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General Information

Full Name Sijing Tu
Email sijingtu@stanford.edu
Website sijingtu.github.io
ORCID 0000-0002-5976-1993
Google Scholar l5CpWtIAAAAJ
Affiliation Stanford University, Management Science and Engineering

Education

  • 2025
    Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    Thesis: Models and Algorithms for Addressing Challenges in Online Social Networks
    • Advisor: Aristides Gionis
  • 2020
    M.Sc. in Machine Learning, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence
    Aalto University, Finland
  • 2015
    B.Eng. in Information Security
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Research Experience

  • Jun - Dec 2025
    Research Engineer
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    • Advisor: Aristides Gionis
  • Feb 2026 -
    Postdoc Researcher
    Stanford University, USA
    • Funded by The Wallenberg - Bienenstock Postdoctoral Fellowship Program; Advisor: Ashish Goel

Research Visits

  • june - july 2024
    University of Padova, Italy
    • Host: Leonardo Pellegrina
  • May - July 2022
    University of Ioannina, Greece
    • Host: Panayiotis Tsaparas

Presentations and Seminars

  • 2024
    80% Seminar at KTH
    • Title: Algorithmic Approaches to Online Social Network Challenges
    • Opponent: Ioana O. Bercea, KTH
  • 2024
    Seminar at University of Padova
    • Title: Algorithmic Approaches to Online Social Network Challenges
  • 2023
    KDD, conference presentation
    • Title: Adversaries with Limited Information in the Friedkin-Johnsen Model
  • 2022
    The Web Conference, conference presentation (virtual event)
    • Title: A Viral Marketing-Based Model For Opinion Dynamics in Online Social Networks
  • 2022
    50% Seminar at KTH
    • Title: Combating Bias and Polarization in Social Networks
    • Opponent: Tijl De Bie, Ghent University
  • 2021
    Data Science Seminar at KTH
    • Title: Co-exposure Maximization in Online Social Networks
  • 2020
    NeurIPS, conference poster session (virtual event)
    • Title: Co-exposure Maximization in Online Social Networks

Program Committees

  • 2025
    • Webconf'26
  • 2024
    • KDD'24
    • ACML'24
    • SDM'25
  • 2023
    • KDD'23
    • SDM'24

Journal and Conference Reviewer

  • 2026
    • IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems
  • 2025
    • Transactions on the Web
    • Network Science
    • SODA'25 (subreviewer)
    • IEEE Transactions on Networking
    • Frontiers of Computer Science
  • 2023
    • Online Social Networks and Media
  • 2022
    • ICDM (subreviewer)
  • 2021
    • WSDM (subreviewer)
    • The Webconf (subreviewer)

Other Research Activities

  • 2024
    Aarhus Summer School on Learning Theory, Aarhus University
  • 2023
    ECMLPKDD'23, PhD Forum, Torino
    • September 18-22
    • Poster: Adversaries with Limited Information in the Friedkin-Johnsen Model
  • 2023
    23rd Max Planck Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science, Saarbrucken
  • 2022
    Swedish Summer School in Computer Science, KTH
    • June 26-July 2
    • Topics: The Method of Moments in Computer Science and Beyond (Ankur Moitra); Polyhedral Techniques in Combinatorial Optimization (Ola Svensson)
    • Website: s3cs.eecs.kth.se

Teaching Assistant

  • 2022 - 2024
    Machine Learning, Advanced Course
    KTH (master's level)
    • Responsibilities included proposing new problems, conducting Q&A sessions, and grading assignments and project reports.
    • Teaching commitment: 80-120 academic hours.
  • 2021 - 2023
    Advanced Algorithms
    KTH (master's level)
    • Responsibilities included holding exercise sessions, grading assignments, and evaluating project reports.
    • Teaching commitment: 80-120 academic hours.
  • 2021 - 2022
    Algorithms and Complexity
    KTH (master's level)
    • Responsibilities included holding exercise sessions and grading assignments.
    • Teaching commitment: 80 academic hours.