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 a Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. He directed over 20 doctoral dissertations and supervised more than 20 M.S. theses/projects. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things, security, wireless networks, smart grids, and telemedicine. He has published more than 600 papers (300+ SCI-indexed journal papers (including 80+ IEEE/ACM Transactions) and 300+ conference papers or book chapters) with more than 30K+ citations and h-index=87 by Google Scholar. He was ranked #188 and #481 in the USA ( #362 and #808 in the world) in Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEE) and Computer Science (CS), respectively, among Best Scientists for 2024 based on Research.com. He was named a 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in Lifetime: #40 Wireless sensor network, #137 Wireless, and #163 Sensor. The scientists of Stanford University identified him as one of the world's Top 2% of Scientists.
He was a Voting Member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004, involved in the IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standardization work. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, AAIA, AIIA, and ACIS. He holds the Certificate of Senior Software Engineer issued by the State Council of China in 1991. He served as a Guest Editor more than 40 times for different international journals, including the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS (TCYB), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) in 2022-2023, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (TNSE) 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 2024, and Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) (ACM/Springer) in 2008. He has been serving as an Editorial Board Member or an Associate Editor for 20 international journals, including the IEEE TNSE since 2022, the IEEE TCYB 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. He has served as a Member of the Technical Program Committee for over 300 conferences. He received the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award in 2022 and 2023.
Dr. Xiao is a Professor at the Dept. of Computer
Science at the University of Alabama. He directed 20+ doctoral
dissertations; supervised 20+ M.S. theses/projects; published 300+
SCI-indexed journal papers and over 300+ conference papers with 30K+
citations and h-index=87 by Google Scholar; is ranked #188 and #481 in the
USA (#362 and #808 in the world) by Research.com among Best Scientists for
2024 in EEE and CS, respectively; named a 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar in
Lifetime by ScholarGPS; and identified as one of Top 2% Scientists in the
world by the scientists of Stanford University.
He was a Voting Member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004,
involved in the IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standardization work. He is a Fellow of
IEEE, IET, AAIA, AIIA, and ACIS. He served as a Guest Editor 40+ times for
journals, including the IEEE TCYB in 2025, the IEEE JSAC in 2022-2023, IEEE
TNSE in 2021, IEEE TGCN in 2021, IEEE Network in 2007, IEEE Wireless
Communications in 2006 and 2021, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine in
2021 and 2024, and MONET in 2008. He has been serving as an Editorial Board
Member / Associate Editor for 20+ journals, including IEEE TNSE since 2022,
IEEE TYB since 2020, IEEE TMSC: SYSTEMS from 2014 to 2015, IEEE TVT from
2007 to 2009, and IEEE COMST from 2007 to 2014. He serves/served as a TPC
for 300+ conferences. He received the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award in
2022 and 2023.
Dr. Yang Xiao is a full professor at the Department of Computer Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. For his research, he has published over 600 research papers. For teaching and supervision, he has been an academic faculty member for over 20 years and has directed more than 20 doctoral dissertations and 20 M.S. theses/projects. For professional service, he has served as a TPC for over 300 conferences, an editorial board member or associate editor for more than 20 international journals, a journal guest editor on over 40 times, and as the Editor-in-Chief for five international journals. He is a Fellow of IEEE.
Dr. Yang Xiao is a Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. His research interests include Cyber-Physical Systems, the Internet of Things, Security, Wireless Networks, Smart Grid, and Telemedicine. He has published more than 600 research papers (300+ journal papers and 300 conference papers or book chapters). He was a Voting Member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004, involved in IEEE 802.11 (WIFI) standardization work. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, AAIA, AIIA, and ACIS. He had (s) been an Editorial Board or Associate Editor for 20 international journals. He served (s) as a Guest Editor more than 40 times for different international journals. He received the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award in 2022 and 2023.
Dr. Yang Xiao is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama, USA. He has published more than 600 research papers. He is a Fellow of IEEE.
