Dr. Dong Xie

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dong Xie is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2015 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah in 2020. His research focuses on various areas in computer science, including data management and efficient query processings. Dong has published numerous journal articles and conference papers in prestigious venues such as IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering and the Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment. He is recognized for his work in developing efficient algorithms for data processing, spatial analytics, and oblivious query processing. Additionally, he has received several awards, including the Google Research Scholar Award and the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. Dong is also active in service roles, contributing to diversity and inclusion initiatives at Penn State and serving on various conference committees in his field.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2021-01-01 — Present

Pennsylvania State University • University Park, PA

Teaching and conducting research in the areas of electrical engineering and computer science.

Awards

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Google Research Scholar Award

2023-04-01
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Microsoft Research PhD Fellow

2018-08-01
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SoCC Paper Runner-Up

2019-11-01

Requirements for Pennsylvania State University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
GRE General
Prerequisites
Master's degree in related field for PhD Baccalaureate degree from accredited institution
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE scores are highly recommended but not strictly required for Applied Linguistics.