Yong Deng

Dr. Yong Deng is an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering department at Lakehead University, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ontario Tech University and a Postdoctoral Fellowship from University of Toronto. His research focuses on Coded Caching, Distributed Computing, Wireless Networks, Algorithmic Mechanism Design, and Network Security.

• B.Eng., Wuhan University of Technology, China
• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Canada
• Postdoc, University of Toronto, Canada

Deng's recent work investigates memory-rate tradeoffs in caching systems, novel coded delivery strategies, and decentralized caching under nonuniform file popularity. His contributions span IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Communication Letters, and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, focusing on optimizing network efficiency and resource allocation.

He actively recruits Master's students and has published extensively on caching algorithms, vehicular cloud security, and distributed computing challenges.