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.
Allows study into areas not included in the formal course listings.
Allows study into areas not included in the formal course listings.
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.
Satisfies the Research Skills component of the ELE PhD qualifier. Student is evaluated by at least 3 faculty based on an oral presentation and defense of a small research project. Course is graded pass/fail.
Satisfies the Research Skills component of the ELE PhD qualifier. Student is evaluated by at least 3 faculty based on an oral presentation and defense of a small research project. Course is graded pass/fail.
Research for and preparation of doctoral dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must provide a thorough survey of the research activities in the research topic area and it must present original and innovative research ideas and preliminary results as well as a defined research scope and directions. PhD students must have passed this course before registering for doctoral dissertation research credits. This course may also be applied toward MS thesis or project credit if PhD student leaves prior to completing their dissertation. In all cases, required deliverables are an oral defense and a written document approved by the student's committee.Graded P/F.
Research for and preparation of doctoral dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must provide a thorough survey of the research activities in the research topic area and it must present original and innovative research ideas and preliminary results as well as a defined research scope and directions. PhD students must have passed this course before registering for doctoral dissertation research credits. This course may also be applied toward MS thesis or project credit if PhD student leaves prior to completing their dissertation. In all cases, required deliverables are an oral defense and a written document approved by the student's committee.Graded P/F.
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.