Liudong Xing

Liudong Xing is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Director of Research for the College of Engineering. Her research focuses on reliability modeling, analysis, and optimization of complex systems and networks, including IoT systems, cybersecurity, and fault-tolerant computing. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia (2002) and a BE in Computer Science from Zhengzhou University (1996).

Dr. Xing teaches courses on Fault-Tolerant Computing, Master's Thesis Guidance, and Doctoral Dissertation Research. Her work has been recognized through awards such as the IEEE Region 1 Outstanding Teaching Award (2015), the ChangJiang Scholar Award (2015), and the 2018 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Wireless Sensor Systems. She has authored influential books like Reliability and Resilience in the Internet of Things (Elsevier, 2024) and holds leadership roles in IEEE and academic editorial boards.

Her research interests span system reliability engineering, probabilistic risk assessment, and decision diagrams, with recent projects funded by NSF grants (e.g., $420K for IoT cascading failure research). She advises graduate students in reliability theory and cybersecurity, and her work emphasizes practical applications in smart manufacturing, healthcare, and Industry 4.0 systems.