Yang Xiao (Fellow, IEEE) received the
B.S. and M.S. degrees in computational mathematics from Jilin University,
Changchun, China, in 1989 and 1991, respectively, and the M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in computer science and engineering from Wright State University,
Dayton, OH, USA, in 2000 and
2001, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of
Computer Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. He had
directed 20 doctoral dissertations and supervised 19 M.S. theses/projects.
He has published over 300 Science Citation Index (SCI)-indexed journal
papers (including over 60 IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS) and 300 Engineering Index (EI)-indexed
refereed conference papers and book chapters related to these research
areas. His current research interests include cyber–physical systems, the
Internet of Things, security, wireless networks, smart grid, and
telemedicine.
Prof. Xiao was a Voting Member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to
2004, involving the IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standardization work. He is an IEEE
Fellow, an IET Fellow, and an AAIA Fellow. He has served as a Guest Editor over 30 times
for different international journals, including the IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications (JSAC) in 2022, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
NETWORK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING in 2021, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GREEN
COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING in 2021, IEEE Network in 2007, IEEE WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS in 2006 and 2021, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine in
2021, and Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) (ACM/Springer) in 2008.
He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Cyber-Physical Systems journal,
International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), and International Journal
of Security and Networks (IJSN). He has been serving as an Editorial Board
Member or an Associate Editor for 20 international journals, including the
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) since 2022, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS since 2020, IEEE
TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS: SYSTEMS from 2014 to 2015,
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY from 2007 to 2009, and IEEE
COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS AND TUTORIALS from 2007 to 2014.
His papers have more than 25536 citations and his h-index is 80, based on Google scholar on Aug. 8, 2022: Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HSxTENAAAAAJ
Dr. Yang Xiao is currently a Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. His current research interests include Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Security, Wireless Networks, Smart Grid, and Telemedicine. He has published over 300 journal papers (including over 60 IEEE/ACM transactions papers) and over 300 conference papers and book chapters. Dr. Xiao was a Voting Member of IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004, involving IEEE 802.11 (WIFI) standardization work. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and AAIA. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Cyber-Physical Systems (Journal), International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), and International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN). He had (s) been an Editorial Board or Associate Editor for 20 international journals. He served (s) as a Guest Editor over 30 times for different international journals.
