Jiani Cao (曹佳妮)

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). I obtained my Ph.D. degree in 2024 from the Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), supervised by Prof. Zhenjiang Li. Before that, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, from Xidian University (XDU), China in 2020.


My research focuses on designing AI-powered IoT and mobile systems. Specifically, I leverage resource-efficient edge learning to enable next-generation human-centric applications.

Selected Publications:

NeuroPath: Practically Adopting Motor Imagery Decoding through EEG Signals

Jiani Cao, Kun Wang, Yang Liu, Zhenjiang Li

ACM/IEEE SenSys, 2026
[Paper] [Slides]

Finger Tracking Using Wrist-Worn EMG Sensors

Jiani Cao, Yang Liu, Lixiang Han, Zhenjiang Li

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024
[Paper] [Slides] [Project]

Practical Gaze Tracking on Any Surface with Your Phone

Jiani Cao, Jiesong Chen, Chengdong Lin, Yang Liu, Kun Wang, Zhenjiang Li

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024
[Paper] [Slides] [Project]

Gaze Tracking on Any Surface with Your Phone

Jiani Cao, Chengdong Lin, Yang Liu, Zhenjiang Li

ACM SenSys, 2022
[Paper] [Slides] [Project]

SwapNet: Efficient Swapping for DNN Inference on Edge AI Devices Beyond the Memory Budget

Kun Wang, Jiani Cao, Zimu Zhou, Zhenjiang Li

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024
[Paper] [Slides]

Selected Honors & Awards:

  • MobiSys Rising Star, 2026
  • Best Presentation Award, Rising Star Forum, AIoTSys, 2025, [Link]
  • AIoTSys Rising Star, 2025, [Link]
  • Postgraduate Scholarship, CityU, 2020-2024
  • Student Travel Grant, ACM SenSys, 2022
  • Outstanding Graduates, Xidian University, 2020
  • National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China, 2019
  • National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China, 2017

Services:

Organizing Committee:
  • Publicity Chair: IASA'25@MobiCom'25
Technical Program Committee:
  • IEEE MASS'26
  • ACM MobiCom'25 Poster
Conference Review:
  • 2026: MobiCom, MobiSys, INFOCOM, ICDCS
  • 2025: MobiCom, MobiSys, SenSys, INFOCOM
  • 2024: SenSys, INFOCOM, IPSN, ICDCS, IoTDI, IWQoS, MSN
  • 2023: INFOCOM, ICDCS, IWQoS
  • 2022: INFOCOM, IoTDI
Journal Review:
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN)
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC)
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI)
  • The Journal of Supercomputing (TJSC)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences

Teaching:

  • Lab Tutor, Computer Programming, CityU, 2023 Spring /2024 Spring
  • Lab Tutor, Fundamentals of Internet Application Development, CityU, 2023 Fall