Team
Dr. Shijia Pan is an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department. She received her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Her research interests include ubiquitous computing, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and cyber-physical systems (CPS). She worked in multiple disciplines and focused on ubiquitous sensing systems for accurate ambient information inference.
Current PhD Students
Current Undergraduate/High School Student Interns
Stephen Schertz, UC Merced (08/2024-present)
Siddharth Krishna, UC Merced (08/2024-present, PhD mentor: Shangjie)
Joshua Zhang, Dougherty Valley High School (2024 summer-present, PhD mentor: Shubham)
Shriyanka Hiremagalur, Notre Dame High School San Jose (2024 summer-present, PhD mentor: Shangjie)
Lab Alumni
Zhizhang (Kevin) Hu (PhD defense 2024/09), first appointment: Microsoft Bing AI
Victoria Zepeda, UC Merced UROC Research Intern (2024 summer-present, PhD mentor: Dong)
Yue Zhang (PhD defense 2024/07), first appointment: VISA
David Reyes, CAHSI LREU Spring 2024
Stephen Schertz, CAHSI LREU Spring 2024
Asiyah Awais, UC Berkeley, CITRIS WIP Intern (2022/06 - 2023/12, PhD mentor: Shubham), PosTrue CTO
Shreya Shriram, UC Merced (2021/07 - 2023/12, PhD mentor: Shubham), PosTrue CEO
Yihong Li, UC Merced J1 Scholar (2023/08 - 2023/11, PhD mentor: Yue), Master's @ Rice University
Hajin Park, UC Merced undergraduate research intern (2023/08-2023/11, PhD mentor: Dong)
Tai Pham, UC Merced, UROC Intern (2023/08-2023/11, PhD mentor: Kevin, Shangjie)
Henry Rodas Hernandez, UC Merced, UROC Intern (2023/08-2023/11, PhD mentor: Kevin, Shangjie)
Shikha Patel, UC Merced, CITRIS WIP Intern (2023/06 - 2023/11, PhD mentor: Yue)
Meera Swamynathan, UC Davis, CITRIS WIP Intern (2023/06 - 2023/08, PhD mentor: Yue)
Brandon Kieng, UC Merced undergraduate research intern (2022/06 - 2022/08, PhD mentor: Shubham)
Winston Iskandar, Mira Costa High School (2022/06 - 2022/08, PhD mentor: Yue)
Charison Gill-Branion, UC Merced undergrad intern (2022/02 - 2022/05, PhD mentor: Shubham)
Mauricio Alvarez Leon, UC Merced undergrad intern (2021/10 - 2021/12, PhD mentor: Shubham), SWE @ Hashicorp
Abdias Tellez Benitez, UC Merced undergrad intern (2021/09 - 2022/12, PhD mentor: Yue), System Analyst @ Altera Digital Health
Jerry Wu, UC Merced undergrad intern (2021/09 - 2021/12, PhD mentor: Yue)
Francisco Lira, UC Merced undergrad intern (2021 summer, PhD mentor: Kevin)
Melody Hu, KIPP San Jose Collegiate (2021/06 - 2021/08, PhD mentor: Kevin), Undergrad @ Carnegie Mellon University
Dong Yoon Lee, UC Irvine undergrad intern (2020/11 - 2022/06, PhD mentor: Kevin), PhD @ UC Merced
Yue Zhang, UC Merced J1 Scholar (2019/09 - 2021/05), PhD @ UC Merced
Rahul Sidramappa Hoskeri, UC Merced graduate student (2020 summer, fall), PhD @ UC Merced
Nikhil Pitta, Monta Vista High School (2020/06 - 2020/09, PhD mentor: Kevin), Undergrad @ UC Berkeley
Anthony Sainez, UC Merced UROC Intern (2020 summer, PhD mentor: Yue)
Lixing He, UESTC/UC Berkeley undergrad research intern (2020, PhD mentor: Yue), PhD @ The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram, UC Merced graduate student (2019 fall), PhD @ UC Merced
Di An, UC Merced graduate student (2019 fall), PhD @ UC Merced