George Yu

Dr. George Yu is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems at Youngstown State University (YSU), Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University (2013), an M.S. in Pure Mathematics from Shandong University (2008), and a B.S. in Information and Computation Science from Northeastern University (2005). As the Campus Champion of NSF XSEDE at YSU, he facilitates access to national supercomputing resources and organizes workshops on High-Performance Computing (HPC).

His research focuses on Database Systems, Approximate Query Processing (AQP), Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, and Bioinformatics. Notable contributions include the AQPrius framework for error-aware AQP and collaborative work on genomic data analysis in plants like Aspergillus niger and tomato.

Dr. Yu has received multiple recognitions, including the 2020 Distinguished Professor in Scholarship at YSU and the 2019 Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering. He serves as an associate editor for journals like Transactions on Large-Scale Data and Knowledge-Centered Systems and actively contributes to conference program committees.

His educational initiatives include developing YSU's Data Analytics (DATX) Certificate Program and teaching courses on databases, cloud computing, and blockchain. He leads the YSU Data Lab, which operates high-performance research clouds like Sarah Cloud and YSU STEM Cloud, and mentors students in NSF-funded research projects.