Biography

I am a research assistant professor (RAP) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), working with Prof. Mo Li. Prior to that, I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University, under the supervision of Prof. Desheng Zhang. I am also working with Prof. Tian He, Prof. Yunhuai Liu, and Prof. Shuai Wang in research. I obtained my M.S. degree from Central South University, under the supervision of Prof. Jiawei Huang.

My research is concentrated in the areas of Human-Centric Cyber-Physical Systems and Embodied Agent Systems. I focus on exploring various techniques, e.g., Large Language Models (LLMs), Robust Machine Learning, and Interpretable Large-scale System Optimization, for predictive analytics and decision-making problems in smart cities. My work is informed by real-world demands, and the systems I developed have been deployed Nationwide to improve urban life and promote environmental sustainability.

My publications can be found at Google Scholar.

Recent News

• Jun. 2026:A corresponding paper accepted by IROS 2026.
• May. 2026:A co-authored paper accepted by ACM TIOT.
• May. 2026:A 1st-authored paper accepted by KDD AI4S Track.
• Mar. 2026:A 1st-authored paper accepted by IEEE TMC.
• Dec. 2025:A 1st-authored paper accepted by IEEE TMC.
• Nov. 2025: Our CIKM paper received the Best Student Paper of the Applied Research Papers.
• Nov. 2025: A Co-1st-authored paper accepted by AAAI 2026 (Oral).
• Sep. 2025: A 1st-authored paper accepted by IEEE TMC.
• Aug. 2025: A co-authored paper accepted by CIKM 2025.
• May. 2025: A co-authored paper accepted by ACL(Industry Track) 2025.
• Apr. 2025: A co-authored paper accepted by IEEE/ACM IWQOS 2025.
• Feb. 2025: A co-authored paper accepted by IEEE TMC.
• Jan. 2025: A 1st-authored paper accepted by WWW 2025.
• Dec. 2024: A co-authored paper accepted by AAAI 2025.
• Nov. 2024: A co-authored paper accepted by KDD 2025.
• Sep. 2024: A 1st-authored paper accepted by IEEE TMC.
• Aug. 2024: A co-authored paper accepted by SIGSPATIAL 2024.
• Jul. 2024: Three co-authored papers accepted by CIKM 2024.
• May. 2024: A co-authored paper accepted by IEEE TKDE and a co-authored paper accepted by IEEE TMC.
• Apr. 2024: A co-authored paper accepted by IEEE/ACM IWQOS 2024.
• Feb. 2024: A co-authored paper accepted by IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing.
• Oct. 2023: A co-authored paper accepted by ICA3PP 2023 is awarded the Best Student Paper.
• Aug. 2023: Two co-authored papers accepted by CIKM 2023.
• Apr. 2023: A 1st-authored paper PSOT accepted by IJCAI 2023.
• Apr. 2023: Co-authored paper accepted by ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN).
• Feb. 2023: A 1st-authored paper REDE accepted by ICDE 2023.
• Aug. 2022: Two co-authored papers accepted by ACM SIGSPATIAL 2022.
• Aug. 2022: A 1st-authored paper FHOG accepted by CIKM 2022.
• Oct. 2021: A 1st-authored paper Mover accepted by IMWUT/Ubicomp.

Selected Publications

[KDD’26] WISE: Hierarchical Worker Scheduling for Efficient Multi-Source Urban Delivery
Wenjun Lyu, Fangyu Li, Shanshan Wang, Yikang Zhang, Haotian Wang, Yunhuai Liu, Tian He, Desheng Zhang
⭐The system is the first work to optimize the multi-source delivery services.

[TMC’25] HeroCS: Cooperative Courier Scheduling for Heterogeneous Tasks in Last-mile Delivery
Wenjun Lyu, Liyu Zhang, Shuxin Zhong, Haotian Wang, Chao Li, Shuai Wang, Yunhuai Liu, Tian He, Desheng Zhang.
⭐The system is the first work to schedule couriers for delivery, pick-up, and customer expansion tasks, which has been deployed at JD Logistics.

[WWW’25] InCo: Exploring Inter-Trip Cooperation for Efficient Last-mile Delivery
Wenjun Lyu, Shuxin Zhong, Guang Yang, Haotian Wang, Yi Ding, Shuai Wang, Yunhuai Liu, Tian He, Desheng Zhang.
⭐The system has been deployed at JD Logistics for more than 100 delivery stations to improve last-mile delivery efficiency.

[ICDE’23] REDE: Exploring Relay Transportation for Efficient Last-mile Delivery
Wenjun Lyu, Haotian Wang, Zhiqing Hong, Guang Wang, Yu Yang, Yunhuai Liu, Desheng Zhang.
⭐The system has been deployed at JD Logistics for more than 100 delivery stations to improve last-mile delivery efficiency.

[CIKM’22] Towards Fair Workload Assessment via Homogeneous Order Grouping in Last-mile Delivery.
Wenjun Lyu, Kexin Zhang, Baoshen Guo, Zhiqing Hong, Guang Yang, Guang Wang, Yu Yang, Yunhuai Liu, Desheng Zhang.
⭐The system has been deployed at JD Logistics in Nationwide scale for courier workload measurement.