Yu Chen

Yu Chen is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He leads the Ubiquitous Smart & Sustainable Computing (US2C) Lab and serves as Director of the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC). His research focuses on Trust, Security, and Privacy in Edge-Fog-Cloud Computing, IoT, and Smart Cities. Dr. Chen holds a PhD from the University of Southern California (2006), with prior research under Professors Kai Hwang and Anthony F. J. Levi. His work has been funded by NSF, DoD, AFOSR, and industrial partners, yielding over 200 publications. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and SPIE, and a member of ACM.

• Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California (2006)
• Affiliations:
  • Director, US2C Lab
  • Associate Director, CIAC

Research Interests: Smart Cities, Intelligent Surveillance, Edge-Fog-Cloud Computing, IoT Security, and Privacy-Preserving Technologies. His work emphasizes real-time systems, resilient edge architectures, and decentralized consensus protocols for IoT.

Grants & Awards:

• Funded by NSF, DoD, AFOSR, NYS
• MDPI Computers 2019 Best Paper Award
• Best Student Poster Award (IEEE AIPR 2014)

Students & Labs: Advised 19 students (PhD/Master’s). Key projects include secure edge video processing, ENF-based authentication, and blockchain for IoT. The US2C Lab explores smart city applications and edge computing resilience.