Yufei Tao

Yufei Tao obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the South China University of Technology in Aug. 1999, and his PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in July 2002. Currently he is a Professor in the CS department of the City University of Hong Kong. His research mainly focuses on the development of efficient query algorithms in spatio-temporal databases (i.e., moving object processing), their analysis, and applying the related techniques to other areas such as temporal, spatial databases, and data warehouses. He has been awarded the Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2002 (in physical and mathematical science) by HKIS for his work on spatio-temporal data.