Yaling Yang

Yaling Yang is a Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on wireless networks, network security, resource management, and media access control. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006) and a B.S. from UESTC (1999).

Her work addresses challenges in dynamic spectrum access, GPS spoofing defense, 5G network resilience, and IoT security. Notable contributions include crowdsourcing-based spectrum monitoring, privacy-preserving dynamic spectrum sharing frameworks (e.g., SZ-SAS), and hardware-software co-design for sensor nodes.

Recent publications emphasize agile 5G architectures, interference mitigation, and robust GPS security mechanisms using off-the-shelf devices. Her research often bridges theoretical models with practical implementations in maritime communications and cognitive radio networks.

Yang’s affiliations include the Virginia Tech Scholar Profile and an affiliated research group. She collaborates on projects involving energy harvesting marine communication systems and database-driven spectrum management.