Security and Privacy in Smart Grids

Yang Xiao worked in industry as a MAC (Medium Access Control) architect involved in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE ) 802.11 standard enhancement work before he joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Memphis in 2002. H e is currently with the Department of Computer Science (with tenure) at the University of Alabama. He was a voting member of IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004. H e is an IEEE Senior Member. D r. Xiao serves as a panelist for the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI ) Telecommunications expert committee, and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AI BS), as well as a referee/reviewer for many national and international funding agencies. H is research areas are security, communications/networks, robotics, and telemedicine.

He has published more than 200 refereed journal articles and over 200 refereed conference papers and book chapters related to these research areas. Dr. Xiao's research has been supported by the U.S. NSF, U.S. Army Research, the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI ), Fleet Industrial Supply Center-San Diego (FISCSD ), FIATECH , and the University of Alabama's Research Grants Committee. He currently serves as editor in chief for the International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN) and International Journal of Sensor Networks. H e was the founding editor in chief for the International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications (IJTA) (2007-2009).