I received my Ph. D degree majored in software and theory of computer science from the Institute of Computing and Technology at Chinese Academy of Science in 2002. Then, I worked at the National University of Singapore and the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) as research and visiting fellow respectively from 2002 to 2003. I moved to the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan as a research associate from May,2003 to March 2006. I came back China and joined the Tianjin University in May, 2006. Now I am an associate professor of Computer Science, in the School of Computer Science and Technology.

I have published over 50 research papers on the international journals and conferences including IEEE transactions covering data mining, bioinformatics and grid computing.

I served as the member of uncertainty intelligence committee of Chinese Intellignce Assocication,  the member of UN-GAID eSDDC executive committee and Ex Officio member of Inter-Academy Panel. I am also serving on the reviewer of number of journal s and conferences including Briefings in Bioinformatics, Computer Journal of Chinese, and etc.