Add 1 faculty from Southeast University

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Summary

Adding 1 faculty entries from Southeast University.

Submitted by @XiaoboLu2026 via CSRankings batch submission form.

Closes #12522

Entries

1. Xiaobo Lu

CSV Lines

Xiaobo Lu,Southeast University,https://automation.seu.edu.cn/lxb/list.htm,NOSCHOLARPAGE,0000-0002-7707-7538

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📝 Submitter Notes (from issue #12522)

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Submitted via CSRankings batch submission form

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ℹ️ PR created by bot: @github-actions[bot]
ℹ️ PR title is descriptive: 'Add 1 faculty from Southeast University'
ℹ️ All checklist items are checked.

1. Validating Xiaobo Lu
2. ℹ️ Checking homepage: https://automation.seu.edu.cn/lxb/list.htm
3. ⚠️ Exact match of name (Xiaobo Lu) not found on home page (https://automation.seu.edu.cn/lxb/list.htm).
4. ⚠️ Affiliation (Southeast University) not found on home page.
5. ⚠️ No fuzzy match for Southeast University found on home page.
6. ℹ️ Southeast University is on the list of known institutions (institutions.csv).
7. ℹ️ Entry in the correct file.
8. ℹ️ Google Scholar ID (NOSCHOLARPAGE) passed validity checks.
9. ⚠️ Name (Xiaobo Lu) not found on given Google Scholar page (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NOSCHOLARPAGE).
10. ℹ️ ORCID (0000-0002-7707-7538) has valid format.
    ℹ️ All new entries are for a single institution: Southeast University

The analysis below was generated by AI and may not be accurate:

1. ❌ Update for Xiaobo Lu (Xiaobo Lu) is invalid: Xiaobo Lu is listed as affiliated with the School of Automation at Southeast University. The homepage (https://automation.seu.edu.cn/lxb/list.htm) confirms this affiliation. The School of Automation is not the Computer Science department, and there is no evidence on the homepage or university site that Xiaobo Lu has a cross-appointment in Computer Science or can solely advise PhD students for a degree in Computer Science. Southeast University has a separate School of Computer Science and Engineering. Therefore, this addition does not meet the CSrankings inclusion criteria.

❌ At least one validity check failed.

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Please address the failed validity checks above.

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Validation Assessment: Xiaobo Lu (Southeast University)

Likelihood of validity: 15%

Analysis

Criterion	Status	Notes
Full-time, tenure-track research faculty	⚠️ UNCLEAR	Homepage is at automation.seu.edu.cn but page content could not be verified
Can solely advise CS PhD students	❌ FAIL	Faculty is in School of Automation, which is separate from CS at Southeast University
>=75% time appointment	⚠️ UNCLEAR	No evidence of industry split
In a CS department	❌ FAIL	Homepage URL automation.seu.edu.cn/lxb/list.htm clearly indicates School of Automation, not School of Computer Science (cs.seu.edu.cn)

Data Verification

• DBLP name: Xiaobo Lu found at https://dblp.org/pid/93/8545.html with publications in CV/ML venues, but no disambiguation suffix required
• Google Scholar: NOSCHOLARPAGE provided — cannot verify
• Homepage: https://automation.seu.edu.cn/lxb/list.htm — URL indicates School of Automation (自动化学院)
• ORCID: 0000-0002-7707-7538 — provided but profile details could not be verified

Key Disqualifying Factor

Per VALIDATION.md, faculty in Automation departments are explicitly flagged as a common failure mode:

Pattern	Example Institution	Actual Department	Why Ineligible
Automation dept	SJTU	Automation	No CS cross-appointment; advises Automation PhD students

Southeast University has a distinct School of Computer Science and Engineering (cs.seu.edu.cn / cse.seu.edu.cn), and all 30+ existing Southeast University faculty in CSRankings have homepages there or at affiliated labs (palm.seu.edu.cn, cyber.seu.edu.cn). The School of Automation is a separate organizational unit that grants Automation/Control PhD degrees, not Computer Science degrees.

Conclusion

This addition should be rejected. Xiaobo Lu appears to be faculty in Southeast University's School of Automation, not the School of Computer Science. There is no evidence of a CS cross-appointment or ability to solely advise PhD students for a degree in Computer Science. The automated CI validation already flagged this same issue. If the submitter believes they have a qualifying cross-appointment in CS, they should provide documentation of that appointment.

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Automated validation analysis based on VALIDATION.md criteria