• Yong Wang, Ph.D.
  • Professor
  • Associate Dean of Beacom Graduate Programs
  • Cyber Defense Master of Science (MSCD) - Program Coordinator
  • ABET Commissioner
  • The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences
  • Email: yong.wang AT dsu.edu
  • Office: Room 332, East Hall
  • Phone: 605-256-5838

Dr. Wang's research focuses on security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things, mobile devices, cloud computing, and cyberinfrastructure. He is a co-director of the PATRIOT (Protection and Threat Research for the Internet of Things) Lab at DSU. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Wang was involved in 11 successful proposals (10 PIs and 1 Co-PI) totaling over $2.3M in research. Dr. Wang received Merrill Hunter Award for Excellence in Research from Dakota State University in 2015.

Recent News
  • Dr. Wang is part of a cyber agriculture project, “Designing a Secure Cyberinfrastructure for Precision Agriculture in South Dakota Based on LPWAN Technology”, led by Dr. Bhaskar Rimal.
  • Dr. Wang received a new grant for IoT device identificatoin in 2021.
  • Congratulations to Anthony Jairam for successfully defending their PhD dissertations in March 2023!
  • Dr. Wang received a NSF award ($377,487) to establish a REU Site in IoT Security at Dakota State University in 2019.
Recent Publications
  • Kaushik Muthusamy Ragothaman, Yong Wang, Bhaskar Rimal, and Mark Lawrence, Access Control for IoT: A Survey of Existing Research, Dynamic Policies and Future Directions, Sensors, 23, no. 4: 1805 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/s23041805.
  • Kai Taylor, Alexandra Smith, Adam Zimmel, Korina Alcantara, and Yong Wang, Medical Device Security Regulations and Assessment Case Studies, the 8th National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS 2022), Denver, Colorado, October 20 - 22, 2022.