Intelligent Sensing · Trajectory Analytics · Marine Data Science

Feng Hong

Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at Ocean University of China, working at the intersection of intelligent sensing, trajectory data mining, and marine information systems.

  • AffiliationFaculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China
  • Emailhongfeng at ouc dot edu dot cn
  • OfficeRoom A511, South Information Building, 1299 Sansha Road, Qingdao

About

Biography

Feng Hong is a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at Ocean University of China. His research interests include intelligent sensing, trajectory data mining, and marine data analytics. He has served as principal investigator on multiple projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and has also contributed to major national research initiatives, including the National Key R&D Program, the 973 Program, and the 863 Program.

He has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications in leading journals and conferences, including ACM Computing Surveys, Ocean Engineering, UbiComp, CHI, INFOCOM, SenSys, IJCAI, EWSA, and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

100+ Publications
10+ National-level projects
4 Standards
5 Selected patents

Experience

Education and Appointments

Education and Visiting Experience

  • 2001/09 - 2006/06Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ph.D. in Computer Application Technology
  • 1996/09 - 2000/06Ocean University of China B.S. in Computer Science and Technology
  • 2017/09 - 2017/11TU Dresden Visiting scholar
  • 2016/07 - 2016/08University of California, Los Angeles Visiting scholar
  • 2010/09 - 2010/11Technical University of Munich Visiting scholar

Appointments

  • 2016/07 - PresentOcean University of China Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor
  • 2000/09 - 2001/08Ocean University of China Administrative staff member

Projects

Selected Research Projects

  • 2024/12 - 2027/11, National Key R&D Program of China, subproject on dynamic interconnection and intelligent management of multi-domain and multi-layer resources, co-investigator (ranked 2nd)
  • 2020/01 - 2023/12, NSFC General Program, big-data-driven prediction of marine fishing effort distribution based on vessel monitoring systems, principal investigator
  • 2017/01 - 2020/06, Open Fund of the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, modeling and application of spatiotemporal fishery resource evolution using vessel trajectories and remote sensing data, co-investigator (ranked 2nd)
  • 2014/01 - 2017/12, NSFC General Program, theories and algorithms for time synchronization in underwater sensor networks based on mobile modeling, principal investigator
  • 2010/01 - 2013/12, NSFC Key Program on delay-tolerant mobile networking, major participant
  • 2010/01 - 2012/12, Qingdao Science and Technology Development Program, communication equipment for networking underwater observation instruments, principal investigator
  • 2008/01 - 2010/12, NSFC Young Scientists Fund, incentive mechanisms for topology-adaptive peer-to-peer networks based on reputation strategies, principal investigator
  • 2007/09 - 2010/12, 973 Program subproject "Ocean Sensor Monitoring Network (OceanSense)," major participant
  • 2007/01 - 2008/12, 863 Program project on grid-based marine environmental data sharing and information services, major participant
  • 2006/11 - 2008/11, 863 Program project on key technologies for underwater sensor networking protocols, major participant
  • 2004/01 - 2006/06, NSFC Key Program on peer computing and wide-area virtual platforms, major participant

Teaching

Teaching

Graduate Course

Advanced Computer Architecture

Course page

Publications

Publications

Recent work has appeared in ACM Computing Surveys, UbiComp, CHI, INFOCOM, SenSys, IJCAI, EWSA, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, and Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.

For a complete and up-to-date publication list, please visit the academic profile pages below.

Standards & Honors

Standards, Patents, and Honors

Standards

  • IEEE 1851-2012, IEEE Standard for Design Criteria of Integrated Sensor-Based Test Applications for Household Appliances
  • IEEE 2402-2017, IEEE Standard for Design Criteria of Complex Virtual Instruments for Ocean Observation
  • IEEE 2735-2022, IEEE Standard for Interoperability of Complex Virtual Instruments for Internet of Things
  • IEEE 1851-2023, IEEE Standard for Design Criteria of Integrated Sensor-Based Test Applications for Household Appliances
  • GB/T 33137-2016, specification for software integration interfaces in sensor-based product testing

Patents

  • Method for upsampling historical fishing-vessel trajectory datasets by fusing hydrological data, China, CN202311381996.0, 2023
  • Method for short-term prediction of fishing effort distribution based on fishing chronology, China, CN202110627654.7, 2021
  • Method for oral positioning of electric toothbrushes based on reverse headphone signals, China, CN202310067555.7, 2023
  • Method for smartphone usage-context recognition based on touch-behavior sequences, China, CN202010938901.0, 2020
  • Method for user identification and counting by reusing cellular base-station signals, China, ZL 2020 1 0598922.2, 2020
  • Method for indoor pedestrian localization and tracking based on smartphones, China, CN201410438351.0, 2017 (transferred)
  • Identity-authentication method for handheld devices based on embedded tri-axial accelerometers, China, CN201510153477.8, 2015

Honors

  • First Prize, Shandong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, for an innovative IoT talent-development model enabled by a self-developed operating system and AI, 2025
  • Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, for Zhongning Zhao's dissertation on predicting marine fishing effort distribution from vessel monitoring system data, 2025
  • First Prize, Shandong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, for an internationally oriented and practice-integrated IoT talent-development framework, 2022
  • First Prize, Shandong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, for interdisciplinary computer education driven by major marine applications, 2022

Highlights

Selected Research Highlights

Tooth brushing assistance system

Tooth-Level Brushing Assistance

An earphone-based reverse acoustic propagation approach for fine-grained brushing guidance at the tooth level.

Demo video
Phone context recognition

Phone Usage Context Recognition

Inferring user context from touch-behavior patterns on smartphones.

Demo video
Handheld device authentication

Handheld Device Authentication

Identity authentication through natural interaction patterns captured by embedded tri-axial accelerometers.

Scenario video
Cellular sensing

Cellular Signal Reuse Sensing

Person detection, counting, and activity sensing through opportunistic reuse of cellular base-station signals.

People counting demo
OceanSense system

OceanSense Deployment

Field deployment and operational validation of a marine IoT sensing platform.

Deployment video
Fishing vessel relationship discovery

FVRD

A fishing-vessel relationship discovery framework built from interaction patterns in vessel trajectories.

Paper
HiTrip interpolation

HiTrip

A deep-learning approach to historical trajectory interpolation for trawlers using multi-source marine data.

Paper
HyFish prediction

HyFish

Fishing-effort distribution prediction through hydrological factor fusion.

Frontiers of Marine Science
Sea surface temperature prediction

Large-Scale SST Prediction

High-accuracy sea-surface temperature prediction in the Indian Ocean using temporal convolutional networks.

Paper

Recruitment

Prospective Students

Applications are welcome from students interested in intelligent sensing, trajectory analytics, and marine data science.

  • A strong interest in intelligent sensing or trajectory data mining
  • Solid preparation in mathematics and a clear interest in research
  • Background in signal processing, communications, statistics, machine learning, or related areas
  • Hands-on experience with Android, Python, or Matlab is especially welcome

For inquiries, please email hongfeng at ouc dot edu dot cn. Messages are typically answered within 24 hours.

Students

Students and Group Life

Graduate and Current Students

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