Data Ocean Lab

About

Data Ocean Lab is a research group at Washington State University School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, led by Assistant Professor Jia Yu.

Prof. Jia Yu has left WSU and we are no longer looking for new students.

Mission

Our mission at Data Ocean Lab includes

• Promote the knowledge discovery process in the Big Data era
• Conduct novel scientific research at the intersection of
  • Data management and database systems
    • Distributed databases, database indexing, data visualization
  • Geospatial data management
    • Location-based service, traffic engineering, urban computing
• Provide cutting-edge engineering education
  • CPT_S 223/233 Advanced Data Structures
  • CPT_S 415 Big Data

Lab members

Lab director and principal investigator

Assistant Professor Jia Yu

Students

Past Ph.D. students

Congying Wang (Spring 2021 - Spring 2023), now a CS PhD student at University at Buffalo

Shengya Zhang (Fall 2021 - Spring 2023), now a CS PhD student at University at Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Abrar Abir Akhyer (Spring 2022 - Spring 2023), now a CS Master student at Washington State University

Methodology

We are particularly interested in

• System building
  • Scalable and interactive data systems
  • Easy to use, integrate with widely-used DB
  • Open-source on GitHub, community-based
• Knowledge sharing
  • Publish papers on top venues
  • Present at different occasions
  • Communicate with peers

Projects

Please see Projects

Publications

Please see Publications

Funding

Our lab was supported by Washington State University startup fund, National Science Foundation, and United States Department of Agriculture. Thank you, sponsors!

Please see Funding

Lab dinners

Fall 2021

Shengya, Congying, me

Spring 2022

Shengya, Congying, Abrar and me