Dr. Justin Chan

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Justin is an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science and Department of Engineering and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the Mobile Sensing Lab. His research focuses on building intelligent mobile embedded systems for computational health and large-scale environmental sensing. He has authored publications in interdisciplinary journals like Nature Biomedical Engineering, Science Translational Medicine, and Nature Communications, as well as in prestigious computer science venues such as MobiSys, MobiCom, SIGCOMM, SIGGRAPH Asia, UIST, and ICASSP. His work has received recognition including the SIGMOBILE Doctoral Dissertation Award Runner-up and the IEEE Pervasive Computing Emerging Rockstar title, along with being highlighted by ACM SIGMOBILE twice.

Research Interests

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.