Du.JPG  Dr. Xiao-jiang (James) Du


NEW! I joined the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University in Fall 2009.       

 

 

I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, between July 2004 and August 2009.

 

I won the 2009 Research Award, College of Science and Math, North Dakota State University.

 

Please use my new email address:  dxj2005 AT gmail.com

 

NEW! Chair, Computer and Network Security Symposium, The 6th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2010), June 28 - July 2, 2010, Caen, France.

 

Research Interests

  • Security, Mobile and Secure Computing 
  • Wireless Networks, Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Computer Networks, Network and Systems Management, Systems, Controls

 

[ Research ]      [ Teaching ]       [ Students ]     

 

Grants (Funded Projects)

 

  1. NEW! A Heterogeneous Sensor Network Laboratory for Integrated Research and Education

Major Research Infrastructure (MRI) Program, NSF, 09-01-2009 to 08-31-2012, PI.

 

  1. Designing Secure and Robust Heterogeneous Sensor Networks

           Army Research Office, 09-01-2008 to 08-31-2011, PI.

 

  1. Towards Robust and Self-Healing Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks

     Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS), NSF, 09-01-2007 to 08-31-2010, PI.

 

  1. Collaborative for Scholarships in Computing, Information Sciences, and Engineering

           Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S-STEM) Program, NSF

           10-01-2006 to 09-30-2010, Co-PI.

 

  1. A Heterogeneous Sensor Network Laboratory for Integrated Research and Education

     Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI), NSF, 09-01-2007 to 08-31-2010, PI

 

  1. A Testbed for Research and Education in Wireless Network Security

           Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), Army Research Office

           05-01-2007 to 04-31-2009, PI.

 

Education                

 

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Aug. 2003, ECE Dept., Univ. of Maryland, College Park        (Aug. 1999 – Dec. 2003)

Advisor: Dr. Mark Shayman, Associate Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering; Professor, ECE Dept., Univ. of Maryland, College Park

Ph.D. Dissertation: Fault and Security Management for IP Networks

 

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2002, ECE Dept., University of Maryland, College Park             (Aug. 1999 – May 2002)

Advisor: Dr. Mark Shayman

Major: Computer Networks              (Picked up M.S. after Passing the Ph.D. Research Proposal Defense)

                                                    

M.E. (Master of Engineering) in Electrical Engineering, July 1998, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China  (Aug. 1996 – July 1998)

Advisor: Professor Jiuling Li

Thesis: Network Management and Control for Enterprise Intranet

 

B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) in Electrical Engineering, July 1996, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China  (Aug. 1991 – July 1996)

Major: Controls;        Minor: Computer Networks                   

Industry Experience

Researcher, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China,                              (Aug. 1998 – July 1999)

Worked on Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) in the Wireless Division of Huawei

 

Professional Activities

 

·         Journal Editorship

o   Editor, Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, Wiley.

o   Editor, Security and Communication Networks, Wiley.

o   Editor, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), InderScience.

o   Editor, Journal of Computer Systems, Networking, and Communications, Hindawi.

o   Guest Editor - IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Special Issue on Security in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, 2006.

o   Guest Editor - International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Special Issue on Security Issues in Sensor Networks, 2005.

·         NSF Panelist - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009: served on panels such as CAREER, NeTS, TC, CRI, CPS, CCF, CIF, PCAN, REU, RET and NUE.

·         Conference Chair

o   Chair, Computer and Network Security Symposium, The 5th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2009), June 21-24, 2009, LEIPZIG, GERMANY

o   Chair, Computer and Network Security Symposium, IEEE International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2008), Crete Island, Greece, August 6-8, 2008

o   Chair, Computer and Network Security Symposium, International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 12-16, 2007.

o   Vice-Chair, Services and Applications Program, IEEE WCNC 2007, Hong Kong, March 2007.

o   Registration Co-Chair, IEEE MASS 2006, Vancouver, Canada, October 2006.

o   Chair, Computer and Network Security Symposium, ACM International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2006), Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.

·         Technical Program Committee (TPC)

o   IEEE INFOCOM 2010

o   IEEE ICC 2010

o   IEEE GLOBECOM 2010

o   IEEE INFOCOM 2009

o   IEEE GLOBECOM 2009

o   IEEE INFOCOM 2008

o   IEEE GLOBECOM 2008

o   IEEE ICC 2008

o   IEEE INFOCOM 2007

o   IEEE ICC 2007 - Computer and Communications Network Security Symposium

o   IEEE IM 2007

o   IEEE WCNC 2007

o   IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 - Wireless Communications Symposium, Network Security Systems Symposium

o   IEEE ICC 2006 - Wireless and Ad Hoc Sensor Networks Symposium

o   IEEE NOMS 2006

o   IEEE IPCCC 2006

o   IEEE GLOBECOM 2005 - Computer and Network Security Symposium

 

·         Member of IEEE, Member of ACM

 

·         Journal Review

o   ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal

§  Special Issue on Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

o   IEEE Journals on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)

§  Special Issue on Next Generation CDMA Technologies

o   IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I

o   IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

o   Elsevier Computer Networks

o   Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks

o   Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications

§  Special Issue on Dependable Wireless Sensor Networks

o   Elsevier Information Sciences

o   Journal of Network and Systems Management

 

·         Conference Review

IEEE INFOCOM 2006, 2005; IEEE ICC 2005; IEEE HPSR 2005; IEEE ACC 2005; IEEE QShine 2004; IEEE CDC 2004; IEEE INFOCOM 2003. 

·         Invited Presentation  

o   Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks and Security, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, March, 2006. Host: Professor Bin Lin.

o   Implementation and Performance Analysis of SNMP on a TLS/TCP Base, T1M1.5 North America Telecommunications standard meeting of TMN. Greensboro NC, May 2001.

o   Performance Analysis of SNMP over TLS/TCP, Laboratory for Telecommunications Science, National Security Agency (NSA), White Oak, MD, June 2001.

 

Contact Information

 

 

Mailing Address:

Office: 258 IACC

258 IACC

Tel:      701-231-8182 

Department of Computer Science

Fax:     701-231-8255

North Dakota State University

Email:  Xiaojiang.Du AT ndsu.edu

Fargo, ND, 58105

Last modified on Jan. 23, 2008.