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faculty
Liudong Xing, PhD
Commonwealth Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Contact
508-999-8883
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Science & Engineering 213C
Education
| 2002 | University of Virginia | PhD in Electrical Engineering |
| 2000 | University of Virginia | MS in Electrical Engineering |
| 1996 | Zhengzhou University, China | BE in Computer Science |
Teaching
- Fault-Tolerant Computing & Reliability Engineering
- Dependable & Secure Computing
- Computer Systems Performance Evaluation
- Computer Architecture
Teaching
Courses
Advanced topics on dependability and security modeling, analysis and design techniques for computer-based systems and networks. Topics include multistate, phased-mission, fault-tolerant networks, social networks, distributed systems, imperfect coverage, and dependent failures. Projects aiming to prepare students to perform research in dependable and secure computing are required. Substantial emphasis is placed on reading research papers in a critical and analytical manner.
Research
Research awards
- $ 420,766 awarded by National Science Foundation for CSR: Small: Cascading Failures Modeling and Mitigation in the Internet of Things
- $ 1,218,640 awarded by National Science Foundation for CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Accelerating Cybersecurity Education, Scholarship and Service
Research
Research interests
- System Reliability Engineering
- Probabilistic Risk Assessment
- Fault-Tolerant Computing
- Decision Diagrams
- Reliability of Internet of Things Systems
Select publications
- Liudong Xing (2024).
Elsevier - Liudong Xing and Barry W. Johnson (2023).
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10 - Liudong Xing, Gregory Levitin, Chaonan Wang (2019).
Wiley - Amir Ehsani Zonouz, Liudong Xing, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Yan (Lindsay) Sun (2016).
IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 6
2018 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Wireless Sensor Systems - L. Xing and S. V. Amari (2015).
Wiley-Scrivener, MA
Liudong Xing received the BE degree in computer science (with top #1 GPA) from Zhengzhou University, China in 1996, and the MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia in 2000 and 2002, respectively. She is currently a Commonwealth Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Dartmouth, U.S. Her research focuses on reliability modeling, analysis and optimization of complex systems and networks.
Prof. Xing was the recipient of the Leo M. Sullivan Teacher of the Year Award in 2014, the Scholar of the Year Award in 2010, and the Outstanding Women Award in 2011 of 91色情片. She was the recipient of the 2018 IEEE Region 1 Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of Interest (University or College) Award, the 2015 ChangJiang Scholar award by the Ministry of Education of China, and the 2007 IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award. She was also co-recipient of 2018 Premium Award for Best Paper in the journal of IET Wireless Sensor Systems, and the Best (Student) Paper Award at several international conferences (ICRSE2017, QR2MSE2015, RAMS2015, RAMS2012, NAS2009). She is or was an Associate Editor or Editorial Board member of multiple journals including Reliability Engineering & System Safety, International Journal of Systems Science, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, etc. She has served as program committee chair, co-chair, vice-chair for multiple different international conferences, and technical program committee member for numerous international workshops and conferences.She is a senior member of IEEE and a member of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu.
She has been a Fellow of The International Society of Engineering Asset Management since 2019. According to Research.com, Prof. Xing was named among the Best Scientists in Computer Science in the world and USA. According to Elsevier/Stanford University List, she was named among the World Top 2% Scientists.
According to ScholarGPS, she was named a Highly Ranked Scholar and placed in the Top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide. She is IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer for the class of 2024-2025.