching Achievement Award (First Prize) (2017)
South China University of Technology Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize) (2017)
