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. 

 

NEW! Research Assistant Positions Available for Ph.D. Students (Spring 2009 and Fall 2009)

 

Research Interests

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

 

[ Research ]      [ Teaching ]     

 

Grants (Funded Projects)

 

  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, 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

 

·         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.