Dong Chen
Dong Chen （陳東）
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
About
I am an Associate Professor in CS@Mines. I received my Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) in 2018 under the supervision of Professor David Irwin. At Mines, I lead the Next Generation Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (CPSLab), which focuses on building data-driven, open-sourced, experimental computer systems at different scales to explore and advance the cross-cutting fields including Embedded AI, Embodied AI, Cyber-Physical Systems, and the Internet of Things.
We have conducted pioneering research in many areas, including user/system security and privacy, system sustainability, and system efficiency in the applications of smart/edge devices, smart homes, smart buildings, smart urban and connected communities, and smart cities. On my recent CPS/IoT privacy systems research, I received the NSF CAREER Award from the Computer Systems Research (CSR) program in the Division of Computer and Network Systems in 2023. I am a full member of Sigma Xi, and a member of ACM, AAAI and IEEE. I also worked as Unix Software Engineer in industry for two years.
student hiring
- I am seeking 1–2 Ph.D. students and 2 undergraduate students to join my research team. If interested, please feel free to email me your detailed CV or stop by during my office hours.
- Mines is ranked among the top 77 Best Computer Science Schools in 2025 by U.S. News.
Research Interests
My research is in the intersection of computer systems and other areas such as AI, data management, security and privacy, and sustainability.
- My work has also been spanning multiple technical fields, including Use-Inspired AI, Security & Privacy, AI@Edge, Tiny Machine Learning, Federated/Split Learning, and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning.
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Recently, I have been looking into research problems spanning different scales, from the IoT and Edge Computing devices ⇨ smart homes/buildings ⇨ renewable energy systems ⇨ smart grids ⇨ smart cities.
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My research has been applied into multiple CPS/IoT application domains, including Smart and Connected Communities, Maritime Transportation System, Underwater Cyberinfrastructure, and Personal Home Health Monitoring.
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I open-source all the systems (including their evaluation datasets) I build.
Contact
Office: CTLM 214D
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
O: 303-384-2765
dongchen523@gmail.com