Liudong Xing is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA. She received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville in 2002. Her research focuses on reliability and resilience modelling, analysis and optimization of complex systems and networks. Prof. Xing was the recipient of the 2014 Leo M. Sullivan Teacher of the Year Award and the 2010 Scholar of the Year Award of UMass Dartmouth. 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. According to the 2023 Elsevier/Stanford University List, Prof. Xing is named among the Top 2% Scientists in the world. She has served as Associate Editor or Editorial Board member for multiple journals including IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, International Journal of Systems Science, etc. She was the chair of the “IoT in Tactile Internet” special interest group sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society IoT-AHSN TC in 2023. She is a fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management and a senior member of IEEE.
Lecture Topics
- Reliability Issues in the Internet of Things