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Dr. Qing Yang

University of North Texas

Computer Science and Engineering

(940) 565-4899

Email: Qing.Yang@unt.edu

Education

PhD, Auburn University, 2011.

Major: Computer Science & Software Engineering

Dissertation Title: Adaptive Connectivity Aware Routing Protocol for Wireless Vehicular Networks

Professional Memberships

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (September 1, 2011 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Faculty Fellowship,"UNT DC Fellowship," UNT Office of VPR, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Other,"Grantsmanship Workshop," AtKisson Training Group LLC and UNT Research and Innovation Office, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 9, 2019 – December 9, 2019).

Workshop,"2018 Career Mentoring Workshop," Computer Research Association (CRA), Washington DC, United States of America. (February 26, 2018 – February 27, 2018).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

CSCE 3530, Introduction to Computer Networks, 3 courses.

CSCE 3600, Principles of Systems Programming, 16 courses.

CSCE 4510, Introduction to Wireless Communications, 3 courses.

CSCE 4520, Wireless Networks and Protocols, 2 courses.

CSCE 4890, Directed Study, 1 course.

CSCE 4999, Senior Thesis, 3 courses.

CSCE 5510, Wireless Communication, 5 courses.

CSCE 5520, Wireless Networks and Protocols, 5 courses.

CSCE 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.

CSCE 5934, Directed Study, 4 courses.

CSCE 5950, Master's Thesis, 2 courses.

CSCE 6900, Special Problems, 3 courses.

CSCE 6933, Advanced Topics in Computer Science and Engineering, 2 courses.

CSCE 6940, Individual Research, 15 courses.

CSCE 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 11 courses.

INFO 6900, Special Problems, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Montana State University, Computer Security, CSCI 476, Spring 2017.

Montana State University, Database Systems, CSCI 466, Fall 2016.

Montana State University, Wireless Network and Mobile Computing, CSCI 565, Fall 2016.

Montana State University, Computer Security, CSCI 476, Spring 2016.

Montana State University, Data Structure and Algorithms, CSCI 232, Spring 2016.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 13, 2022 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2022 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (June 2020 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 2020 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 2018 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (August 27, 2017 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2020 – 2022).

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (2019 – 2022).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2019 – 2022).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (August 27, 2017 – 2022).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2019 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (December 2018 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (August 27, 2017 – 2021).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"An Overview of Cooperative Perception in Autonomous Vehicles," Computer Science and Engineering. (August 27, 2021 – December 10, 2021).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Machine-Learning-Enabled Cooperative Perception on Connected Autonomous Vehicles," Computer Science and Engineering. (August 27, 2017 – December 10, 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Red Door: Firewall Based Access Control in ROS," Computer Science and Engineering. (January 2019 – December 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"A METHOD OF COMBINING GANs TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF OBJECT DETECTION ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES," Computer Science and Engineering. (January 2019 – December 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member,"User Privacy Perception and Concerns Regarding the Use of Cloud-Based Assistants.," Information Science. (September 2018 – August 2020).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"COOPERATIVE PERCEPTION FOR CONNECTED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM," Computer Science and Engineering. (September 2017 – July 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member,"EPILEPTIC SEIZURE DETECTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERNET OF MEDICAL THINGS (IOMT) FRAMEWORK," Computer Science and Engineering. (August 27, 2017 – December 2019).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"QUANTILE REGRESSION DEEP-Q NETWORKS FOR MULTI-AGENT CONTROL," Electrical Engineering. (December 2018 – March 2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Conference Proceeding

Yadav, S., Le, T., Dong, S., Fan, H., Yang, Q., Qiu, C., Li, X., Huang, Y. A New Simulation Platform For Learning-Empowered Distributed Sensing. SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2024.

Zhu, Y., Liu, N., Yang, Q. A New Approximation Algorithm for Genomic Scaffold Filling Based on Contig. IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services.

Liu, W., Liu, Y., Yang, Q., Dong, L. AntiNoise: A Collaborative Sensing Network for Simultaneous Noise Pollution Monitoring and E-Health Management. IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services.

Dong, J., Chen, Q., Qu, D., Lu, H., Ganlath, A., Yang, Q., Chen, S., Labi, S. (2023). LiDAR-based Cooperative Relative Localization. 2023 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). 1--8.

Jiang, B., Cheng, X., Li, Y., Fu, S., Yang, Q., Liu, M., Olvera, A. (2023). Output-Directed Dynamic Quantization for DNN Acceleration. 645-654. International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP).

Bai, T., Shao, D., He, Y., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2023). P3: A Privacy-Preserving Perception Framework for Building Vehicle-Edge Perception Networks Protecting Data Privacy. 2023 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN). 1--10.

Tang, S., Wang, S., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2023). Perception Workload Characterization and Prediction on the Edges with Memory Contention for Connected Autonomous Vehicles. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Communications (EDGE). 104--114.

Liu, X., Liu, X., Yi, Z., Zhou, X., Le, T., Zhang, L., Huang, Y., Yang, Q., Fan, H. (2023). PlanarTrack: A Large-scale Challenging Benchmark for Planar Object Tracking. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV).

Dhakal, S., Chen, Q., Qu, D., Carillo, D., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2023). Sniffer Faster R-CNN: A Joint Camera-LiDAR Object Detection Framework with Proposal Refinement. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Mobility, Operations, Services and Technologies (MOST). 1--10.

Liu, X., Lin, Y., Yang, Q., Fan, H. (2023). Transferable Adversarial Attack on 3D Object Tracking in Point Cloud. International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM).

Tang, S., Whitney, K., Wang, B., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2022). Characterization of Real-Time Object Detection Workloads on Vehicular Edge. 2022 Fifth International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD). 30--38.

Bai, T., Wang, H., Guo, J., Ma, X., Talasila, M., Tang, S., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2022). Online Self-Evolving Anomaly Detection for Reliable Cloud Computing. 1-10. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Best Paper Nomination.

Jiang, B., Cheng, X., Tang, S., Ma, X., Gu, Z., Fu, S., Yang, Q., Liu, M. (2022). MLCNN: Cross-Layer Cooperative Optimization and Accelerator Architecture for Speeding Up Deep Learning Applications.. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS. 1184-1194. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9820611

Qiu, C., Yadav, S., Squicciarini, A., Yang, Q., Fu, S., Zhao, J., Xu, C. Distributed Data-Sharing Consensus in Cooperative Perception of Autonomous Vehicles. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2022.

Tang, S., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2021). VECFrame: A Vehicular Edge Computing Framework for Connected Autonomous Vehicles. 1-10. IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE).

Mahabal, C., Fang, H., Wang, H., Yang, Q. (2021). Adaptive Vehicle Platooning with Joint Network-Traffic Approach. 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). 1--6.

Dhakal, S., Qu, D., Carrillo, D., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2021). OASD: An Open Approach to Self-Driving Vehicle. 2021 Fourth International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD). 54--61.

Nutt, M., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2021). PlateGuard: License Plate Privacy Protection for Internet of Vehicles. 2021 Fourth International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD). 41--47.

Tang, S., Gu, Z., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2021). Vehicular Edge Computing for Multi-Vehicle Perception. 2021 Fourth International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD). 9--16.

Nguyen, K., Ryu, T., Zhang, J., Ma, X., Yang, Q., Fu, S., Palacharla, P., Wang, N., Wang, X. (2021). CoConv: Learning Dynamic Cooperative Convolution for Image Recognition. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME).

Ma, X., Guo, J., Tang, S., Qiao, Z., Chen, Q., Yang, Q., Fu, S., Palacharla, P., Wang, N., Wang, X. (2021). LEARNING CONNECTED ATTENTIONS FOR CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2021.

Guo, H., Zhang, N., Wu, S., Yang, Q. (2020). Deep Learning Driven Wireless Real-time Human Activity Recognition. ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 1-6.

Ma, X., Qiao, Z., Guo, J., Tang, S., Q., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2020). Cascaded Context Dependency: An Extremely Lightweight Module For Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. The 27th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).

Shen, Z., He, S., Yang, Q. (2020). QuickWalk: Quick Trust Assessment for Vehicular Social Networks. The Fourth IEEE International Workshop on the Security, Privacy, and Digital Forensics of Mobile Systems and Networks (MobiSec 2020). 793-798. IEEE.

Ma, X., Guo, J., Chen, Q., Tang, S., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2020). Attention Meets Normalization and Beyond. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME).

Ma, X., Guo, J., Chen, Q., Tang, S., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2020). Attention Meets Normalization and Beyond. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9102909

Guo, J., Ma, X., Sansom, A., McGuire, M., Kalaani, A., Chen, Q., Tang, S., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2020). SPANet: Spatial Pyramid Attention Network for Enhanced Image Recognition. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. 1-6. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9102906

Ma, X., Qiao, Z., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2020). Accurate Object Detection in Smart Transportation Using Multiple Cameras. The Third IEEE International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD 2020). IEEE.

Guo, J., Yang, Q., Fu, S., Boyles, R., Turner, S., Clarke, K. (2020). Towards Trustworthy Perception InformationSharing on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. The Third IEEE International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD 2020). IEEE.

Tang, S., Gu, Z., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2019). Smart Home IoT Anomaly Detection based on Ensemble Model Learning From Heterogeneous Data. IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). 1-8. IEEE.

Xie, D., Zhong, X., Yang, Q., Huang, Y. (2019). Comprehensive cooperative deep deterministic policy gradients for multi-agent systems in unstable environment. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications. 11006, 110060K.

Guo, J., Cheng, X., Chen, Q., Yang, Q. (2019). Detection of Occluded Road Signs on Autonomous Driving Vehicles. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME). 856--861.

Chen, Q., Ma, X., Tang, S., Guo, J., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2019). F-cooper: feature based cooperative perception for autonomous vehicle edge computing system using 3D point clouds. Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing. 88--100.

Liu, G., Li, C., Yang, Q. (2019). NeuralWalk: Trust Assessment in Online Social Networks with Neural Networks. IEEE INFOCOM 2019-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications. 1999--2007.

Zou, P., Qingge, L., Yang, Q., Zhu, B. (2019). Trajectory Comparison in a Vehicular Network I: Computing a Consensus Trajectory. International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications. 533--544.

Qingge, L., Zou, P., Dai, L., Yang, Q., Zhu, B. (2019). Trajectory Comparison in a Vehicular Network II: Eliminating the Redundancy. International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications. 260--271.

Chen, Q., Tang, S., Hochstetler, J., Guo, J., Li, Y., Xiong, J., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2019). Low-latency High-level Data Sharing for Connected and Autonomous Vehicular Networks. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII). 10. IEEE. http://www.ieee-icii.org/

Chen, Q., Tang, S., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2019). Cooper: Cooperative Perception for Connected Autonomous Vehicles Based on 3D Point Clouds. 2019 IEEE 39th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). 514-524.

Cong, H., Li, Q., Zhou, C., Yang, Q. (2018). Analysis on Connectivity of Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Simulation. 2018 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC). 762--768.

Luo, Y., Pu, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, W., Yang, Q., Peng, Z. (2018). Revisiting Transmission Scheduling in RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications. Proceedings of the Eighteenth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing. 314--315. New York, NY, USA: ACM. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3209582.3225204

Li, X., Fang, H., Yang, Q., Zhang, J. (2018). Who is Your Best Friend?: Ranking Social Network Friends According to Trust Relationship. Proceedings of the 26th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. 301--309. New York, NY, USA: ACM. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3209219.3209243

Liu, G., Chen, Q., Yang, Q., Zhu, B., Wang, H., Wang, W. (2017). OpinionWalk: An efficient solution to massive trust assessment in online social networks. INFOCOM 2017-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE. 1--9.

Xu, Q., Su, Z., Hui, Y., Yang, Q. (2017). Caching Scheme with Edge Nodes for Mobile Cyber Physical Systems. Orlando: 2017 IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress.

Liu, Y., Chen, Q., Liu, H., Hu, C., Yang, Q. (2016). A Non Destructive Interference based receiver-initiated MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks. Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC), 2016 13th IEEE Annual. 1030--1035.

Feng, W., Sun, J., Zhang, L., Cao, C., Yang, Q. (2016). A support vector machine based naive Bayes algorithm for spam filtering. Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2016 IEEE 35th International. 1--8.

Kuerban, M., Tian, Y., Yang, Q., Jia, Y., Huebert, B., Poss, D. (2016). FlowSec: DOS Attack Mitigation Strategy on SDN Controller. Networking, Architecture and Storage (NAS), 2016 IEEE International Conference on. 1--2.

Wu, S., Abed, S. H., Yang, Q., Wang, H. (2016). IEEE 802.11 Traffic Measurement and Analysis. Proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications. 1--6.

Chen, Q., Bellows, B., Wittie, M. P., Patterson, S., Yang, Q. (2016). MOVESET: MOdular VEhicle SEnsor Technology. Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), 2016 IEEE. 1--4.

Journal Article

Zou, P., Qingge, L., Yang, Q., Zhu, B. (2022). Computing a consensus trajectory in a vehicular network. Other. 44(5), 3575--3594. Springer.

Guo, J., Carrillo, D., Chen, Q., Yang, Q., Fu, S., Lu, H., Guo, R. (2022). Slim-FCP: Lightweight-Feature-Based Cooperative Perception for Connected Automated Vehicles. Other. 9(17), 15630--15638. IEEE.

Bai, T., Fu, S., Yang, Q. (2022). Privacy-Preserving Object Detection with Secure Convolutional Neural Networks for Vehicular Edge Computing. Other. 14(11), 1-17.

Shi, Y., Sun, J., Liu, D., Kou, L., Li, B., Yang, Q., Zhang, L. (2021). Cloud-based data offloading for multi-focus and multi-views image fusion in mobile applications. Other. 26(2), 830--841. Springer.

Guo, J., Carrillo, D., Tang, S., Chen, Q., Yang, Q., Fu, S., Wang, X., Wang, N., Palacharla, P. (2021). CoFF: Cooperative spatial feature fusion for 3-D object detection on autonomous vehicles. Other. 8(14), 11078--11087. IEEE.

Yang, Q., Fu, S., Wang, H., Fang, H. (2021). Machine-learning-enabled cooperative perception for connected autonomous vehicles: Challenges and opportunities. IEEE Network. 35(3), 96--101. IEEE.

Qingge, L., Zou, P., Dai, L., Yang, Q., Zhu, B. (2021). On Comparing the Similarity and Dissimilarity Between Two Distinct Vehicular Trajectories. IEEE Access. 9, 34415--34422. IEEE.

Li, X., Wang, X., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2021). Signal Processing for TDM MIMO FMCW Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensors. IEEE Access. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3137387

Ma, X., Guo, J., Sansom, A., McGuir, M., Kalaani, A., Chen, Q., Tang, S., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2021). Spatial Pyramid Attention for Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 23, 3048 - 3058. IEEE.

Luo, Y., Pu, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, W., Yang, Q. (2020). A Nonlinear Recursive Model Based Optimal Transmission Scheduling in RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(5), 3449-3462.

Xu, Q., Su, Z., Yang, Q. (2020). Blockchain-Based Trustworthy Edge Caching Scheme for Mobile Cyber-Physical System. Other. 7(2), 1098-1110.

Liu, Y., Ma, X., Shu, L., Yang, Q., Zhang, Y., Huo, Z., Zhou, Z. (2020). Internet of Things for Noise Mapping in Smart Cities: State of the Art and Future Directions. IEEE Network. 34(4), 112-118.

Niu, X., Liu, G., Yang, Q. (2020). OpinionRank: Trustworthy Website Detection using Three Valued Subjective Logic. Other. 1-1.

Wu, D., Liu, B., Yang, Q., Wang, R. (2020). Social-aware cooperative caching mechanism in mobile social networks. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 149, 102457. Academic Press.

Xiong, J., Bi, R., Zhao, M., Guo, J., Yang, Q. (2020). Edge-Assisted Privacy-Preserving Raw Data Sharing Framework for Connected Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Wireless Communications. 27(3), 24-30. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9116084

Xiong, J., Chen, X., Yang, Q., Chen, L., Yao, Z. (2019). A task-oriented user selection incentive mechanism in edge-aided mobile crowdsensing. Other. IEEE.

Qingge, L., Smith, K., Jungst, S., Wang, B., Yang, Q., Zhu, B. (2019). Approaching the One-sided Exemplar Adjacency Number Problem. Other. IEEE.

Shi, Y., Sun, J., Liu, D., Kou, L., Li, B., Yang, Q., Zhang, L. (2019). Cloud-Based Data Offloading for Multi-focus and Multi-views Image Fusion in Mobile Applications. Other. 1--12. Springer US.

Liu, G., Yang, Q., Wang, H., Liu, A. X. (2019). Three-Valued Subjective Logic: A Model for Trust Assessment in Online Social Networks. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. IEEE.

Cheng, T., Liu, G., Yang, Q., Sun, J. (2019). Trust assessment in vehicular social network based on three-valued subjective logic. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 21(3), 652--663. IEEE.

Qian, C., Shen, X., Zhang, Y., Yang, Q., Shen, J., Zhu, H. (2018). Building and climbing based visual navigation framework for self-driving cars. Other. 23(3), 624--638. Springer.

Wu, D., Liu, Q., Wang, H., Yang, Q., Wang, R. (2018). Cache less for more: Exploiting cooperative video caching and delivery in D2D communications. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. IEEE.

Xu, Y., Yang, Q., Chu, D. (2018). Exploring timeliness for accurate recommendation in location-based social networks. Other. 1(1), 11--48.

Zhang, Y., Shen, X., Yang, Q., Qian, C., Liu, G. (2018). Infusion Auxiliary Service System Based on ZigBee Wireless Network. IEEE Access. 6, 12718--12726.

Li, Q., Yang, Q., Su, L. (2018). Rotation based coverage control algorithm and protocol for heterogeneous sensor networks. International Journal of Sensor Networks. 27(2), 117--127. Inderscience Publishers (IEL).

Su, Z., Dai, M., Qi, Q., Wang, Y., Xu, Q., Yang, Q. (2018). Task Allocation Scheme for Cyber Physical Social Systems. Other. 1-1.

Niu, X., Liu, G., Yang, Q. (2018). Trustworthy Website Detection Based on Social Hyperlink Network Analysis. Other. 1-1.

Zhao, C., Yang, S., Yan, P., Yang, Q., Yang, X., McCann, J. (2018). Data Quality Guarantee for Credible Caching Device Selection in Mobile Crowdsensing Systems. IEEE Wireless Communications. 25(3), 58-64.

Li, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, H., Yang, Q. (2018). SERS: Social-Aware Energy-Efficient Relay Selection in D2D Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 67(6), 5331-5345.

Wang, R., Yan, J., Wu, D., Wang, H., Yang, Q. (2018). Knowledge-Centric Edge Computing Based on Virtualized D2D Communication Systems. IEEE Communications Magazine. 56(5), 32-38.

Liu, Y., Fan, C., Liu, H., Yang, Q., Wu, S. (2017). Cross-layer cooperative multichannel medium access for internet of things. Other. 1--14. Springer US.

Su, Z., Xu, Q., Hou, F., Yang, Q., Qi, Q. (2017). Edge caching for layered video contents in mobile social networks. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 19(10), 2210--2221. IEEE.

Chen, Q., Liu, Y., Liu, G., Yang, Q., Shi, X., Gao, H., Su, L., Li, Q. (2017). Harvest Energy from the Water: A Self-Sustained Wireless Water Quality Sensing System. Other. 17(1), 3. ACM.

Dong, S., Duan, S., Yang, Q., Zhang, J., Li, G., Tao, R. (2017). MEMS-Based Smart Gas Metering for Internet of Things. Other. 4(5), 1296--1303. IEEE.

Rawat, D. B., Garuba, M., Chen, L., Yang, Q. (2017). On the security of information dissemination in the Internet-of-Vehicles. Other. 22(4), 437--445. TUP.

Wu, S., Rendall, J. B., Smith, M. J., Zhu, S., Xu, J., Wang, H., Yang, Q., Qin, P. (2017). Survey on prediction algorithms in smart homes. Other. 4(3), 636--644. IEEE.

Su, Z., Hui, Y., Yang, Q. (2017). The next generation vehicular networks: A content-centric framework. IEEE Wireless Communications. 24(1), 60--66. IEEE.

Yang, Q., Zhu, B., Wu, S. (2016). An architecture of cloud-assisted information dissemination in vehicular networks. IEEE Access. 4, 2764--2770. IEEE.

Liu, Y., Liu, G., Liu, H., Yang, Q. (2016). EcoSense: A Hardware Approach to On-Demand Sensing in the Internet of Things. Other. 54(12), 37--43. IEEE.

Wang, X., Wang, C., Cui, G., Yang, Q., Zhang, X. (2016). ELDP: extended link duration prediction model for vehicular networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 12(4), 5767569. SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England.

Li, X., Yang, Q., Lin, X., Wu, S., Wittie, M. (2016). Itrust: interpersonal trust measurements from social interactions. IEEE Network. 30(4), 54--58. IEEE.

Yang, Q., Lim, A., Ruan, X., Qin, X., Kim, D. (2016). Location-preserved contention-based routing in vehicular ad hoc networks. Other. 9(9), 886--898.

Poster

Hochstetler, J., Padidela, R., Chen, Q., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2018). Embedded Deep Learning for Vehicular Edge Computing. 2018 ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC).

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Yang, Q. (Presenter), The 2nd Metro Detroit Workshop on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD 2019), Cooper: Cooperative Perception for Connected Autonomous Vehicles based on 3D Point Clouds, United States of America. (2019 – ).

Yang, Q. (Panelist), IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Machine Learning Enabled Cooperative Perception for Connected and Automated Vehicles, IEEE, Baltimore, MD, USA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, Q. (Presenter), Fu, S. (Presenter), Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE), Leveraging Connected Autonomous Vehicles for Traffic Management: Challenges and New Directions, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Yang, Q. (Presenter), Workshop on Network-Assisted Collaborative Automated Driving, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020), Cooperative Perception for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, IEEE, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 – ).

Yang, Q. (Presenter), 3RD WORKSHOP ON INTERNET OF THINGS IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, Machine Learning based Cooperative Perception for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, IEEE, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, USA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, Q. (Presenter), 13th EAI International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Systems, Enabling Machine Learning based Cooperative Perception for Autonomous Vehicle Safety, EAI, Singapore, Singapore, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Media Contributions

Internet

"Researchers at the University of North Texas are investigating novel ways to expand the capabilities of sensor-based perception systems fundamental to autonomous vehicle operation," AutonomouStuff. (August 2020).

"Researcher says autonomous vehicles that 'talk' to each other could solve industry's problems," UNT News. (July 2020).

"Researchers propose industry standard 'cyber infrastructure' for autonomous vehicles," News Break/Statescoop. (September 24, 2019).

"Connected autonomous cars might be in your future," UNT Today. (March 18, 2019).

"Connected autonomous cars might be in your future," UNT University Relations, Communications & Marketing News. (March 18, 2019).

"Computer scientists at the forefront of connected and autonomous vehicle research," UNT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING News. (March 12, 2019).

Magazine

"A holistic approach to AI," The North Texa. (March 26, 2020).

Newspaper

"$1M National Science Foundation funding for connected and autonomous vehicles research," ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) News. (November 25, 2020).

"Cars talking to cars: One of many research projects for UNT professors," Denton Record-Chronicle. (October 23, 2020).

"UNT gets grant to host computing and security summer camps," Denton Record-Chronicle. (March 19, 2019).

Other

"Partnership for Transportation Innovation & Opportunity (PTIO)," Experts in autonomous vehicles land two more grants. (October 2020).

Radio

"Autonomous driving vehicles on UNT campus," KRLD Radio. (March 2019).

TV

"Self Driving Cars in North Texas," NTTV. (April 18, 2019).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

Li, X. (Co-Principal), Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Ding, J. (Co-Principal), "IUCRC Phase I: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $750000 Funded. (March 15, 2023 – February 29, 2028).

Yang, Q. (Principal), Fu, S. (Co-Principal), "Multi-Vehicle Cooperative Perception," Sponsored by Toyota North America InfoTech Labs, International, $280000 Funded. (February 2022 – February 2025).

Niranjan, S. (Principal), Narayanan, A. (Co-Principal), Warren, S. (Co-Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), "FW-HTF-P: Using Technology to Understand Future Industrial Operator Distractions within Logistics and Material Handling Industry," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $149993 Funded. (September 2022 – November 2024).

Huang, Y. (Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Fan, H. (Co-Principal), Qiu, C. (Co-Principal), Wei, Y. (Co-Principal), Baba, A. I. (Supporting), "Learning Empowered Distributed Sensing," Sponsored by Army Research Lab/Northeastern University, Federal, $2069324 Funded. (March 16, 2023 – March 15, 2024).

Yang, Q. (Principal), "Enabling Machine Learning based Cooperative Perception with mmWave Communication for Autonomous Vehicle Safety," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $246518 Funded. (2020 – 2023).

Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), "REU Site: Vehicular Edge Computing and Security," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $359993 Funded. (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2023).

Yang, Q. (Principal), Fu, S. (Co-Principal), Keathly, D. (Other), "CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Collaborative and Integrated Training on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Cyber Infrastructure," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $499841 Funded. (July 2020 – July 2023).

Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), "IUCRC Planning Grant University of North Texas: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $20000 Funded. (July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022).

Yang, Q. (Principal), Fu, S. (Co-Principal), "EAGER: SaTC: Privacy-Preserving Convolutional Neural Network for Cooperative Perception in Vehicular Edge Systems," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $99948 Funded. (August 2020 – August 2022).

Huang, Y. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), "Export Controlled at Award - Title Removed second phase," Sponsored by KRI at Northeastern, Office of Naval Research, Federal, $200000 Funded. (June 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021).

Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), "Supplement: REU Site: Vehicular Edge Computing and Security: Research Experience for Undergraduates," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $20000 Funded. (July 8, 2019 – December 31, 2021).

Huang, Y. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Zhong, X. (Co-Principal), "Export Controlled at Award - Title removed," Sponsored by KRI at Northeastern, Office of Naval Research, Federal, $300000 Funded. (May 1, 2018 – September 30, 2020).

Yang, Q. (Principal), "NeTS: EAGER: Intelligent Information Dissemination in Vehicular Networks based on Social Computing," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $135645 Funded. (October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2019).

Grant - Service

Yang, Q., Fu, S. (Co-Principal), "Automotive Radar-Cyclist Object Detection Dynamic Testing," Sponsored by Emobilus, Local, $4044 Funded. (November 2020 – December 2020).

Awards and Honors

IEEE MMTC Best Paper Award, IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee. (January 2022 – Present).

College of Engineering Research Award 2021, College of Engineering. (June 14, 2021 – Present).

Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing. (November 6, 2019 – Present).

Best Paper Award, IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress. (November 1, 2017 – Present).

Best Paper Award, IEEE HealthCom Conference 2023. (December 15, 2023 – December 17, 2023).

Nominated for: PACCAR Distinguished Fellow, College of Engineering. (October 2020 – October 2022).

Nominated for: Tech Titan of the Future Award, The Technology Association for North Texas. (October 23, 2020 – October 23, 2020).

Best Student Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2020. (July 6, 2020 – July 10, 2020).

Nominated for: UNT Washington DC Fellows, UNT. (October 2019 – February 2020).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Executive Committee. (September 2022 – August 2024).

Committee Member, PAC. (August 2021 – August 2023).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (December 2022 – May 2023).

Committee Member, Faculty Searching Committee. (January 2022 – May 2022).

Committee Member, Clinical Faculty Search Committee. (August 2021 – December 2021).

Committee Member, Executive Committee. (September 1, 2019 – August 2021).

Committee Member, Search committee to Dept Chair, Computer Science & Engineering position. (November 2020 – May 2021).

Committee Member, Committee to revise P&T document. (January 2020 – May 2020).

Committee Member, Executive Committee. (September 2017 – August 2019).

Committee Member, Faculty Searching Committee. (December 1, 2018 – May 8, 2019).

Professional Service

Area Chair, IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (2022 – Present).

Editor, Guest Editor, IEEE Network Magazine. (November 2021 – Present).

Editor, Associate Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (March 1, 2020 – Present).

Editor, Associate Editor, Elsevier Vehicular Communications. (May 13, 2019 – Present).

Editor, Associate Editor, EAI Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications. (October 5, 2017 – Present).

Editor, Associate Editor, Digital Communications and Networks. (September 1, 2017 – Present).

Editor, Journal Editor, Security and Communication Network. (September 1, 2016 – Present).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, 30th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling 2024, Amsterdam. (2023 – 2024).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE / CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR). (2023 – 2024).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE Cloud Summit 2023. (2023 – 2024).

Program Organizer, The First IEEE International Conference on Mobility: Operations, Services, and Technologies (MOST) 2024, Dallas, TX. (2023 – 2024).

Area Chair, ACM International Multimedia Conference, Ottawa. (2023 – 2023).

Program Organizer, The First IEEE International Conference on Mobility: Operations, Services, and Technologies (MOST) 2023, Detroit, MI. (2022 – 2023).

Editor, Journal Editor, Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. (January 2021 – 2023).

Editor, Associate Editor, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. (October 20, 2019 – 2023).

Committee Chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications 2022, Communication Software and Multimedia. (October 2021 – May 2022).

Chairperson, Multimedia Communications Technical Committee. (June 2020 – May 2022).

Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2022. (October 2021 – March 2022).

Reviewer, Book, Springer Nature Group. (December 2021 – January 2022).

Editor, Associate Editor, IEEE Access. (June 2019 – June 2021).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. (November 19, 2020 – January 11, 2021).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE INFOCOM 2021. (August 2020 – November 2020).

Program Organizer, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing 2020. (March 2020 – November 2020).

Guest Speaker, IEEE VTC Workshop: Network-assisted Collaborative Automated Driving. (November 4, 2020 – November 4, 2020).

Board of Directors, IEEE MMTC - Reviews. (December 1, 2016 – October 2020).

Other, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2020, London. (December 2019 – June 2020).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE INFOCOM 2020. (August 2019 – May 2020).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation, Washington DC. (March 2020 – March 2020).

Program Organizer, The Third IEEE International Conference on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD 2020), Detroit. (September 2, 2019 – February 28, 2020).

Editor, Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. (June 2019 – December 2019).

Program Organizer, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing 2019. (March 2019 – November 2019).

Program Organizer, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet, Orlanda, FL. (January 2019 – November 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, The 28th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Beijing. (May 13, 2019 – November 07, 2019).

Program Organizer, EAI SecureComm 2019, Orlando, FL. (November 20, 2018 – October 26, 2019).

Program Organizer, 1st Workshop on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles at UNT., DENTON, TX. (May 2019 – July 2019).

Other, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2019, Shanghai. (January 2019 – July 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE ICDCS 2019, Dallas, TX. (October 2018 – July 2019).

Program Organizer, EAI Mobimedia 2019, Weihai, Shandong. (September 1, 2018 – July 1, 2019).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF, Washington DC. (May 2019 – June 2019).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). (March 2019 – April 2019).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, NSF. (January 2019 – February 2019).

Reviewer, Book, Springer, London. (January 2019 – February 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, EAI MobiQuitous 2018. (August 2018 – November 2018).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE INFOCOM 2019. (August 2018 – November 2018).

Program Organizer, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing 2018. (October 30, 2017 – October 28, 2018).

Other, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. (August 2018 – August 2018).

Program Organizer, IEEE Mobimedia Conference 2018. (September 1, 2017 – August 1, 2018).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF, Washington DC. (April 2018 – May 2018).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF, Washington DC. (February 2018 – April 2018).

Program Organizer, IEEE IPCCC 2017. (May 1, 2017 – December 1, 2017).

External T&P Letter Writer, Villanova University. (November 15, 2017 – November 30, 2017).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE INFOCOM 2018. (August 2017 – November 2017).

Program Organizer, IEEE ICNC 2018. (February 1, 2017 – November 20, 2017).

Editor, Guest Editor, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Network. (August 20, 2016 – October 1, 2017).

Editor, Guest Editor, Security and Communication Networks. (August 16, 2016 – October 1, 2017).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF. (June 2017 – July 2017).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE INFOCOM 2017. (August 2016 – November 2016).

Awards and Honors

Distinguished Service Award, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII). (November 11, 2019 – Present).

Distinguished Service Award, IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communications Technical Committee. (2018 – Present).