Faculty
Faculty

Bo Yang

Author：　　Source：　　Date：2024-03-14　　

Bo Yang

Professor

Basic Information

Birthdate:17th, July 1987

Phone:  (+86)15241802075

Email:  yang.bo@nwafu.edu.cn

Work Unit: College of Information Engineering, Northwest A&F University

Address: North Campus of Northwest A&F University, Yangling District, Xianyang， Shaanxi Province, China

Social Service

Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Member of the Association for Computing Machinery

Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics

Member of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence

Areas of Research Interests/Research Projects

Internet of Things

Multi-agent Learning

Cooperative Computing

Cyber-Physical Systems

Education and Working Background

Tenured Full Professor & Master Supervisor, College of Information Engineering, Northwest A&F University (2022.05-)

Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering， University of Toronto. Cooperative Instructor: Ben Liang (Chair Professor, IEEE Fellow) (2021.04-2022.04)

Assistant Researcher, Institute of Computer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017.07-2021.03)

Ph.D. in Engineering, Control Science and Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Disciple of Xiao Yang (Tenure of the University of Alabama, IEEE Fellow) and Liang Wei (Distinguished Professor of CAS, National Sci-Tech Innovation Leading Talents)

Master of Engineering, Computer Application Technology, Shenyang Aerospace University, Disciple of Cai Dongfeng (2010.09-2013.01)

Bachelor of Computer Science and Technology, China Agricultural University (2006-2010)

Scientific Projects

As the project leader, he has presided over the following scientific research projects:

[1] High-level Talents Introduction Project of Northwest A&F University -Agricultural Internet of Things Technology Research based on UAV Cluster Cooperative Operation

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund Project) - Research on Intelligent Networking and Cooperative Transmission Method of Heterogeneous UAV Clusters (No. 62002346)

[3] "Postdoctoral International Exchange Program" Dispatched Project of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security - Collaborative Computing in Intelligent Edge Network (No. 2020087) Visiting Institution: University of Toronto

[4] Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (General Program) - Research on Distributed Cooperative Transmission Method of Heterogeneous UAV Ad Hoc Network (No. 2018M631582)

[5] The First International Young Talents Fund of Zhijiang Laboratory-Collaborative Transmission and Computing of Edge Devices for Industrial Intelligence

[6] Shenyang Automation Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Jiang Xinsong Innovation Fund) -Research on Distributed Channel Convergence Algorithm in Cognitive Radio Network

As the backbone of scientific research, he has participated in the following scientific research projects:

[1] National Key R&D Program (Sino-German Intergovernmental Cooperation Project) - Research, Development and Demonstration of Key Technologies of Safe and Reliable Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Factories (No. 2017YFE0101300)

[2] National Key R&D Program (Sino-Korean Governmental Cooperation Project) - R&D and Application Demonstration of Key Technologies for Robot Digitalization Workshops Smart Manufacturing Based on Industrial Internet of Things and Information Physics Fusion (No. 2017YFE0123000)

[3] National Natural Science Foundation of China (China-South Korea) International Cooperation and Exchange Program - Research on Industrial Internet of Things Technology for Smart Manufacturing (No. 71661147005)

[4] Innovative Research Group Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China - Robot Perception, Control and Synergy (No. 61821005)

[5] National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program)- Industrial Cognitive Networks Architecture, Design Methodology and Application Verification for Smart Enterprises (No. 61533015)

[6] National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program) - IP-based Smart Grid Information Access and Transmission Theory and Technology (No. 61233007)

[7] National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) - Key Networking Protocols Design and Optimization for Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks (No. 61673371)

[8] National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) – Research on Multi-scale Adaptive Channel Switching Theory and Methodology for Highly Reliable Industrial Wireless Networks (No. 61174026)

[9] Strategic Pioneering Science and Technology Special Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Safe and Controlled Logistics Operation System (No. XDC02020600)

[10] Strategic Pioneering Science and Technology Special Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research and Implementation of Polymorphic Protocol for Highly Concurrent Physical Information Access (No. XDA06021000)

Journal Papers:

[1]  Bo Yang, Jialin Zhang, Huaguang Shi. Interactive-Imitation-based Distributed Coordination Scheme for Smart Manufacturing. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 3599-3608, May 2021. (JCR Q1, IF: 11.648)

[2]  Bo Yang, Min Liu, Zhongcheng Li. Rendezvous on the Fly: Efficient Neighbor Discovery for Autonomous UAVs. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 2032-2044, Sep. 2018. (CCF-A, JCR Q1, IF: 13.081)

[3]  Bo Yang, Wei Liang, Meng Zheng, Ying-Chang Liang. Fully Distributed Channel-Hopping Algorithms for Rendezvous Setup in Cognitive Multiradio Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 8629-8643, Oct. 2016. (JCR Q1, IF: 6.239)

[4] Bo Yang. A Highly-Random Hopping Sequence for Jamming-Resilient Channel Rendezvous in Distributed Cognitive Radio Networks. Computers & Security, vol. 96, pp. 1-12, Sep. 2020. (CCF-B, JCR Q1, IF: 5.105)

[5] Bo Yang, Huaguang Shi, Xiaofang Xia. Federated Imitation Learning for UAV Swarm Coordination in Urban Traffic Surveillance. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), to be published, 2022. (JCR Q1, IF: 11.648)

[6] Zengqi Zhang, Bo Yang, Min Liu, Zhongcheng Li, Xiaobing Guo. A Quaternary- Encoding-Based Channel Hopping Algorithm for Blind Rendezvous in Distributed IoTs. IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 7316-7330, Oct. 2019. (CCF-B, JCR Q1, IF: 6.166)

[7] Jialin Zhang, Wei Liang, Bo Yang, Huaguang Shi, Ke Wang, Qi Wang. A Potential Game Approach for Decentralized Resource Coordination in Coexisting IWNs. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1118-1130, Jun. 2022. (JCR Q1, IF: 6.359)

[8] Hui Jiang, Min Liu, Bo Yang, Qingxiang Liu, Jizhong Li. Customized Federated Learning for Accelerated Edge Computing with Heterogeneous Task Targets. Computer Networks, vol. 183, pp. 1-13, Dec. 2020. (CCF-B, JCR Q1, IF: 5.493)

[9] Chaofan Ma, Yan Li, Bo Yang, Yuying Zhang, Furan Guo. Relay Node Placement for Building Wireless Sensor Networks with Reconfigurability Provision. Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 107, pp. 1-23, Oct. 2020. (JCR Q2, IF: 4.816)

[10] Xiaofang Xia, Yang Liu, Bo Yang, Yingfan Liu, Jiangtao Cui, Yinlong Zhang. An Expectation Maximization based Adaptive Group Testing Method for Improving Efficiency and Sensitivity of Large-Scale Screening of COVID-19. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI), vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 482-493, Feb. 2022. (JCR Q1, IF: 7.021)

[11]  Xiaofang Xia, Yang Liu, Yang Xiao, Jiangtao Cui, Bo Yang, Yanguo Peng. AdaGT: An Adaptive Group Testing Method for Improving Efficiency and Sensitivity of Large-Scale Screening against COVID-19. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE), vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 646-662, Apr. 2022. (CCF-B, JCR Q1, IF: 6.636)

[12]  Chaofan Ma, Wei Liang, Meng Zheng, Bo Yang. Relay Node Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks with Respect to Delay and Reliability Requirements. IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 2570-2581, Sep. 2019. (JCR Q1, IF: 4.802)

[13] YANG Bo, ZHENG Meng & LIANG Wei*. Galois-field-based channel hopping rendezvous algorithms for heterogeneous cognitive radio networks. SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, Vol.45 No.6, p752-765, 2015.

[14] YANG Bo，CAI Dongfeng，YANG Hua. Progress in Open Information Extraction. JOURNAL OF CHINESE INFORMATION PROCESSING, Vol.28, No.4 Jul. 2014, p1-11.

[15] Bo Yang, Chaofan Ma, Xiaofang Xia. An Interrelated Imitation Learning Method for Heterogeneous Drone Swarm Coordination. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), 2022. (Under review)

[16] Bo Yang, Ben Liang, Wei Liang. Variance-Reduced Stochastic Gradient Decent for Cyber-Physical Security in Time-Critical Applications. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), 2022. (Under review)

[17] Jialin Zhang, Wei Liang, Bo Yang, Huaguang Shi, Ying-Chang Liang. Minimizing Scheduling Latency for Coexisting Time-Critical Wireless Networks with Tree Topologies. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2022. (Under review)

Conference Papers

[1] Bo Yang, Chaofan Ma, Xiaofang Xia. Drone Formation Control via Belief-Correlated Imitation Learning. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2021), London, United Kingdom, May 2021, pp. 1407-1415. (CCF-B, acceptance rate: 25%)

[2] Bo Yang, Min Liu. Attack-Resilient Connectivity Game for UAV Networks using Generative Adversarial Learning. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019), Montreal, Canada, May 2019, pp. 1743-1751. (CCF-B, acceptance rate: 24%)

[3] Bo Yang, Min Liu. Keeping in Touch with Collaborative UAVs: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach. In Proceedings of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, Jul. 2018, pp. 562-568. (CCF-A, acceptance rate: 20%)

[4] Bo Yang, Meng Zheng, Wei Liang. A Time-efficient Rendezvous Algorithm with a Full Rendezvous Degree for Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks. In Proceedings of the 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication (INFOCOM 2016), San Francisco, USA, Apr. 2016, pp. 1-9. (CCF-A, acceptance rate: 18%)

[5] Bo Yang, Meng Zheng, Wei Liang. Padded-Dyck-Path-Based Rendezvous Algorithms for Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks. In Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN 2015), Las Vegas, USA, Aug. 2015, pp. 1-8. (acceptance rate: 25%)

[6] Meng Zheng, Bo Yang, Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Lin Chen. Adaptive Frequency Hopping in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: A Decision-theoretic Framework. In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technique in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Cyber Systems (CYBER 2015), Shenyang, China, Jun. 2015, pp. 88-92.

[7] Yuchen Zhu, Bo Yang, Min Liu, Zhongcheng Li. Pharos: A Rapid Neighbor Discovery Algorithm for Power-Restricted Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON 2019), Boston, USA, Jun. 2019, pp. 1-9. (CCF-B, acceptance rate: 28%)

[8] Jialin Zhang, Wei Liang, Bo Yang, Meng Zheng, Huaguang Shi, Seung Ho Hong. Nearly-Optimal Resource Allocation for Coexisting Industrial Wireless Networks with Line Topologies. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON 2019), Boston, USA, Jun. 2019, pp. 1-9. (CCF-B, acceptance rate: 28%)

Granted Patents

[1] Wei Liang, Bo Yang, Meng Zheng, Shiwei Peng, Haibin Yu, Youjian Zhao. A Channel Convergence Method for Directional Antenna based on Cyclic Arbitration Set, 2021.6.22, China Patent, CN108124263B.

[2] Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Bo Yang, Meng Zheng, Shiwei Peng, Shiming Li. Torus-Quorum Based Channel Rendezvous Method for Directional Antennas, 2020.6.23, United States Patent, US10694388B2.

[3] Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Bo Yang, Meng Zheng, Shiwei Peng, Shiming Li. Cyclic Quorum Set-Based Directional Antenna Channel Converging Method, 2019.10.9, EU Patent, EP3550868A1.

[4] Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Bo Yang, Xiaoling Zhang. A Channel Convergence Method for Multi-antenna Cognitive Wireless Network Based on Permutation Group, 2019.1.4, China Patent, CN105722092B.

[5] Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Bo Yang, Xiaoling Zhang. Permutation Group-Based Channel Rendezvous Method for Multi-Antenna Cognitive Radio Network, 2017.12.5, United States Patent, US9838070B1.

[6] Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Bo Yang, Xiaoling Zhang. Permutation Group-Based Channel Convergence Method for Multi-Antenna Cognitive Radio Network, 2019.10.2, EU Patent, EP3226596A1.

Academic Service

I am the reviewer of the following International Journals:

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

IEEE Transactions on Communications

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

IEEE Systems Journal

Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Awards

[1] The Young Top Talents Program of Northwest A&F University (2022)

[2] The "Postdoctoral International Exchange Program", Dispatched Project of the National Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2020).

[3] The 1st International Young Talent Fund Project of Zhijiang Laboratory (2019)

[4] The "Postdoctoral International Exchange Program", Academic Exchange Program of the National Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2018)

[5] Chinese Academy of Sciences-Australia BHP Billiton (UCAS-BHP Billiton) Research Award (2016)