Associate Professor
Coordinator for AI and Data Science Research
Division of Information and Computing Technologies
College of Science and Engineering
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
Coordinator for AI and Data Science Research
Division of Information and Computing Technologies
College of Science and Engineering
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
Contact
- Emails: yyang AT hbku.edu.qa, yin AT yang.net
- Tel: +974-445-HKUST
Research
- Main interests: big data analytics, data security and privacy.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Google Scholar page (H-index: 24)
- Selected publications
Grants
Current projects:
- Lead PI: QNRF NPRP Project on Real-Time Analytics for Sports Video Streams. $717k, 2017-2019.
- Lead PI: QNRF NPRP Project on Detecting Fraudulent Messages with Strong Privacy Protection. $595k, 2018-2021.
- Lead PI (blockchain infrastructure module): QNRF NPRP Cluster Project on A Secure End-to-End Blockchain-Based Solution to Finance Trade: The Legal, Technological, and Economic Framework, $3 million, 2019-2022.
- PI: Samsung GRO Project on Building and Enhancing AI Models on Smart Devices with Differential Privacy. $100k, 2018-2019.
- Co-PI: A*STAR HCCS Project on Scalable, Real-Time Analytics on Challenging Data. $1.2 million, 2014-2016.
- Co-PI: Samsung GRO Project on Collecting and Analyzing Data from Smart Device Users with Strong Privacy Protection. $100k, 2015-2016.
- Co-PI: Samsung GRO Project on Discovering Patterns from Smart Device Users with Strong Privacy Protection. $100k, 2016-2017.
- Mentor: QNRF UREP project on Line-Tracking Smart Car with Edge-based Path Recognition and Dual-PID Control Strategy, 2018-2019.
Professional Services
- Program committee member:
- ICDE: 2013, 2015, 2017.
- SIGMOD: 2013, 2018.
- CIKM: 2018.
- Conference organizer:
- CIKM: 2017 (sponsorship co-chair), 2018 (sponsorship co-chair).
- Editorial board member:
- Elsevier IP&M.
- Journal referee:
- Data Science: ACM TODS, VLDB J., IEEE TKDE, ACM TWEB, IEEE TMC.
- Cybersecurity: ACM TISSEC, IEEE TDSC.
Award
- IC2E'13 Best Paper Award.
Education
- Bachelor of Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, worked in Professor Yong Yu's group.
- PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, worked in Professor Dimitris Papadias's group.
Current Team Members
- Dr Shiping Wen (postdoc).
- Dr Biao Luo (postdoc).
- Dr Chaojie Li (postdoc).
- Mansoor Al-Thani (PhD candidate, Ministry of Interior).
- Qiang Xiao (PhD candidate).
- Salman Abu-Haliqa (Master student).
- Haya Al-Nuaimi (Master student).
Stamata naxinis to arhidia su, malaka.
