Stephen Lee

BIO

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I was advised by Prof. Prashant Shenoy. Before joining UMass, I was a research associate at Tata Research Development and Design Center. I completed my Masters from Chennai Mathematical Institute and my Bachelors from St. Stephens College, Delhi.

My research interests lie broadly in the area of distributed systems and cyber-physical systems (CPS), with an emphasis on sustainability and security. My current research explores distributed systems and built-environment sustainability, AI and large language models safety, and approaches for supporting resilient, healthy built systems.

INFO

Affiliate Scholar: Pitt Cyber

Office: 6113 SENSQ
Department of CS

stephen.lee<@>pitt.edu
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CV

I am actively looking for self-motivated and talented students to join my research group. Please email me with your CV or drop by my office.

News

  • Nov, 2025. Two papers accepted in IEEE BigData 2025
  • Nov, 2025. Serving as a PC member for Percom 2026, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • Nov, 2025. Serving as a PC member for NetCompute 2026, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • Oct, 2025. Our WinLeak dataset paper was accepted in Buildsys 2025
  • Sep, 2025. Serving as a PC member for eEnergy 2026, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • May, 2025. Serving on the PC for SEC 2025
  • Jan, 2025. Our paper won the Best Paper Award in IEEE TPS 2024
  • Oct, 2024 The Greenwhisk code is available on github
  • May, 2024 Received MCSI seed grant to improve sustainability in Pitt buildings Learn more
  • Mar, 2024 Our team was awarded to establish the Cyber Energy Center by Department of Energy. Learn more
  • Oct, 2023 NSF Grant Awarded on designing sustainable distributed insfrastructures
  • Sep, 2023 Our team was one of the finalists in the Pitt Sustainability Challenge.
  • Sep, 2023 Serving as a PC member for e-Energy 2024, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • Aug, 2023 Serving as a PC member for Percom 2024, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • Aug, 2023 Serving as a PC member for Infocom 2024, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • Aug, 2023 Serving as a PC member for ICPADS 2024, please consider submitting your best paper.
  • May, 2023 Our paper sat2pc received the Best Paper Runnerup Awarded in ICCPS 2023. A
  • Feb, 2023 Received the Pitt Momentum grant awarded

Teaching

Last updated: Nov, 2023