Wenyao Xu - Computer Science and Engineering

Wenyao Xu

Professor and Associate Department Chair

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY)

Office:

330 Davis Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-2500

Phone:

(716)645-4748

Fax:

(716)645-3464

Email:

wenyaoxu at buffalo dot edu

Biography:

Dr. Xu is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Department in the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, where he founds and directs the ESC (Embedded Sensing and Computing) Group. He has published over 200 technical papers, co-authored 2 books and is a named inventor on many international and U.S. patents. He received the Ph.D. degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received both M.S. degree and B.S. degree from Zhejiang University (both with honor), China.

Research Overview: Read More

Our group has focused on exploring novel Embedded Sensing and Computing technologies to build up innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems for high-impact real-world applications in the fields of healthcare, security and advanced manufacturing. Results has been published in peer-reviewed top research venues across multiple disciplines, including Computer Science (e.g., ACM SenSys, MobiSys, MobiCom, UbiComp, ASPLOS, ISCA, HPCA, Oakland, NDSS and CCS), Biomedical Engineering (e.g., IEEE TBME, TBioCAS, and JBHI), and Medicine (e.g., LANCET, JMIR). Our group won 14 best paper/article awards, 3 best paper award nominations and 2 international best design awards. Our inventions have been filed within U.S. and internationally as patents, and have been licensed to industrial players. Our research has been reported in various high-impact media outlets, including the Discovery Channel, Cable News Network, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Los Angeles Times, and the National Science Foundation's News.

Selected research projects are as below:

Smart Health:
- mRehab: Scalable mHealth Technologies using 3D Printing for Stroke Rehabilitation (Project Website)
- EarlySee: Pervasive Autism Screening in Infancy and Toddlerhood (Project Website)
- mPD: Passive Daily-life Activity Monitoring for Parkinson Disease Screening and Self-management
- mCalm: Closed-loop and Just-in-time Mental Health Intervention using Mobile and IoT Technologies
Cybersecurity:
- Emerging Biometrics: Secure (e.g., cancelable) and Practical Biometric Systems in Ecological Environments
- Biometrics Education: A Research Experiences for Undergraduate Site on Biometrics (Project Website)
- Secure and Dependable 3D Printing: Investigating the Vulnerabilities of 3D Printing Systems
- mmWave Radar Security in Autonomous Vehicles: Vulnerability Identification and mitigation

Selected Research News: Read More

(2020/10) Our work on 3D Finger Vein Biometrics highlighted in multiple media outlets, such as New Atlas, Science Daily, Science Time. Read More

(2020/07) Our work on SonicPrint is in the news. Read More

(2020/01) FerroTag, a paper-based iBeacon technology, is in the news. Read More

(2019/08) Our team contributes to the podcast by Flash Forward on the theme of a possible future scenario: "CRIME: I can see my house from here". Read More

(2019/06) Our work on Distance Heart Biometrics was highlighted by MIT Technology Review. Read More

Selected Recent Publications: Read More

[MobiSys'20] "SonicPrint: A Generally Adoptable and Secure Fingerprint Biometrics in Smart Devices", ACM MobiSys, Toronto, Canada, June 2020 (Best Paper Award, 1 out of 175)

[MMSys'20] "QuRate: Power-Efficient Mobile Immersive Video Streaming", ACM MMSys, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2020 (Best Paper Award and DASH-IF Excellence in DASH Awards)

[SenSys'19] "FerroTag: A Paper-based mmWave-Scannable Tagging Infrastructure", ACM SenSys, New York, USA, November 2019 (Best Paper Award, 1 out of 144) [Video Demo]

[SenSys'18] "E-Eye: Hidden Electronics Recognition through mmWave Nonlinear Effects", ACM SenSys, Shenzhen, China, November 2018 (Best Paper Runner-up) [Video Demo]