Professor Yang Xiao
Department of Computer Science
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0290 USA
Dr. Yang Xiao worked in industry as a MAC (Medium Access Control) architect involving the IEEE 802.11 standard enhancement work before he joined academia. Dr. Xiao currently is a 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. His research areas are security and communications/networks. He has published more than 200 refereed journal papers and over 200 refereed conference papers and book chapters related to these research areas. 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 had directed 8 doctoral dissertations in the past and is currently supervising 7 Ph.D. students/candidates in computer security and networking areas. Dr. Xiao also supervised 19 M.S. graduates in the past.
College of Information and Communications
Harbin Engineering University
Harbin，China
Wang Tong, Ph.D., Professor of Harbin Engineering University, winner of the Special Award of the Governor of Heilongjiang Province, Young Reserve Talent of Harbin City, expert of IMT-2020(5G) Promotion Group of Vehicle Networking (C_V2X) working Group of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Standing Committee of Collaborative Computing Committee of China Computer Society, Executive Committee of Internet of Things Special Committee, Executive Committee of Intelligent Vehicle Branch, Special Committee of Vehicle Networking of China Communications Society, deputy Chairman of Heilongjiang Provincial Internet of Things Special Committee, deputy director of Heilongjiang Big Data Industry Association, director of Harbin Aeronautical Society. His main research interest is intelligent information processing in wireless networks. As the first/corresponding author, he has published more than 100 papers in T-ITS, T-SMC:S, IEEE ITS Magazine, TRPC100 and other journal conferences. More than 20 national invention patents and 2 international patents were authorized. Presided over more than 10 national/defense projects such as JKW and ZF, and won 5 provincial and ministerial awards.