PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Dapeng Oliver Wu

Also known as Dapeng Wu, 吳大鵬

Dapeng Oliver Wu is a Chair Professor of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong whose research spans artificial intelligence, network science, communications and computer vision. He earned degrees in Wuhan and Beijing and a Carnegie Mellon doctorate in 2003, then joined the University of Florida, where he won an NSF CAREER award in 2007 and became an IEEE Fellow in 2013. From 2017 to 2020 he edited IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, a journal he founded, and he directed the NSF Center for Big Learning. After moving from Florida to City University of Hong Kong by 2023, he lectured in April 2023 on AI security, including a data-agnostic model stealing attack on deep neural networks. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and leads GRF projects on vision-language models and federated learning.

Timeline

  1. 1990–2003

    Degrees from Wuhan to Pittsburgh

    He earns a B.E. in electrical engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1990 and an M.E. in electrical engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1997. He completes a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in 2003, supervised by Rohit Negi and affiliated with the Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking.

  2. 2003–2009

    Florida faculty and early awards

    He joins the electrical and computer engineering faculty at the University of Florida in 2003 as an assistant professor, affiliated with the Wireless Information Networking Group. He wins an NSF CAREER award in 2007, an ONR Young Investigator Program award in 2008, and an AFOSR Young Investigator Program award and the University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award in 2009.

  3. 2012–2013

    INFOCOM chair and IEEE Fellow

    He serves as Technical Program Committee chair for IEEE INFOCOM 2012. In 2013, IEEE names him a Fellow for contributions to video communications, processing, and wireless networking.

  4. 2016–2020

    Editing Network Science and Engineering

    In 2016, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society elects him a Distinguished Lecturer. From 2017 to 2020 he is Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, a journal he founded.

  5. By 2023

    From Florida to CityU

    By 2023, he is Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Network Science in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong. Previously, he was on the University of Florida faculty and directed the NSF Center for Big Learning.

  6. April 2023

    Lecture on AI security

    In April 2023, he lectures at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China on challenges in AI security. The talk covers trustworthy deep neural networks and his group's data-agnostic model stealing attack.

  7. 2025–2026

    Founding editor of an AI journal

    As founding Editor-in-Chief of Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, he writes the editorial "Message from the Editor-in-Chief" for volume 1, issue 1, dated 2025 and published online in April 2026. He also receives the IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Outstanding Paper Award for Year 2025.

  8. As of October 2026

    Chair Professor at CityU

    He is Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong, holds the Yeung Kin Man Chair Professorship in Network Science, and is an affiliate Chair Professor in the Department of Data Science. His research covers artificial intelligence, network science, communications, signal processing, computer vision, and biomedical engineering. He is principal investigator of two GRF projects, one begun in 2025 on semantically driven no-reference visual quality assessment with large vision-language models and one begun in 2026 on a thermodynamics approach to federated learning.

Career

  1. NowCity University of Hong KongYeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Network Science
  2. From 2003University of FloridaAssistant Professor
  3. Center for Big LearningDirector

Education

  1. 2003Carnegie Mellon UniversityPh.D. in electrical and computer engineering
  2. 1997Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsM.E. in electrical engineering
  3. 1990Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyB.E. in electrical engineering

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Dapeng Oliver Wu. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes City University of Hong Kong. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes City University of Hong Kong. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes City University of Hong Kong. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Biography of Dapeng Oliver Wu, City University of Hong Kong cs.cityu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Dapeng Oliver Wu's Home Page (Carnegie Mellon University) cs.cmu.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. 佛罗里达大学Dapeng Oliver Wu教授高水平学术前沿讲座 eeis.ustc.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Dapeng Wu - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Editorial Board | IEEE Communications Society comsoc.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. 【名师讲堂】Challenges in AI Security-信息与通信工程学院 sice.uestc.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. 香港城市大学Dapeng Oliver Wu教授做客名师讲堂探讨《Challenges in AI Security》-信息与通信工程学院 sice.uestc.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Message from the Editor-in-Chief - Transactions on Artificial Intelligence journal.hep.com.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Dapeng WU - CityUHK Scholars scholars.cityu.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.