Xiaojiang (James) Du


I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive University.

I earned my Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park in August 2003. 

 

Research Interests

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

 

 

Education                

 

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

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

 

·        Journal Editorship

o       Associate Editor, Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, Wiley.

o       Associate Editor, Security and Communication Networks, Wiley.

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

o       Associate 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: served on panels such as CAREER, NeTS, PCAN, REU, RET and NUE.

·        Conference Chair

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 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

o       IEEE BroadNets 2005  

o       IEEE IPCCC 2005

o       IEEE WirelessCom 2005

§         Mobile Computing Symposium

o       IEEE/ACM BroadWise 2004

 

·        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.