Tao Gu
Distinguished Professor
IEEE Fellow
AAIA Fellow
AAIS Fellow
School of Computer Sicence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Address: Room 437, Building 3, SEIEE No. 800 Dongchuan Road Minhang District, Shanghai, China
Email: FirstName.LastName AT sjtu.edu.cn
Biography
I am currently a Distinguished Professor in the School of Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Science from National University of Singapore, M.Sc. in Computer Control and Automation from Nanyang Technological University, and B.Eng. in Automatic Control from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
My research spans a broad range of systems areas, including Internet of Things, mobile computing, ubiquitous computing, wireless networks, edge AI and embodied AI. In recent years, my work has increasingly centered on embodied intelligence and robotics—systems that seamlessly perceive, reason, and interact with the physical world.
We are hiring! Please see Hiring.
我们正在招募博士后、博士生、硕士生和科研实习生！详情请见招生信息.
Research Projects
Embodied AI
Multimodal Physical Intelligence, World & Action Models, Robotic Manipulation, Closed-loop Learning & Control.
[ICML'26] Yu Zhang, Xi Zhang, Hualin Zhou, Xinyuan Chen, Shang Gao, Hong Jia, Jianfei Yang, Yuankai Qi, and Tao Gu. XTransfer: Modality-Agnostic Few-Shot Model Transfer for Human Sensing at the Edge , in Proc. of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026), Seoul, South Korea, 6–11 July 2026.[ICML'26] Yufei Chen, Yao Wang, Haibin Zhang, Hualin Zhou, and Tao Gu. From Extraction to Deduction: Resolving Functional Misalignment in RAG via a Collaborative Critic-Reasoner Framework , in Proc. of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026), Seoul, South Korea, 6–11 July 2026.[ICLR'26] Yufei Chen, Yao Wang, Haibin Zhang, and Tao Gu. Fine-Grained Privacy Extraction from Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems by Exploiting Knowledge Asymmetry, in Proc. of of the Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-27, 2026.[MobiCom'24] Kai Huang, Xiangyu Yin, Tao Gu, and Wei Gao. Perceptual-Centric Image Super-Resolution using Heterogeneous Processors on Mobile Devices, in Proc. of the 30th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2024), Washington, D.C., USA, September 30–October 4, 2024.
Intelligent Sensing
New Sensors, Multi-modal Sensing, Sensor Fusion, and AI-powered Sensing Systems.
[MobiCom'25] Zehua Sun, Tao Ni, Pengfei Hu, Tao Gu, and Weitao Xu. SpaceSched: A Constellation-Wide Scheduling System for Resolving Ground Track Congestion in Remote Sensing, in Proc. of the 31st International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2025), Hong Kong, November 4–8, 2025.[UbiComp'24] Lei Wang, Xingwei Wang, Yu Zhang, Xiaolei Ma, Haipeng Dai, Yong Zhang, Zhijun Li, and Tao Gu. Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement Using Smartphone’s Built-in Accelerometer, the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2024.[MobiCom'23] Xi Zhang*, Yu Zhang*, Zhenguo Shi, and Tao Gu. mmFER: Millimetre-wave Radar based Facial Expression Recognition for Multimedia IoT Applications, in Proc. of the 29th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2023), Madrid, Spain, October 2-6, 2023. (* Equal Contribution)[MobiSys'23] Lei Wang, Tao Gu, Wei Li, Haipeng Dai, Yong Zhang, Dongxiao Yu, Chenren Xu, and Daqing Zhang. DFSense: Dual Forming based Multi-user Acoustic Sensing for Heartbeat Monitoring , in Proc. of the 21st ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys 2023), Helsinki, Finland, June 18-22, 2023.
Wireless Networks
Space-air-ground Integrated Networks, Integration of Sensing, Communication and Computing.
[JSAC'25] Jingbo Zhao, Zhaoming Lu, J. Andrew Zhang, Jiaxi Zhou, Weicai Li, and Tao Gu. Subspace-Based Super-Resolution Sensing for Bi-Static ISAC with Clock Asynchronism, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2025.[MobiCom'25] Ruonan Li, Ziyue Zhang, Xianjin Xia, Ningning Hou, Wenchang Chai, Shiming Yu, Yuanqing Zheng, and Tao Gu. From Interference Mitigation to Toleration: Pathway to Practical Spatial Reuse in LPWANs, in Proc. of the 31st International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2025), Hong Kong, Nov 2025.[MobiCom'24] Shiming Yu, Xianjin Xia, Ningning Hou, Yuanging Zheng, and Tao Gu. Revolutionizing Loa Gateway with XGate: Scalable Concurrent Transmission across Massive Logical Channels, in Proc. of the 30th International Conference On Mobile Computing And Networking (MobiCom 2024), Washington, D.C., USA, September 30 - October 4, 2024.[TWC'24] Jingbo Zhao, Zhaoming Lu, J. Andrew Zhang, Weicai Li, Yifeng Xiong, Zijun Han, Xiangming Wen, and Tao Gu. Performance Bounds for Passive Wireless Sensing in Asynchronous ISAC Systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, 2024.
Recent News
09/2026: Prof. Gu received the UbiComp 2026 10-Year Impact Award. Looking forward to seeing you at UbiComp 2026 in Shanghai this October!
08/2026: Prof. Gu joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a Distinguished Professor.
05/2026: We have two papers accepted at ICML 2026. Congratulations to Yu and Yufei!
01/2026: We have one paper accepted at ICLR 2026. Congratulations to Yao!
12/2025: We have one paper accepted at INFOCOM 2026. Congratulations to Gonglong.
11/2025: We have one paper accepted at AAAI 2026.
09/2025: Congratulations to Jingbo for his ISAC paper accepted by JSAC.
01/2025: We have two paper accepted at MobiCom 2025. Congratulations to Ruonan and Zehua!
11/2024: We secured an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project Grant with a total funding amount of AU$509,991.
09/2024: Prof Gu has been again listed in Stanford’s World Top 2% Scientists in Networking and Telecommunications and AI, published by Stanford University and Elsevier on 17 September 2024.
06/2024: Our ARC Research Hub in the Internet of Things for Water IH240100014 was successfully funded by Australian Research Council. The total investment is AU$10 million.
03/2024: The ARC Research Hub for Future Digital Manufacturing was funded by Australian Research Council. The total investment is AU$10.64 million.
02/2024: Prof Gu was invited to serve the Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
12/2023: Our Solving Plastic Waste Cooperative Research Centre bid is successfully funded by the Australian Federal Government. The total investment is AU$140.6 million.
11/2023: We have one paper accepted at MobiCom 2024. Congratulations to Shiming!
11/2023: Congratulations to Prof. Tao Gu received the 2023 Research Excellence Awards！
10/2023: Yu and Ningning will join Macquarie University as a Lecturer! Congratulations to both and well done!
03/2023: We have one paper accepted at MobiSys 2023. Congratulations to Lei!
02/2023: We have one paper accepted at IPSN 2023. Congratulations to Zehua!
01/2023: We have one paper accepted at MobiCom 2023. Congratulations to Yu and Xi!
12/2022: We have one paper accepted at INFOCOM 2023.
10/2022: We won the MobiCom 2022 Best Poster Award. Congratulations to Yao! The video can be accessed via here .
10/2022: We have one paper accepted at SenSys 2022. Congratulations to Zhenguo!
08/2022: We have one paper accepted at MobiCom 2022. Congratulations to Yao!
04/2022: We have succesfully secured a $1.7M fund from CSRIO.
Artificial Intelligence of Things for Resilient and Sustainable Smart Cities, funded by CSRIO under the Next Generations Graduates programs, Next Generation Emerging Technologies challenges, April 2022 - Oct 2025.
02/2022: We have one paper accepted at IPSN 2022. I was invited to serve the TPC of SenSys 2022.
12/2021: We have two papers accepted at INFOCOM 2022.
12/2021: Prof Gu will give a keynote speech at ADHOCNETS 2021 on 6 December 2021.
11/2021: It is the great pleasure to serve as a General Co-Chair of ACM MobiCom 2022 to be held in Sydney next year.
07/2021: We have two papers accepted by ACM/IEEE ToN. Congratulations to Yu and Xianjin!
07/2021: Congratulations to Yu Zhang for receiving the Research Achievement Award for outstanding research performance in 2020!
06/2021: We have two MobiCom 2021 papers accepted!
05/2021: Critical Supply Chain CRC Melbourne Workshop will be held on 25 May 2021.
04/2021: Critical Supply Chain CRC Sydney Workshop will be held on 7 May 2021.
03/2021: Critical Supply Chain CRC bid is now officially started.
12/2020: We have a paper accepted by INFOCOM 2021. Congratulations to Jiuwu!
11/2020: We have two papers accepted by ACM/IEEE ToN. Congratulations to Xianjin and Zhiwei!
09/2020: Several month’s lockdown in Melbourne can really drive people mad, but nothing could encourage people better than sharing good news. Congratulation to Yu for his SenSys 2020 paper! I believe this is the world-first on-device deep learning framework with both training and inference that is fully enabled on commercial smartphones.
06/2020: Prof Gu was invited to serve as the TPC Chair of IoTDI 2021.
05/2020: Prof Gu was appointed as an Editor of IMWUT.
02/2020: We have two papers accepted by IPSN 2020. Congratulations to Yu and Yuxiang!
12/2019: We have an INFOCOM 2020 paper accepted. Congratulations to Xianjin!
09/2019: We will have two PhD students and two visiting overseas students joining our team. Welcome!
07/2019: Our paper on Lora parallel decoding will appear in SenSys 2019. Congratulations to Xianjin!
04/2019: One paper is accepted by ACM/IEEE ToN. Congratulations to Xianjin!
01/2019: Our ARC DP grant application on decimetre-level indoor positioning which has a total funding amount of AUD280,000 is successful.
11/2018: Two papers are accepted by TMC.
10/2018: We have three papers in UbiComp 2018. Congratulations to Yu, Liang, and Tianben!
04/2018: We have a paper accepted by INFOCOM 2018. Congratulations to Zhiwei!
Hiring
Join Us | Embodied AI @ SJTU
I am recruiting postdocs, PhD students, Master’s students, and research interns to work on ambitious and foundational problems in Embodied AI.
We are particularly interested in researchers with strong backgrounds in machine learning, VLA/WAM, computer vision, Sim2Real, control theory, and robotics.
Our goal is to develop intelligent systems that can perceive, understand, reason about, and act in the physical world.
If you are passionate about fundamental research and want to pursue high-impact research at the intersection of AI and the physical world, I welcome you to join us at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Please send me your CV and a brief description of your research interests.
加入我们｜具身智能 @上海交通大学
现招募博士后、博士生、硕士生和科研实习生，共同探索具身智能领域具有挑战性的基础性科学问题。
你需要有一项或多项背景，包括机器学习、VLA/WAM、计算机视觉、Sim2Real、控制理论和机器人。
我们致力于发展能够在物理世界中感知、理解、推理并自主行动的智能系统。
如果你对人工智能与物理世界交叉领域的基础研究充满热情，并希望在上海交通大学开展具有国际影响力的研究，欢迎加入我们。
欢迎发送个人简历（CV）及简要的研究兴趣介绍。