Dr. Wang is a Professor in the Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007. Before he joined DSU in 2012, he had spent 10 years in telecommunication industry as a senior software engineer and a team leader. His research focuses on security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things, mobile devices, cloud computing, and cyberinfrastructure. His research interests also include optical networks, wireless networks, and social networks. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Wang was involved in 11 successful proposals (10 PIs and 1 Co-PI) totaling over $2.3MM in research. He has published 70+ peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals/conferences such as IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE Cloud, and Journal of Security and Communication Networks. He received Merrill Hunter Award for Excellence in Research from Dakota State University in 2015. Dr. Wang is currently the Program Coordinator of the Ph.D. Cyber Operations program and the primary academic advisor of the doctoral students in the Ph.D. Cyber Operations program. He is a Commissioner for ABET Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) and also serves as Technical Program Committee (TPC) members and reviewers for many international conferences and journals in computer science such as IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, and ACM CoNEXT.
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