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  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to wireless medium access control

Overview

Yang Xiao is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of engineering and computer science. Their research encompasses various subfields, including control and systems engineering, computer networks and communications, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Yang Xiao's work revolve around smart grid security and resilience, network security and intrusion detection, adaptive control of nonlinear systems, IoT and edge/fog computing, advanced malware detection techniques, microgrid control and optimization, and maritime transport emissions and efficiency.

Yang Xiao has published research in several well-known venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
  • Electronics

Recent papers highlight their diverse research focus and include:

  • "A review of the application of machine learning in water quality evaluation," 2022, Eco-Environment & Health
  • "A Survey of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Formation: Performance, Formation Control, and Communication Capability," 2021, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
  • "Detection Methods in Smart Meters for Electricity Thefts: A Survey," 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "Attacks on Formation Control for Multiagent Systems," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • "A data-driven intelligent planning model for UAVs routing networks in mobile Internet of Things," 2021, Computer Communications

Yang Xiao has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Tieshan Li
  • C. L. Philip Chen
  • Wei Liang
  • Sultan Asiri
  • Fei Teng

Throughout their career, Yang Xiao has contributed to wireless medium access control, which was recognized in 2020 with the IEEE Fellow award.

Best Publications

  • Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing

    Zhifeng Xiao;Yang Xiao

  • A survey of key management schemes in wireless sensor networks

    Yang Xiao;Venkata Krishna Rayi;Bo Sun;Xiaojiang Du

  • Cyber Security and Privacy Issues in Smart Grids

    Jing Liu;Yang Xiao;Shuhui Li;Wei Liang

  • A survey of communication/networking in Smart Grids

    Jingcheng Gao;Yang Xiao;Jing Liu;Wei Liang

  • Throughput and delay limits of IEEE 802.11

    Yang Xiao;J. Rosdahl

  • An effective key management scheme for heterogeneous sensor networks

    Xiaojiang Du;Yang Xiao;Mohsen Guizani;Hsiao-Hwa Chen

  • Performance analysis of priority schemes for IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.11e wireless LANs

    Yang Xiao

  • Home M2M networks: Architectures, standards, and QoS improvement

    Yan Zhang;Rong Yu;Shengli Xie;Wenqing Yao

  • Secure data aggregation in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive overview

    Suat Ozdemir;Yang Xiao

  • A survey of energy-efficient scheduling mechanisms in sensor networks

    Lan Wang;Yang Xiao

  • IEEE 802.11n: enhancements for higher throughput in wireless LANs

    Yang Xiao

  • Cognitive Radio Networks

    Yang Xiao;Fei Hu

  • Internet Protocol Television (IPTV): The Killer Application for the Next-Generation Internet

    Yang Xiao;Xiaojiang Du;Jingyuan Zhang;Fei Hu

  • Transactions papers a routing-driven Elliptic Curve Cryptography based key management scheme for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks

    Xiaojiang Du;M. Guizani;Yang Xiao;Hsiao-Hwa Chen

  • Energy saving mechanism in the IEEE 802.16e wireless MAN

    Y. Xiao

  • A Survey of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Formation: Performance, Formation Control, and Communication Capability

    Yue Yang;Yang Xiao;Tieshan Li

  • Distributed Collaborative Control for Industrial Automation With Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks

    Jiming Chen;Xianghui Cao;Peng Cheng;Yang Xiao

  • Game Theory for Network Security

    Xiannuan Liang;Yang Xiao

  • A survey of distributed denial-of-service attack, prevention, and mitigation techniques:

    Tasnuva Mahjabin;Yang Xiao;Guang Sun;Wangdong Jiang

  • Authentication and Access Control in the Internet of Things

    Jing Liu;Yang Xiao;C.L. Philip Chen

  • Random coverage with guaranteed connectivity: joint scheduling for wireless sensor networks

    C. Liu;K. Wu;Y. Xiao;B. Sun

  • Lightweight deployment-aware scheduling for wireless sensor networks

    Kui Wu;Yong Gao;Fulu Li;Yang Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Fei Hu
Fei Hu University of Alabama
Xiaojiang Du
Xiaojiang Du Stevens Institute of Technology
Kui Wu
Kui Wu University of Victoria
Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Cheng Kung University
Mohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
C. L. Philip Chen
C. L. Philip Chen South China University of Technology
Qiang Ni
Qiang Ni Lancaster University
Matti Latva-aho
Matti Latva-aho University of Oulu
Xuemin Shen
Xuemin Shen University of Waterloo
Jie Li
Jie Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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