Yan Huang

Yan Huang is a Regents Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT). She holds ACM Distinguished Member and UNT Decker Scholar titles. Her roles include Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (2016-2019), Interim Dean of the College of Engineering (2018), Senior Associate Dean (2019-2021), and Interim Chair of Computer Science and Engineering (2020-2021). She has served as a visiting scholar at Microsoft Research Asia and Fudan University.

Education: B.S. in Computer Science from Peking University (1997) and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota (2003).

Research interests focus on spatio-temporal databases, geo-stream data processing, smart transportation, and location-based social networks. Her work is funded by NSF, DoD, Texas Department of Transportation, and Oak Ridge National Lab. Notable achievements include a $3.76M grant from the Army Research Lab (2023).

Key awards include the Best Paper Award at IEEE IRI 2023 (student work) and recognition as a Regents Professor (2021). She advises multiple Ph.D. students and oversees a lab (DP F205).