Liang Ni

I am a forth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). I am supervised by Prof. Danny H.K. Tsang in the research group of Computing, Communications and Energy System Optimization (C2E). I received my B.E. degree in Information Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in June 2014. After that, I got my Master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA in December 2015.

I am generally interested in evaluating and optimizing the performance of Networked systems, by leveraging the following techniques in my research:

• sequential decision making under uncertainty (e.g., Markov decision process)
• online algorithms (e.g., online primal-dual framework)
• machine learning

I am currently working on models and algorithms for the following applications:

• energy and mobility management of electric vehicle networks and energy systems

Journal papers

1. L. Ni, B. Sun, X. Tan, and D.H.K. Tsang, “Inventory Planning and Real-time Routing for Network of Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping Stations”, in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2020

2. L. Ni, B. Sun, X. Tan, and D.H.K. Tsang, “Joint Demand and Energy management in Electric Mobility-on-Demand System: Modeling and Solution”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2020.

3. L. Ni, B. Sun, S. Wang, and D.H.K. Tsang, “Dynamic Pricing Mechanism Design for Electric Mobility-on-Demand Systems”, accepted by IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021.

4. L. Ni, B. Sun, and D.H.K. Tsang, “Online Learning based Vehicle-to-Station Routing with Performance Guarantee”, working paper, 2021.

Conference papers

1. L. Ni, B. Sun, X. Tan, and D.H.K. Tsang, “Online Price-based Vehicle-to-Station Recommendations for EV Battery Swapping”, in SmartGridComm, 2018.

2. S. Cao, S. Wang, L. Ni, and D.H.K. Tsang, “Voltage/Var Control using Electric Springs in Distribution Networks”, in Proceeding of IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, 2020.

• Student Travel Grant, IEEE SmartGridComm, 2018.
• Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST, 2017-Present.

Teaching assistant at HKUST

• EESM 5820, Current and Emerging Technologies in Telecommunications, 2018 Spring.

• EESM 5910, Topics in Telecommunications and Network Convergence, 2019 Fall.

• ELEC 4120, Computer Communication Networks, 2018 Fall, 2019 Fall.