Dong Wang
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Information Sciences
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science (Affiliated)
Illinois Informatics (Affiliated)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tel: +1-217-244-6412
Email: dwang24 at illinois dot edu
Biography
I am an associate professor with tenure in the School of Information Sciences and the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science (affiliated) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I received my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at UIUC. I am also affiliated with the Illinois Informatics, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), the Information Trust Institute, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), and the Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) at UIUC.
Research Interests
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Social Sensing, Computing, and Intelligence
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Human-Centered AI, AI for Social Good, Responsible Machine Learning
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Data Quality, Big Data Analytics, Misinformation Detection and Explanation
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Cyber-Physical-Human Systems, Smart Cities, Internet of Things/Everything (IoT/IoE)
Honors and Awards
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NSF CAREER Award
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Google Faculty Research Award
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ARO Young Investigator Program Award (YIP)
- NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award
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Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Wing Kai Cheng Fellowship: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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Best Paper Award (Research Track): 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)
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Best Paper Award: 16th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS)
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Best Paper Honorable Mention: 8th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP)
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Fall 2022, 2023, Spring 2023, 2024, List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students at UIUC