Prof. Yang Xiao,
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Dr. Yang Xiao currently is a full professor of Department of Computer Science at The University of Alabama. He was a voting member of IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004. He served/serves as a panelist for the US National Science Foundation (NSF), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)'s Telecommunications expert committee, and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), as well as a referee/reviewer for many national and international funding agencies. His research areas are security and communications/networks. He has published more than 200 SCI-indexed journal papers (including 50 IEEE/ACM transactions papers) and over 200 EI-indexed refereed conference papers and book chapters related to these research areas. Dr. Xiao’s research has been supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Army Research, The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), Fleet Industrial Supply Center-San Diego (FISCSD), FIATECH, and The University of Alabama's Research Grants Committee. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN) and International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet) (SCI-index). Dr. Xiao delivered 15 keynote speeches for international conferences and gave more than 60 invited talks at different international institutes. Dr. Xiao had directed 9 doctoral dissertations in the past and is currently supervising 9 Ph.D. students/candidates in computer security and networking areas. Dr. Xiao also supervised 19 M.S. graduates in the past.