His research interests are driven by problems that arise in information theory, and related areas such as communication and machine learning. He received the B.Sc. (in mathematics) and M.Eng. (in signal and information processing) from Peking University, and the Ph.D. (in information engineering) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2006, 2009, and 2012, respectively. After a period of postdoctoral study at CUHK, Dr. Geng joined ShanghaiTech University in 2014.