my pictureShanchieh Jay Yang
Ph.D., ECE, University of Texas at Austin

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
83 Lomb Memorial Drive, Bldg 09
Rochester, NY 14623-5603

Office: Bldg. 09, Room 3425

Research (NetIP) Lab: Bldg. 09, Room 3490
Tel: (585) 475-6434
Fax: (585) 475-4084
Email: jay.yang@rit.edu (see weekly schedule at the bottom of the page)

Teaching

  • 0306-341 Introduction to Digital Systems (Spring 2008)

o   Reference material in 0306-341 course web site

o   Syllabus, homework assignments, announcement, and other material are sent via or in https://mycourses.rit.edu

Research

  • Publications
  • Cyber Fusion: information fusion for threat and impact projection of multistage cyber attacks

o   Aims at proactively predict attacker’s next actions given observables from correlated intrusion alerts in real-time

o   Utilizes mathematical frameworks, e.g., VLMM, Dempster-Shafer, Clustering, Statistical Inference, and Information Theory

o   Develops virtual terrain (VT) that models the per-mission, per-attack accessibilities and relationship among network entities

o   Primary components: FuSIA (containing TANDI, VTAC, and VLMM-Predictor) and Adaptive Signature Creation for Intrusion Detection

o   Current students: Daniel Liu, Chris Murphy, Jordan Bean, and Haitao Du

o   Alumni: Stephen Byers, Daniel Fava, Brian Argauer, Gilbert Hendry, and Jared Holsopple

o   Collaborators: Moises Sudit (CUBRC), Jared Holsopple (CUBRC) and Michael Kuhl (ISE, RIT)

o   Funded through National Center of Multisource Information Fusion (NCMIF) grant under the technical supervision of AFRL.

  • High level fusion for asymmetric warfare

o   Aims at providing timely impact/threat assessment given diverse soft/hard data sources

o   Adaptive models (graph and sequence models) to analyze capability, opportunity, intent, and pattern exhibited

o   Visualization of impact/threat for asymmetric warfare

o   Current students: Khiem Tong, Daniel Lu, and Michael Nusinov

o   Collaborator: Moises Sudit (CUBRC) and Jared Holsopple (CUBRC)

o   Funded under AWARE program (AFRL) in collaboration with CUBRC

  • Cooperative and autonomous robots (with heterogeneous sensors and wireless communication)

o   Multi-threat containment with artificial potential field (swarm) approach

§  Current students: Michael Ellis, Dieter Laskowski, Daniel Stella, Jessica LaRocque, Pat LaRocque

§  Alumni: Bhushan Mehendale and Nate Ransom

§  MAHESHDAS: A simulator for autonomous robot collaborations

o   Autonomous shape formation with no reference points, Mark Seidman

o   Mobility models for autonomous robots, Sidd Sail

o   Comprehensive sensor modeling in generic network simulators (OPNET), Niranjan Krishnamurthi

o   Partially funded by the Technology Innovation Center under the Director of Central Intelligence and RIT grants

  • Micro-scale Haptic Feedback and Tactile Informatics

o   Aims at capturing and displaying tactile information of micro-scale objects

o   Model-data fusion with large uncertainty

o   Require transformation from unknown micro-scale properties to human comprehensible haptic sensation

o   Current students: Adam Weissman, Athena Frazier, and Daniel Liu

o   Collaborator: Dr. Yen Wen Lu and Dr. Jijie Xu

  • Maximum data retrieval problem (subject to finite sensor resource constraints)

o   Jointly optimizes scheduling and routing decisions in the dynamic regime

o   Accounts for buffer usage and energy spikes

o   Leads to energy efficient data forwarding protocol

o   Alumni: Cory Cress

o   Partially funded by the Technology Innovation Center under the Director of Central Intelligence

  • Other projects:

o   Wireless Ad Hoc Relay Protocol by limited Gossiping (i.e., probabilistic flooding): Julie Yerdon, Zeping Qiu

o   Collaborative networked PTZ cameras for maximal dynamic surveillance coverage: John Ruppert

§  Leveraging computational geometry and application specific dynamic camera coverage models

o   OPNET Projects

o   Ubiquitous roaming over secured ad hoc networks (UROSAN)

o   User perceived performance oriented best effort networks

o   Others

 

Students and Alumni

  • Current Students:

o   Haitao Du

o   Jon Szymaniak

o   Daniel Liu

o   Khiem Tong

o   Adam Weissman

o   Jessica LaRocque

o   Patrick LaRocque

  • Alumni:

o   Daniel Stella (2010)

§  Efficient Terrain Representation for Robot Swarms

o   Dieter Laskowski (2010)

§  Asset Protection in a Limited Swarm Environment Utilizing Artificial Potential Fields

o   Athena Frazier (2010)

§  Toward Wearable Pneumatic Haptic Devices for Microscale Force Feedback Applications

o   Christopher Murphy (2009), Xelic Inc.

§  CACTUSS: Clustering of Attack Tracks using Significant Services

o   Jordan Bean (2009)

§  Characterizations of Relevant Attributes using Cyber Trajectory Similarities

o   Michael Nusinov (2009), CUBRC

§  Visualizing Threat and Impact Assessment to Improve Situation Awareness

o   Michael Ellis (2009), Lockheed Martin Corp.

§  Use of Wireless Sensors to Improve Robot Lifetime for Multithreat Containment

o   Stephen R. Byers (2008)

§  Real-time Fusion and Projection of Network Intrusion Activity

o   Nathan A. Ransom (2008), Harris Corp.

§  Multi-threat Containment with Dynamic Wireless Neighborhoods

o   Gilbert R. Hendry (2007), Columbia University, Electrical Engineering (Ph.D. student)

§  Applicability of Clustering to Cyber Intrusion Detection

o   Brian J. Argauer Jr. (2007), Fisher-Price

§  VTAC: Virtual Terrain Assisted Impact Assessment for Cyber Attacks

o   Daniel S. Fava (2007), Intel

§  Characterization of Cyber Attacks Through Variable Length Markov Models

o   Niranjan Krishnamurthi (2007)

§  Feasibility and Performance Analysis of Sensor Modeling in OPNET

o   Siddharth S. Sail (2007)

§  On the applicability of Random Mobility Models for Swarm Robot Movements

o   Bhushan U. Mehendale (2006), Microsoft

§  Potential Field Based Approach for Multithreat Containment with Cooperative Robots

o   John A. Ruppert (2006), IBM

§  Placement, Visibility and Coverage Analysis of Dynamic Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera Sensor Networks

o   Mark A. Seidman (2006), Navy Research Laboratory

§  Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Robot Team Formation

o   Jared D. Holsopple (2006), Calspan-UB Research Center, SUNY Buffalo, Industrial Engineering (Ph.D. student)

§  TANDI: Threat Assessment for Network Data and Information

o   Kenny Chung Chung Wai (2006), Xelic Inc.

§  Benchmarking of Reed-Solomon Error Correcting Codes on Reconfigurable Devices

o   Cory D. Cress (2004), RIT Microsystems Engineering (Ph.D. student)

§  Maximizing the Capability of Wireless Sensor Networks

o   Deryck Hong (2004), IBM

§  Preserving Conformance for GCRA Regulated Flows

 

Schedule (2009.2 - Winter)

Please send me an email to request an appointment if you need to see me during times outside my regular office hours. Please make sure to include a few time slots you would like to meet with me and confirm the meeting time.

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8–9AM

 

 

 

9–10AM

0306-341-01 (09-3129)

0306-341-01 (09-3129)

0306-341-01 (09-3129)

10-11AM

Research Meeting

Research Meetings

Office Hour

11–12AM

Committee Meetings

Research Meeting

12–1PM

0306-341-05 (09-1149)

0306-341-05 (09-1149)

0306-341-05 (09-1149)

1–2PM

Office Hour

CE Meeting

2–3PM

Research Meeting

Office Hour

Research Meeting

Research

Group Meeting

3–4PM

0306-341-43 (17-2560)

 

4–5PM

 

 

 

* Dr. Yang will be out of town March 29-April 1 and April 7-April 9.

Last Update: March 8, 2010 by S. Jay Yang