Laurence Tianruo Yang#
| Membership Number: | 5737 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CANADA |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-7986-4244 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010,07 - present National Distinguished Professor, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
- 2018,12 - present W.F. James Research Chair, Department of Computer Science, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
- 2009,09 - present, Tenured Professor, Department of Computer Science, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
- 2007,09 - 2009,09 Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
- 2001,09 - 2007,09 Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
- 1999,09 - 2001,09 Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Fields of Scholarship
- Cyber-physical-social systems
- Big data computing and analytics
- Ubiquitous/pervasive computing
- Embedded systems/Internet-of-Things
- Parallel and distributed (cloud) computing
Honours and Awards
- 2021 John B. Stirling Medal from Engineering Institute of Canada
- 2020 IEEE Sensor Council Technical Achievement Award
- 2020 IEEE Canada C. C. Gotlieb Computer Medal
- 2020 Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
- 2019 - 2020 Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science Group) Highly Cited Researcher
- 2020 IEEE TCCPS Most Influential Paper Award on Cyber-Physical Systems
- 2019 IEEE SCSTC Most Influential Paper Award on Smart Computing
- 2019 IEEE TCBD Best Journal Paper Award on Big Data
- 2019 Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
- 2018 AMiner Most Influential Scholar Award for Internet of Things
- 2018 IEEE TCCPS Distinguished Leadership Award on Cyber-Physical Systems
- 2018 IEEE SCSTC Life-Career Achievement Award on Smart Computing
- 2017 Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
- 2017 IEEE System Journal Best Paper Award and Elsevier JCSS Journal Most Cited Paper Award
- 2017 IEEE TCSC Achievement Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing
