Jinwei Liu is an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Florida A&M University (FAMU). He received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, SC, USA, supervised by Dr. Haiying (Helen) Shen.

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Dr. Jinwei Liu is an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Florida A&M University (FAMU). He was recognized for outstanding achievement in academic publications. He was awarded a 2021-2022 FRAP (Faculty Research Awards Program) grant at FAMU. He was the recipient of the 2022-2023 Emerging Research in STEM Award at FAMU. He has received awards from NSF (1 as PI and 1 as Co-PI), Cyber Florida, etc. (approximately $2.6 Million in total). His research interests include cloud computing/storage, AI/ML, health care, network science, big data, cybersecurity, etc. His work has led to a number of top journal/conference publications (e.g., IEEE/ACM TON, IEEE TMC, IEEE TPDS, NPJ Digital Medicine, IEEE TC, IEEE TSC, etc.). He has regularly served as a program chair, committee member, publicity chair, and session chair for a number of international conferences and workshops, such as IEEE/ACM CCGRID, ACM/IEEE IoTDI, IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICCCN, IEEE BigComp, PDCAT, IEEE WF-PST, IEEE ICFEC, IEEE CSCWD, ICDCIT, IEEE ICCCBDA, etc. He has served as an Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor for several journals. He has served on multiple U.S. NSF review panels and regularly review for leading journals and conferences (e.g., IEEE TMC, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TKDE, IEEE TSC, IEEE TVT, ACM CSUR, JPDC, ESWA, ACM TWEB, ACM TMIS, AAAI, etc.). He is a member of the IEEE, the ACM, the AAAI, and the DT4HS (Digital Twins for Health Society).

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I am looking for self-motivated students with research interests in any area of distributed computing (e.g., cloud computing/storage) and machine learning. If this opportunity interests you, reach out to me (jinwei.liu at famu.edu), providing your resume and any supplementary material that will help me gain insight into your academic background and research expertise.

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[04/2026] Congratulations to Sunday J. Awine! He has been awarded an NSF Student Travel Grant. Many thanks to NSF and IEEE ICC!

[02/2026] Congratulations to Kalab M. Kiros! He received the IBM Masters Fellowship award ($10,000) in 2026. Many thanks to IBM!

[04/2025] Our project was supported by National Telecommunications and Information Association / Connecting Minority Communities Building Digital Pathways to Prosperity Grant 12-09-C13055 ($5.35M). Many thanks to NTIA!

[08/2024] Our project was funded by NSF HBCU-UP program. Many thanks to NSF!

[08/2024] Our project was funded by NSF RCN-UBE program. Many thanks to NSF!

[02/2024] Our project was supported by FAMU Cyber Policy Institute funded through a $5 million grant from the Hewlett Foundation. Many thanks to FAMU Cyber Policy Institute and the Hewlett Foundation!

[01/2024] Congratulations to Sunday J. Awine! He received the Google Scholarship in 2024. Many thanks to GOOGLE LLC!

[09/2022] Our project was funded by Cyber Florida. Many thanks to Cyber Florida!

[11/2021] Our project was funded by FAMU Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP). Many thanks to FAMU!

[09/2020] Our project was funded by GOOGLE LLC. Many thanks to GOOGLE LLC!