Weichao Wang

Weichao Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of SIS
UNC-Charlotte

Weichao Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Software and Information Systems
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Contact

Room 310H, Woodward Hall
Department of SIS
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223

Phone: (704) 687-7987
Fax: (704) 687-6065
Email: weichaowang at uncc.edu
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Research interest

My research interests are in designing protocols and mechanisms to secure pervasive systems, especially the resource-restraint wireless networks. The investigation focuses on integrating multi-disciplinary schemes ( information theory, scientific visualization, etc.) with network techniques to prevent and detect various attacks and to enforce security and privacy in such environments. Several topics that I am working on are:

  • Privacy enforcement in wireless networks and its impacts on network security and performance
  • Secure and private location based routing and services
  • Effective representation of security data and visualization of attacks
  • Key distribution and management schemes
  • Self-organized intrusion detection and intruder identification methods
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Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, Purdue University, August, 2005.
M.S. Computer Science, Purdue University, May, 2002.
M.S. Computer Science, Tsinghua University, May, 2000.
B.S. Computer Science, Tsinghua University, May, 1998.
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Research Support

Exploring the Security Capabilities of Physical Layer Network Coding: Sep/11 to Aug/2013, $199,568. The project is supported by NSF Trustworthy Computing Program under the award 1143602.
Bridging Security Primitives and Protocols: A Digital LEGO Set for Information Assurance Courses : The project is supported by NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program.
An Interactive Toolkit for Information Assurance Courses The project is supported by the Center of Teaching Excellence (CTE) and Teaching Excellence Advisory Members (TEAM) of the University of Kansas. The research efforts will lead to a toolkit that can represent the security protocols and cyber-attacks in an easy-to-understand method so that the educational achievements of the courses can be improved.

Selected Publications

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A full publication list
Node Localization through Physical Layer Network Coding: Bootstrap, Security, and Accuracy, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, volume 10, issue 7, pages 1267--1277, 2012. Z. Li and W. Wang. [PDF]
Towards the Attacker's View of Protocol Narrations (or, How to Compile Security Protocols), accepted to appear in ACM AsiaCCS, Seoul, Korea, 2012. Z. Li and W. Wang. (Full paper accept rate: 21%) [PDF]
Non-interactive OS Fingerprinting through Memory De-duplication Technique in Virtual Machines, accepted to appear in IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Orlando, FL 2011. R. Owens and W. Wang. (Accept Rate: 36/129 =27.9%) [PDF]
Rethinking about Guessing Attacks, in ACM AsiaCCS, Hong Kong, 2011. Z. Li and W. Wang. (Accept Rate: 35/217 =16.1%) [PDF]
Deciding recognizability under Dolev-Yao intruder model, accepted to appear in Information Security Conference (ISC), Boca Raton, FL, 2010. Z. Li and W. Wang. (Accept Rate: 22/134 =16.4%) [PDF]
3D Digital Legos for Teaching Security Protocols, in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (TLT), Vol. 4, No. 2, pages 125--137, April--June, 2011. L. Yu, L. Harrison, A. Lu, Z. Li, and W. Wang. [PDF]
Detecting Sybil Nodes in Wireless Networks with Physical Layer Network Coding, in Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), pp. 21--30, Chicago, IL, 2010. W. Wang, D. Pu, and A. Wyglinski.(Accept Rate = 23%) [PDF]
Secure and Efficient Access to Outsourced Data, in ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop (CCSW), in conjunction with ACM CCS 2009. W. Wang, Z. Li, R. Owens, and B. Bhargava. [PDF]
Stateless Key Distribution for Secure Intra and Inter-group Multicast in Mobile Wireless Networks, Elsevier Computer Networks, Volume 51, Issue 15, pp 4303--4321, Oct. 2007. W. Wang and T. Stransky. [PDF]
Interactive Wormhole Detection and Evaluation , Information Visualization Journal (IVS), Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 3--17, Jan. 2007. W. Wang and A. Lu. [PDF]
Visualization of Wormholes in Underwater Sensor Networks: A Distributed Approach , International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Volume 3, No. 1, pp 10--23, 2008. W. Wang, J. Kong, B. Bhargava, and M. Gerla. [PDF]
Wireless networking security: open issues in trust, management, interoperation, and measurement, International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), vol. 1, no. 1/2, pp. 84--94, 2006. J. Evans, W. Wang, and B. Ewy. [PDF]
Key Distribution and Update for Secure Inter-group Multicast Communication in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Security of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (SASN), in conjunction with ACM CCS, 2005. W. Wang, and B. Bhargava. [PDF]
Low-cost Attacks against Packet Delivery, Localization and Time Synchronization Services in Under-Water Sensor Networks in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe), in conjunction with MobiCom, 2005. J. Kong, Z. Ji, W. Wang, M. Gerla, R. Bagrodia, and B. Bhargava. [PDF]
Defending against Wormhole Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC), vol. 6, issue 4, pp. 483-503, June 2006. W. Wang, B. Bhargava, Y. Lu, and X. Wu. [PDF]
Integrating Heterogeneous Wireless Technologies: A Cellular-assisted Mobile Ad Hoc Network in Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Special Issue on Integration of Heterogeneous Wireless Technologies, (9)393-408, 2004. B. Bhargava, X. Wu, Y. Lu, and W. Wang. [PDF]
Secure Wireless Network with Movable Base Stations in IEICE Transactions on Communications, IEICE/IEEE Joint Special Issue on Assurance Systems and Networks, Vol. E86-B, No. 10, pp. 2922-2930, 2003. Y. Lu, B. Bhargava, W. Wang, Y. Zhong, and X. Wu. [PDF]
Visualization of Wormholes in Sensor Networks in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe), in conjunction with MobiCom'04, October, 2004. W. Wang, and B. Bhargava. [PDF]

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Professional Service

  • Journal Editorial Board Members:
    International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS).

    Guest editor of the Tsinghua Science and Technology, Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Networks, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Internet of Things, 2011.

  • Journal mini-PC:
    Mini-PC member for the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), special issue on Trust, Security and Privacy in Parellel and Distributed Systems, 2012.

  • Panelist on Technical Conferences:
    Moderator and panelist on The future of VizSec on VizSec 2011 associated with SOUPS.

  • Technical Program Committee Members:
    IEEE WCNC: 2013,   2011,   2010;
    IEEE IPCCC: 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007;
    IEEE Globecom: 2013 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009;
    IEEE IC3N : 2007, 2006;
    IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008;
    IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC): 2012;
    IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON): 2011; 2012;
    IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM): 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010;
    International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC): 2010;
    IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (AINA): 2011, 2010, 2009;
    IEEE Workshop on Broadband Wireless Internet and Next Generation Networks Access (BWINA): 2013;
    IEEE International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems (CITS): 2012;
    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Internet of Things(IOT): 2011;
    IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC): 2012, 2011, 2010;
    International Symposium on Smart Home (SH): 2010;
    International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS): 2010; 2009;
    International Symposium on Data, Privacy, and E-Commerce (ISDPE): 2010;
    IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC): 2013; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009;
    IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS): 2008, 2007;
    International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ACT): 2007;
    International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP): 2012;
    International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN): 2006;

    International Conference on Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC): 2013;
    The FTRA International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech): 2012;
    International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems (ICARIS): 2012;
    IEEE LCN Workshop on Security in Communications Networks (WSCN or WNS or SICK): 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006;
    ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing: 2009, 2008;
    International Workshop on Specialized Ad Hoc Networks and Systems (SAHNS): 2011, 2009, 2007;
    The International Workshop on Networking Traffic, QoS, Communication Channels and Security: 2009;
    IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Network Algorithm and Theory (WiNA): 2009; 2010;
    International Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (LOCALGOS): 2009;
    IEEE International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security (CSS): 2013, 2012, 2011, 2008;
    IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Networking and Services (MCN): 2013;
    International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI): 2013;
    IET Workshop on Smart Sensing and Situation Awareness in Sensor Networks (IE): 2008;
    IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC): 2012;
    International Workshop on Information Processing over Evolving Networks (WINPEN): 2006.

  • Reviewer for Conferences: IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) 2012, International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications (ICUMT) 2009, Workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec) 2009, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) 2008, IEEE WiMob 2007, IEEE NTMS 2007, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2007, WCNC 2007, ICC 2007, ACM MobiWAC 2006, WCNC 2006, ICC 2006, NDSS 2006, IEEE IPCCC 2006, NOSSDAV 2005, IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors 2005, WirelessCom 2005, IEEE LCN Workshop on Network Security 2005, IEEE Workshop on Wireless and Sensor Networks Security 2005, IEEE PerCom 2004, IEEE ICCCN 2004, IASTED Wireless and Optical Communications 2004, IEEE VTC 2003.
  • Reviewer for Journals:
    IEEE and ACM:
    • IEEE Communications Magazine;
    • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Network (ToN);
    • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics;
    • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing;
    • ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks;
    • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems;
    • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security;
    • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT);
    • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing;
    • IEEE Network Magazine;
    • IEEE Transactions on Computers.

    Other Academic Publisher:
    • Springer Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS);
    • Springer Wireless Personal Communications;
    • Springer Distributed and Parallel Databases (DAPD);
    • Wiley's Security and Communication Networks;
    • Wiley's Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing;
    • Wiley's International Journal of Communication Systems;
    • Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks;
    • Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal;
    • Elsevier Computer Communications;
    • Elsevier INFORMATION SCIENCES;
    • Elsevier Journal of Systems and Software;
    • Elsevier Computers and Security (COSE);
    • Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems;
    • Journal of Computer Security (JCS);
    • Information Processing Letters;
    • International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN);
    • International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS);
    • International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (IJPEDS);
    • International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS);
    • International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC);
    • International Journal of Next-Generation Computing (IJNGC);
    • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (JWCN);
    • KICS Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN).

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    • Last updated in January 20, 2012.