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Yong Wang

Yong Wang

Yong Wang

Professor/Associate Dean Beacom Graduate Programs/Coordinator MS Cyber Defense

Department

The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences

Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
M.Eng., Wuhan University, China
B.S., Computer Science, Wuhan University (1995)

Biography

Dr. Wang is a professor in the Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007. Before joining DSU in 2012, he spent ten years in the telecommunications industry as a senior software engineer and team leader. His research focuses on security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, cyberinfrastructure, and machine learning and artificial intelligence. Since joining DSU, Dr. Wang has been involved in 12 successful proposals (11 as PI and one as Co-PI), securing over $2.5 million in research funding. He has published peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals and conferences, including IEEE Computer, IEEE Access, IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, and IEEE Cloud. In 2015, he received the Merrill Hunter Award for Excellence in Research from Dakota State University. Dr. Wang also serves as a program reviewer and team chair for the ABET Computing Accreditation Commission.

Contact

Office Location: East Hall
Phone: (605) 256-5838
Email
Website

Dr. Wang teaches computer science and cybersecurity courses, including Operating Systems & Parallel Programming, Theory of Computation, Mobile Communication and Advanced Network Security, Cryptography and Network Security, Wireless Security, Collaborative Cybersecurity Research, Seminar: research, and various special topics classes.

Dr. Wang's research focuses on security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, cyberinfrastructure, and machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Wang received the Merrill Hunter Award for Excellence in Research in 2015.

Dr. Wang is a Senior Member of IEEE. He also serves as a program reviewer and team chair for the ABET Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC).

Since joining DSU, Dr. Wang has been involved in 12 successful proposals (11 as PI and one as Co-PI), securing over $2.5 million in research funding.

Dr. Wang has published peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals and conferences, including IEEE Computer, IEEE Access, IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, and IEEE Cloud.

His publications can be found on Google Scholar