Jilong Kuang

Jilong Kuang

Jilong Kuang is a Director, Research & Engineering at Samsung Research America, where he leads the Digital Health team.4 He has over 10 years of experience at Samsung Research America, starting as a Senior Research Engineer in 2011 and progressing to his current role.24

Education and Background

• Received a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 200624
• Earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside in 2011, where he worked under the supervision of Dr. Laxmi Bhuyan23
• Completed a summer internship at Huawei in 20104

Research Interests and Expertise

Jilong's research interests span various areas, including23:

• Digital Health: HIPAA-compliant cloud platforms, mobile/wearable sensing for health biomarkers, digital therapeutics, and healthcare digitalization
• Cloud Computing and Big Data: Scalable and secure cloud applications, big data storage and processing using Hadoop/MapReduce and Spark
• Distributed Database: Time-series data platforms, adaptive indexing, in-store stream processing, real-time query engines, and database system modeling

At Samsung Research America, he leads the Digital Health team, focusing on developing cutting-edge solutions for digital health.45 His work involves extracting meaningful biometrics from bio-sensors using clinically explainable AI/ML, enabling fast launching of clinical trials and research studies with HIPAA-compliant platforms, and developing healthcare solutions integrated into workflows.5

Jilong has published numerous papers in prestigious conferences and journals.12 He holds several patents related to his research work.2