
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.
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
Current Ph.D. students
Congying Wang (started Spring 2021)
Shengya Zhang (started Fall 2021)
Abrar Abir Akhyer (started Spring 2022)
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
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Projects
Publications
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Publications
Funding

Our lab is supported by Washington State University startup fund, National Science Foundation, and United States Department of Agriculture. Thank you, sponsors!
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Funding
Lab dinners
Fall 2021
Shengya, Congying, me
Spring 2022
Shengya, Congying, Abrar and me
