Weitian Tong (童伟钿)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Georgia Southern University
IT 2305, Statesboro, GA 30458

Email: wtong.research at gmail.com or wtong at georgiasouthern.edu




Funding

2023 Spring-2024 Spring Transformation Grants ($5,515.81 USD) Affordable Learning Georgia
2023 Spring Faculty Development Award ($2,497.00 USD) Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University
2022 Summer PCEC Summer Research Grant ($26,038 USD) Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Computing, Georgia Southern University
2022 Spring-2023 Spring Transformation Grants ($16,076.5 USD) Affordable Learning Georgia
2021 Fall-2022 Fall Continuous Improvement Grants ($4,000 USD) Affordable Learning Georgia
2021 Fall Faculty Development Award ($1,999.98 USD) Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University
2021-2022 Microsoft AI for Earth Grants. ($15,000 USD)
2021 Fall – 2022 Winter Faculty Research Fellowship ($2,999 USD and one semester course release) Office of Research Development and Administration, Eastern Michigan University
2021 Summer Summer Research/ Creative Activity Award ($12,000 USD) Office of Research Development and Administration, Eastern Michigan University
2021 Winter – 2021 Fall James H. Brickley Endowment for Faculty Professional Development and Innovation Award ($4,693 USD) Office of Research Development and Administration, Eastern Michigan University
2020 Fall – 2021 Fall Dean’s Faculty Professional Development Award ($758.99 USD) College of Arts & Sciences, Eastern Michigan University
2020 Summer Summer Research/ Creative Activity Award ($12,000 USD) Office of Research Development and Administration, Eastern Michigan University
2020 Winter eFellows Grant ($2,497.00 USD) Faculty Development Center, Eastern Michigan University
2019-2020 GCP research credits program. ($5,000.00 USD) Google
2019-2020 Scholarly Pursuit Awards ($4,829.50 USD) Faculty Research Committee at Georgia Southern University
2019-2020 Professional Travel Award ($1,510.24 USD) Faculty Development Committee at Georgia Southern University
2019-2020 Textbook Transformation Grants ($10,800 USD) Affordable Learning Georgia
2019-2020 AWS Cloud Credits for Research program ($9,800 USD) Amazon
2018-2019 2018 Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Computing Faculty Research Seed Grant (CEC-FRSG) Award ($7,350 USD) CEC, Georgia Southern University
2018-2019 Development of Instruction Award ($1,199 USD) Faculty Development Committee at Georgia Southern University
2018-2019 Microsoft AI for Earth Grants. ($15,000 USD)
2018-2018 Faculty Service Award ($1,148.75 USD) Faculty Service Committee at Georgia Southern University
2017-2018 2017 Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Information Technology Faculty Research Seed Grant (CEIT-FRSG) Award ($8,000 USD) CEIT, Georgia Southern University
2017-2018 2017 Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Information Technology Faculty Research Seed Grant (CEIT-FRSG) Award ($8,000 USD) CEIT, Georgia Southern University
2017-2018 Microsoft Azure Research Award ($20,000 USD)
2016-2017 2016 Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Information Technology Faculty Research Seed Grant (CEIT-FRSG) Award ($10,000 USD) CEIT, Georgia Southern University
2016-2017 Professional Travel Award ($1,996.80 USD) Faculty Development Committee at Georgia Southern University
2016-2017 Biomedical Engineering Seed Grant ($20,000 USD) Georgia Southern University and Augusta University.

Selected Awards

2019     Culture of Research Excellence (CoRE) Faculty Fellowship ORDA, Eastern Michigan University
2019     Top 1% Reviewer in the Global Peer Review Awards Publons
2014     Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship ($31,500 CAD) Alberta Innovates Technology Futures
2014     Computing Science GPA Award ($1,000 CAD) Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
2013     PhD Early Achievement Award Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
2012     Graduate Student Teaching Awards Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta
2010     Excellent Graduate of Zhejiang University Ministry of Education of China
2009     The First Prize of National Teaching Bases Scholarship Ministry of Education of China
2008     National Scholarship Ministry of Education of China