I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Singapore Management University, where I lead the Sensing Intelligence & System Lab (SISL). I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I recently joined SMU after five memorable years at SJTU.
In today's rapidly changing technology landscape, we are poised to land on Mars and build intelligence that can surpass us. Yet our technologies still fall short in understanding ourselves and the world — sometimes even our step counter is not accurate. Bridging this gap is the pressing challenge that drives my works.
At SISL, we believe future sensing technologies should rest on three key pillars — multimodality, security, and interactivity. If you share the passion for this vision, drop me an email and check out our latest demos here.
Multimodality
The world is enriched by a variety of signals. We explore magnetic fields and beyond as new media for tasks that were not possible before.
MagX · MAGIC · MagDot · METRO · MagLens · Polaris
Security
With richer sensing capabilities come new attack surfaces. We believe that with great power comes greater responsibility.
DualStrike · VeFi · LibreCAN
Interactivity
We build systems people directly interact with, so we can augment human activity and bring sensing into the loop of daily life.
MagDesk · μTouch · MagX · MagDelta
dychen@smu.edu.cn
Latest Publications (complete list)
(Underlined authors are my direct advisees, '*' denotes co-primary authors)
Recent News
- Jul. 2026I have joined the School of Computing and Information Systems at SMU as an Assistant Professor, after five wonderful years at SJTU. I am deeply grateful for all the support from my colleagues and students there. Excited for the next chapter!
- Feb. 2026MagLens accepted by SenSys 2026! Congrats to Jike and the team!
- Jan. 2026microTouch accepted by PerCom 2026! Congrats to Siyuan and the team!
- Oct. 2025DualStrike accepted by NDSS 2026! First demonstration of vulnerability in magnetic sensing platforms. Congrats to Xiaomeng and the team!
- Jun. 2025Serving as Student Travel Grant co-chair for MobiCom 2025, apply here.
- Apr. 2025BRIDGE accepted by MobiCom 2025.
- Nov. 2024MagDesk accepted by UbiComp 2025! Check out our demo. Kunpeng will debut MagDesk in Finland!
- Sept. 2024Serving in the TPC for MobiCom 2025. Please consider submitting your best work!
- Aug. 2024Presented "Enabling Magnetoreception for Cyber-Physical Systems" at NUS, NTU, and SMU!
- Jun. 2024Polaris accepted by MobiCom 2024! Watch our demo.
- Dec. 2023MagDot accepted by UbiComp 2024! World's first drift-free, low-cost joint angle sensing platform!
- Oct. 2023METRO accepted by SenSys 2023. First paper by my student Jike — magnetic sensing for safer roads!
- Sept. 2023Serving in the TPC for MobiCom 2024.
- Mar. 2023VeFi received the Best Paper Award at VehicleSec 2023!
Advisees
I am fortunate to work with these talented individuals at SISL Lab. Their motivation and curiosity in exploring the unknown are the eternal driving forces behind our team.
Alumni
