Yu Wang

Professor and Chair, FIEEE, DMACM
Wireless Networking and Sensing Lab (Wang Lab)
and Center for Networked Computing
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Temple University

Science Education and Research Center (SERC) 304A
1925 N. 12th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
+1-215-204-4187 (office)
wangyu at temple dot edu
Office Hour: Summer by email appointment only

Brief CV / Short Bio / Academic Ancestors

"There is nothing more practical than a good theory" - Kurt Lewin (1952)

News

Research

• Research Interests: Wireless Networks, Smart Sensing, Distributed Computing, Security and Privacy
• Publications: check Google Scholar Profile and DBLP
• Current Students:
  • Jiyao Liu, Ph.D. Student
  • Xuanzhang Liu, Ph.D. Student
• Graduated PhD Students:
  • Cheng Bo, now at Google.
  • Siyuan Chen, now at California DOJ.
  • Minsu Huang, now at Uber.
  • Fan Li, now Full Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology.
  • Hanshang Li, now at Meta.
  • Ting Li, now Assistant Professor at Emory University.
  • A B M Mohaimenur (Bivor) Rahman, now Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte
  • Xinliang (Bruce) Wei, now Assistant Professor at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Ying Zhu, now at Google.
• We are grateful for funding from:
  • National Science Foundation
  • Department of Transportation
  • Microsoft
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Teaching

• CIS 3223 Data Structures and Algorithms, Spring 2021
• CIS 3319 Wireless Network and Security, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
• CIS 5639 Wireless Network and Communication, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024
• CIS 5637 Network and Information Security, Spring 2023

Service

• Editor: IEEE TCC (2021-), IEEE TPDS (2013-2016), IJAHUC (2006-2017), IJDSN (2013-2016), KSII TIIS (2012-2016), TST (2012-), BDMA (2017-), etc.
• Conference Organizer:
  • General Co-Chair, IEEE IPCCC 2025, IEEE MASS 2025, SOFC 2024, WICN 2024, BigCom 2021, IEEE IPCCC 2019, CASPer 2019, BigCom 2016;
  • Program Co-Chair, IEEE IPCCC 2024, IEEE MASS 2023, WICN 2023, IEEE CPSCom 2016, BigCom 2015, IEEE IPCCC 2011;
  • Track Co-Chair, ICCCN 2018;
  • EDAS Chair, ACM MobiHoc 2014;
  • Finance Chair, ACM Mobihoc 2023/2012, etc.
• Conference TPC: IEEE InfoCom 2008-25, ACM MobiHoc 2014, WWW 2018, IEEE ICDCS 2015, IEEE IPDPS 2016/2020, IEEE ICC 2019-23/25, etc.
• Reviewer/Panelist: US NSF, US NASA, US DOE, NSERC (Canada), RGC (Hong Kong), SNSF (Switzerland), CONICYT (Chile), AAAS, etc.
• Society:
  • Chair, IEEE ComSoc Charlotte Chapter (2012-14,18-19),
  • Member, IEEE CS Fellows Evaluation Committee (2019, 2020), etc.
• CIS PhD Program:
  • Program Requirements and Milestones (before Fall 2023) (QE form)
  • Program Requirements and Milestones (since Fall 2023) (QE form)

Award

• IEEE Benjamin Franklin Key Award (2024)
  
• ACM Distinguished Member (2020)
  
• Fellow of IEEE (2018)
  
• Best Paper Award: IEEE VTS Best Magazine Paper (2024), Tsinghua Science of Technology (2015), IEEE IPCCC (2013), IEEE MASS (2013), IEEE HICSS-35 (2002)
• Best Paper RunnerUp Award / Best Paper Candidate: IEEE DSC (2019), IEEE MASS (2011)
• Best Poster Award: ACM Mobicom (2016)
• Outstanding Faculty Research Award (2008) & Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award (2012), College of Computing and Informatics at UNC Charlotte
• Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (2006)

Misc.

• Research: CISE/Research.gov, CRA, IEEEXplore, ACMDL, SCI, EDAS, CCF Ranking, CORE Ranking, CS Ranking, Research.com, LaTexSyb, Dict, You & Your Research (Richard Hamming), PhD Research: Elements of Excellence (Ness Shroff), Mathematical Writing (Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts), The Science of Scientific Writing (George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan), The Elements of Style (Strunk and White)
• Temple: Schedule, Zoom, TUportal, Canvas