Jian Pei

About

Data science, data mining, databases, information retrieval, computational statistics, applied machine learning and AI.

Education

• Ph.D. Simon Fraser University, 2002
• Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
• Professor of Computer Science
• Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
• Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Selected publications

• Zhang M, Yang Y, Xie R, Dhingra B, Zhou S, Pei J. Generalizability of Large Language Model-Based Agents: A Comprehensive Survey. ACM Computing Surveys. 2026 Jul 31;58(10):1u201344.
• Wang Z, Wang P, Liu K, Fu Y, Lu CT, Aggarwal CC, et al. A Comprehensive Survey on Data Augmentation. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 2026 Jan 1;38(1):47u201366.
• Alwakeel M, Buck E, Martin JG, Aslam I, Rajagopal S, Pei J, et al. Evaluating Large Language Models for Automated Clinical Abstraction in Pulmonary Embolism Registries: Performance Across Model Sizes, Versions, and Parameters. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2026. p. 206u201315.
• Wang H, Cao J, Pei J. Representation Learning of Dynamic Networks. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 2026 Jan 1;
• Zhou C, Li Q, Li C, Yu J, Liu Y, Wang G, et al. A comprehensive survey on pretrained foundation models: a history from BERT to ChatGPT. International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 2025 Dec 1;16(12):9851u2013915.
• Ling C, Zhao X, Lu J, Deng C, Zheng C, Wang J, et al. Domain Specialization as the Key to Make Large Language Models Disruptive: A Comprehensive Survey. ACM Computing Surveys. 2025 Oct 6;58(3).
• Han H, Wang F, Luo C, Liu H, Huang J, Li Z, et al. The 2nd Workshop on Large Language Models for E-Commerce. In: Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. 2025. p. 6278u20139.
• Fu Y, Liu K, Wang D, Zhang X, Osman K, Aggarwal C, et al. AI4DE: The 1st International Workshop on AI for Data Editing. In: Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. 2025. p. 6274u20135.
• Wang F, Lin M, Ma Y, Liu H, He Q, Tang X, et al. A Survey on Small Language Models in the Era of Large Language Models: Architecture, Capabilities, and Trustworthiness. In: Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. 2025. p. 6173u201383.
• Pei J, Yu X. Data and AI Markets in a Nutshell. In: Www Companion 2025 Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2025. 2025. p. 41u20134.