- Knez Faculty Fellow, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA USA | 2018
- Best Paper Award in the International Workshop on Urban Computing (UrbComp 2013), Chicago, IL USA | 2013. (with Fiore, G., Yang, Y., Ferreira, J., Frazzoli, E., and Gonzalez, M.)
- Outstanding Contribution to the Intellectual Life of the Department, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2012
- Graduate Student Life Grants, Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, MIT, Cambridge, MA USA | 2012
- Presidential Fellowship, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2009 - 2010
- David C. Lincoln Fellowship in Land Value Taxation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA USA (with Zegras, C.) | 2008
- Chyn-Duog Shiah Memorial Fellowship, MIT, Cambridge, MA USA | 2006 - 2007
- Outstanding Graduate Award at Peking University, Beijing, China | 2006
- Second Prize in the National College Students Social Investigation Competition, China (with Song, N., & Hu, Y.) | 2005
- Peking University—York University International Student Mobility Award, Toronto, ON Canada | 2005
- Chun-Tsung Scholar, entitled by Nobel Laureate Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee, Beijing, China | 2004
- Chun-Tsung Undergraduate Research Endowment, Beijing, China | 2003 - 2004
- Orient Overseas Container Line Scholarship; Excellent Student Award; May Fourth Scholarship; Dean's Award for Academic Excellence; Peking University, Beijing, China | 2002-2004