University of Maryland, College Park, 2004, Ph.D.

Peking University, Beijing, China, 1998, BS.

“The joy of research must be found in doing because every other harvest is uncertain.” [T. Smith]

 

“If you want to make important discoveries, work on important problems.” [P.B. Medawar]

News:

	New Book:   Yan Sun, Wade Trappe, K. J. Ray Liu, “Network-Aware Security for Group Communications”, ISBN 978-0-387-68846-6, Springer, Oct. 2007   at Amazon: here at Springer: here
News Articles on My research	“Rating the raters at core of URI profs’ research”  Providence Business News, April 2-8, 2007 (PBN)(scanned version)   “URI research building ‘trust’ tools for networks,” Providence Business News, March 12-18, 2007 (scanned version)
Research Group	NEST: Network Security and Trust Laboratory Find recent research projects and papers here.

 

My research interests are:

 

· Wireless Network Security

· Trust Establishment and Evaluation in Computer Networks

· Information Assurance

· Wireless Communications and Networking

 

Note to Potential Students:  

I tend to not accept MS students unless the MS student is very, very committed to research. Research is a long-term investment in time by the student and the advisor, and consequently Ph.D. students are preferred. I look for a diverse set of talents. Students with background in EE, CE or CS are welcome to apply. Exceptional undergraduate students are also welcome to contact me.

 

Contact Information:

 

Dr. Yan Sun

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Rhode Island

4 East Alumni Ave.

Kingston, RI 02881

 

Office: A-101, Kelley Annex

Phone: (401)874-5803

Fax: (401)782-6422

Email: x@y, where x = “yansun”, and y = “ele.uri.edu”

 

 

 

 

Yan Lindsay Sun

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Rhode Island

4 East Alumni Ave., Kingston, RI 02881

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