Biography

I will join the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a research assistant professor (RAP), 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.