Dr. Ping Ji is a Full Professor in Computer Science of the City University of New York’ John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center. She received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China, and earned her PhD in Computer Science, under the advisement of Distinguished Professors Jim Kurose and Don Towsley, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Currently, Dr. Ji also serves as the Executive Officer of the Computer Science PhD Program and the Director of the Data Science Master’s Program of CUNY Graduate Center. Throughout her 20+ years career at CUNY, Dr. Ji has pioneered many initiatives on both academic and administration sides. Dr. Ji is a founding faculty and a key contributor of John Jay College’s Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Master’s program, and the founding director of CUNY Graduate Center’s Master’s program in Data Science. Dr. Ji's research interests include Network Measurements and Data Analysis, Security Monitoring Strategies for Computer & Wireless Networks, Network Security, Mobile Networks, and Internet of Things (IoT). Her work have been published in well recognized professional journals and conference proceedings including IEEE/ACM Transaction on Networking (ToN), ACM SigComm, ACM SigKDD, Performance Evaluation, etc.. Dr. Ji is the recipient of over $3M research fundings and awards throughout her career . Her research are currently funded by the National Science Foundation and Google.