Stephen Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science · School of Computing and Information · University of Pittsburgh
Quick answer: Stephen Lee is Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at University of Pittsburgh. Stephen Lee shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ 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.
Research interests
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.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2025] Two papers accepted in IEEE BigData 2025
[2025] Our WinLeak dataset paper was accepted in Buildsys 2025
[2025] Our paper won the Best Paper Award in IEEE TPS 2024
[2024] The Greenwhisk code is available on github
[2024] Received MCSI seed grant to improve sustainability in Pitt buildings
[2024] Our team was awarded to establish the Cyber Energy Center by Department of Energy
[2023] NSF Grant Awarded on designing sustainable distributed insfrastructures
[2023] Our team was one of the finalists in the Pitt Sustainability Challenge
[2023] Our paper sat2pc received the Best Paper Runnerup Awarded in ICCPS 2023
[2023] Received the Pitt Momentum grant awarded
Frequently asked questions
Is Stephen Lee hiring PhD students at University of Pittsburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Stephen Lee's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: 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..
What does Stephen Lee research?
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 suppo
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