Wen-Chen Hu

Wen-Chen Hu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Dakota's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has held academic positions at Auburn University (Assistant Professor, 1998–2002) and the University of North Dakota (Assistant/Associate Professor since 2002). His teaching spans courses like .NET/Web Programming, Computer Architecture, Electronic Commerce Systems, and Advanced Database Systems, with over 100 graduate students advised.

• Education
  • PhD in Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida (1998)
  • MS in Computer Science, University of Iowa (1993)
  • ME in Information Science and Electronic Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan (1986)
  • BE in Computer Science, Tamkang University, Taiwan (1984)

Research Interests:
Dr. Hu's work focuses on handheld/mobile/smartphone/spatial computing, location-based services (LBS), web-enabled information systems (e.g., search engines, web mining), database-driven systems (electronic/mobile commerce), and web technologies. His publications emphasize privacy-preserving LBS, spatial trajectory prediction, mobile security, and big data applications.

Publication Trends:
His recent work (2020–2023) explores pandemic response via mobile analytics, privacy in LBS, and smartphone computing. Earlier (2014–2017), he addressed geometric LBS algorithms, cognitive radio networks, and super-resolution image processing. Foundational work (1998–2005) includes XML search engines, handheld programming languages, and mobile commerce security.

Scientific Awards:

• Best Paper Award, MICS 2015
• Best Paper Award, ACM Southeast Conference 2003
• Best Reviewer Awards
• Community Service Awards

Advising & Academic Leadership:
Dr. Hu has advised over 100 graduate students and served as General Chair for ICETA 2018 and Associate Editor for the Journal of Information Technology Research. He has organized editorial/review roles for over 100 journals and conferences.