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Yingwei Wang

Professor

school of mathematical and computational sciences

University of Prince Edward Island

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About

Education

Awards

Research

Dew computing & bioinformatics

Research highlight: The establishment of Dew Computing.

Technical Contributions to Dew Computing

  • Cloud-dew architecture [40][41][42][58][78]
  • Dew computing technical descriptions [43][44][47][49][51]
  • WiD, SiD, PiD, and IaD categories [47]
  • Reveal dew computing features through comparisons [44][51][55][59][67][70]
  • Modeling of dew computing [51][53][54][55]
  • Formal description of dew computing [60]
  • Dew computing application in blockchains [57][58][66][69][76]
  • Dew computing other applications [40][50][66][72][75][79][81][82]

Organizational Contributions to Dew Computing

  • proposed, organized, and hosted The 1st International Workshop on Dew Computing (DEWCOM 2016) in UPEI; served as Program Committee Chair and Organizing Committee Chair.
  • served as the founding chair of IEEE Computer Society Dew Computing Special Technical Community (DewCom STC) from Oct. 30, 2018 to Jan. 29, 2021.
  • served as a program co-chair in 2020 International Conference on Cloud Computing CLOUD 2020 which was held virtually due to COVID on September 18 - 20, 2020.
  • served as a program co-chair in the 7th International Conference on Internet of Things ICIOT 2022 which was held as part of the Services Conference Federation (SCF 2022) in Honolulu, HI, USA, on December 10�14, 2022.
  • co-edited CLOUD 2020�s proceedings. This proceedings [71] contains 300 pages, and was published by the prestigious publisher Springer as part of its famous LNCS series.
  • co-edited ICIOT 2022�s proceedings. This proceedings [80] contains 133 pages, and was published by the prestigious publisher Springer as part of its famous LNCS series.
  • served as co-chairs or steering committee members in DEWCOM 2017, DEWCOM 2018, DEWCOM 2019, DEWCOM 2020, DEWCOM 2021, DEWCOM 2022, and DEWCOM 2023.
  • established and collaboratively maintained Dew Computing Research website, which served the dew computing community as its central hub.

Key Contributions to Bioinformatic

  • [37] accessed more than 17,000 times; cited 59 times. first three authors (including me) contributed equally.
  • [38] accessed more than 14,000 times; cited 37 times.
  • [39] accessed more than 6,000 times.
  • [45] accessed more than 6,000 times; the most influential paper for the Journal.
  • high impact on research, industry, government policy making.
  • ISAV/PRV Analyses
  • The Discovery of Genomic Signatures� Determinants

Research Reflections

  • The International Journal of Cloud Computing and the whole Inderscience Publishers highly rated paper [40]. On September 15, 2015, Inderscience Publishers announced the endeavor of cloud-dew architecture to the science community in the form of a public release. Over 30 media published the news, including some media in Russia, India, Japan, Montenegro, and Colombia. These media are listed here.

Publication

Complete list, with original reference numbers retained.

82 publications

Teaching

Fall 2026

CS-2060
Web Development and Programming

CS-3420
Computer Communications

Winter 2027

CS-3420
Computer Communications

CS-3520
Operating Systems

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TSINC Testing Method

TSINC is a new online testing method. The acronym TSINC represents its five characteristics: Time-pressed, Sequential, Individualized, Not searchable, and Calibration-bound. Its primary feature is that it can be used to organize plagiarism-resistant online testing without human monitoring.

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Academic service

Professional activities

  • Volunteer, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), since Oct. 10, 2015
  • Member, Internet Society
  • Member, Internet Society Blockchain SIG (Special Interest Group)
  • Member, Internet Society Internet of Things SIG (Special Interest Group)
  • Member and Volunteer, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society
  • Session Chair, The 2015 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2015), Aug. 2015
  • Reviewers and Committee Members for the following journals and conferences:
Journals, conferences, and review activities
  • NSERC reviewer
  • Cryptography
  • Computers
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • CLOUD 2021
  • VLIoT 2020
  • VLDB 2019
  • IEEE Access
  • International Journal of Security and Networks
  • International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
  • Internet of Things: Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems
  • ICA CON 2018
  • IEEE-IEMCOM 2017
  • International Journal of Cloud Computing
  • Open Journal of Cloud Computing
  • International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering
  • Mobile Information Systems

University & community service

  • School Honors Committee (2016 to 2026)
  • School Award Committee (2024-2026)
  • School Faculty Association Representative (2016 to 2017, 2019 to 2022)
  • School Science Fair Liaison (2016 to 2017, 2019 to 2022, 2024-2026)
  • Faculty of Science Assessment Committee (Summer 2020)
  • School Website Content Committee (2019 to 2020)
  • School Department Review Committee (2016 to 2017, 2022, 2023)
  • School Program Committee (2016 to 2017)
  • Department Program Committee (2004 to 2016)
  • Department Faculty Association Representative (2009 to 2016)
  • Department Honors Committee, many times (2004 to 2016)
  • Judge, Science Atlantic International Collegiate Programming Contest, 2013
  • UPEI team coach, APICS International Collegiate Programming Contest, 2010
  • Department Selection Committees, Department Review Committees, Acting Chair
  • Department Library Coordinator (2004 to 2009)
  • University Internationalization Committee (2004 to 2009)
  • Judge and Captain, Canada-wide Science Fair, 2012
  • Judge, Prince Edward Island Provincial Science Fair (2006 to 2026)
  • Member, Holland College BioScience Technology Advisory Committee (2006 to 2011)

Contact

ywang@upei.ca · Office: Cass 407
Tel: 902 566 0499 · Fax: 902 566 0466

School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada C1A 4P3