T. Andrew Yang: Current Research Projects

T. Andrew Yang


Email: yang@cl.uh.edu	Web page: http://nas.cl.uh.edu/yang/	Tel.: (281) 283-3835

Last updated:

Oct. 2009

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On-going Research Projects, Sample Publications/Grants, and Related Web Sites

Distributed Computer Security Lab (Sponsored Research)

Information of the Distributed Computer Security Lab (DCSL), including the network design diagram, the security policy, etc. Click this link for the mirrored site of DCSL.
DCSL user guides (mirrored copy)

Wireless Sensor Networks

SOCO - Secure and Optimized Communication & Organization for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks, an ARP grant. Advanced Research Programs (ARP), Texas Higher Education Coordination Board (THECB). 2006-2008. (project summary)
T. Andrew Yang, Deepesh Jain, and Bo Sun. “DEVELOPMENT OF EMULATION-BASED PROJECTS FOR TEACHING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS”. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. In press. 2008. (local copy)
Bo Sun, Yang Xiao, Chung Chih Li, Hsiao Hwa Chen, and T. Andrew Yang. “SECURITY CO-EXISTENCE OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS AND RFID FOR PERVASIVE COMPUTING”. Computer Communications. Elsevier. In press. Available online June 7, 2008.
T. Andrew Yang and Dinesh Reddy Gudibandi. “Teaching wireless sensor networks by incorporating reorganization algorithms into the labs”. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 23 Issue 4. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. April 2008. (local copy)
Tran, Sam Phu Manh, and T. Andrew Yang. “OCO: Optimized Communication & Organization for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC2006). Taichung, Taiwan. 6/5-7, 2006. (local copy)
Tran, Sam Phu Manh, and T. Andrew Yang. “Evaluations of Target Tracking Methods in Wireless Sensor Networks”. Proceedings of the 37th ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2006). Houston, Texas. 3/1-5, 2006. (local copy)

Computer Security & Education

Module-based Computer Security Courses and Laboratory for Small and Medium Sized Universities, an NSF grant (2003-2006). Mirrored site.
Ryan Seifert and T. Andrew Yang. “Integrated file-level cryptographical access control”. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 23 Issue 4. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. April 2008. (local copy)
Yang, T. Andrew, and Tuan Anh Nguyen. “Network security development process: a framework for teaching network security courses”. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 21 (4), April 2006, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. (local copy)
Karthik Sadasivam, Banuprasad Samudrala, T. Andrew Yang. “Design of Network Security Projects Using Honeypots”. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 20, Issue 4. April 2005. (local copy)
Design of Distributed Computer Security Lab Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. Volume 20, Issue 1. October 2004.
Computer security and impact on computer science education. The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Volume 16 Issue 4. May 2001. (A local copy of the paper is available here.)

Mobile Applications and Security

Development of Wireless Stations for Distributed Field Operations, an ISSO grant. Institute for Space Systems Operations. 2004-2005. (2004 report, local copy)
Sadasivam, Karthik, Vishal Changrani, and T. Andrew Yang. “Scenario Based Performance Evaluation of Secure Routing in MANETs”. Proc. of the Second Int. Workshop on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Interoperability Issues (MANETII’05), in conjunction with the Int. Conf. on Wireless Networks (ICWN'05). 2005. (local copy)
Karthik Sadasivam and T. Andrew Yang. “Evaluation of Certificate-Based Authentication in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”. Proceedings of the IASTED International Multi-Conference on Networks and Communication Systems (NCS 2005), 4/2005.

Information Systems (Online social networks, Online collaborations)

Yang, T.A., Kim, D.J., Dhalwani, V., and Vu, T.K. "The 8C Framework as a Reference Model for Collaborative Value Webs in the Context of Web 2.0". Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41). 2008. http://sce.uhcl.edu/yang/research/580yang%20HICSS-41.pdf
T. Andrew Yang, Dan J. Kim, and Vishal Dhalwani. “Social Networking as a New Trend in e-Marketing”. Proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIT 2007). 2007. http://sce.uhcl.edu/yang/research/EM2I'07final.pdf

WLAN & Network Security

Security in Wireless Local Area Networks. A book chapter included in Handbook of Wireless Local Area Networks: Applications, Technology, Security, and Standards, CRC Press, 2005.
Wireless LAN Security and Laboratory Designs The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 19 Issue 3. Jan. 2004. (A local copy of the paper is available here.)
Wireless LAN Security (a master thesis proposal, 2002)

Performance Evaluation

802.11b Performance Evaluation The Proceedings of the 2nd IASTED International Conference on COMMUNICATIONS, INTERNET, & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CIIT 2003)
Performance Comparison of Database Access over the Internet - Java Servlets vs CGI. Proceedings of SCI 2000.

Open Courseware Development

Yue, K., Yang, T.A., Ding, W. & Chen, P. “Open Courseware and Computer Science Education”. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. Volume 20, Issue 1. October 2004.
Yue, K., Yang, T.A., Ding, W. & Chen, P. “A model for open content communities to support effective learning and teaching”. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Web-based Communities 2004, pp 533-536, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2004.