faculty
Liudong Xing, PhD
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Contact
508-999-8883
508-999-8489
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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
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature intended to develop design techniques, research techniques, initiative and independent inquiry. A written project report has to be completed by the student and approved by the student's advisor. Admission is based on a formal proposal endorsed by an advisor and approved by the ECE Graduate Program Director.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature intended to develop design techniques, research techniques, initiative and independent inquiry. A written project report has to be completed by the student and approved by the student's advisor. Admission is based on a formal proposal endorsed by an advisor and approved by the ECE Graduate Program Director.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature intended to develop design techniques, research techniques, initiative and independent inquiry. A written project report has to be completed by the student and approved by the student's advisor. Admission is based on a formal proposal endorsed by an advisor and approved by the ECE Graduate Program Director.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature intended to develop design techniques, research techniques, initiative and independent inquiry. A written project report has to be completed by the student and approved by the student's advisor. Admission is based on a formal proposal endorsed by an advisor and approved by the ECE Graduate Program Director.
Techniques for designing and analyzing dependable and fault-tolerant computer-based systems. Topics addressed include: fault, error, and failure cause-and-effect relationships; fault avoidance techniques; fault tolerance techniques, including hardware redundancy, software redundancy, information redundancy, and time redundancy; fault coverage; time-to-failure models and distributions; reliability modeling and evaluation techniques, including fault trees, cut-sets, reliability block diagrams, binary decision diagrams, and Markov models. In addition, availability modeling, safety modeling, and trade-off analysis are presented.
Allows study into areas not included in the formal course listings.
Allows study into areas not included in the formal course listings.
Allows completion of a numbered course formally in the graduate program listing but not being offered as a scheduled class.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature, intended to develop design techniques,research techniques, initiative, and independent inquiry. A written thesis must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the College of Engineering. Completion of the course requires a successful oral defense open to the public and a written thesis approved by the student's thesis committee unanimously and the ECE Graduate Program Director. Admission to the course is based on a formal thesis proposal endorsed by the student's graduate committee and submitted to the ECE Graduate Program Director.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature, intended to develop design techniques,research techniques, initiative, and independent inquiry. A written thesis must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the College of Engineering. Completion of the course requires a successful oral defense open to the public and a written thesis approved by the student's thesis committee unanimously and the ECE Graduate Program Director. Admission to the course is based on a formal thesis proposal endorsed by the student's graduate committee and submitted to the ECE Graduate Program Director.
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).
Reliability and Resilience in the Internet of Things
Elsevier - Liudong Xing and Barry W. Johnson (2023).
Reliability Theory and Practice for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10 - Liudong Xing, Gregory Levitin, Chaonan Wang (2019).
Dynamic System Reliability: Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic and Dependent Behaviors
Wiley - Amir Ehsani Zonouz, Liudong Xing, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Yan (Lindsay) Sun (2016).
Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks: A Reliability, Cost and Energy-Aware Approach
IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 6
2018 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Wireless Sensor Systems - L. Xing and S. V. Amari (2015).
Binary Decision Diagrams and Extensions for System Reliability Analysis
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 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 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 (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.