Dr. Pu Wang

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001

Office: Woodward Hall 205E
Phone: 704-687-6168
Email: pu.wang@uncc.edu

Biography

Pu Wang received B.Eng degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, China, in 2003, and M.Eng degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland , Canada, in 2008. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in August 2013, under the guidance of Professor Ian F. Akyildiz.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte . Prior to joining UNCC, he was an assistant professor with Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Wichita State University from 2013 to 2017. His current research interests focus on deep learning and reinforcement learning, with applications in smart sensing, networking, computer vision, Internet of Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems.

Selected Honors and Awards

• Best student paper runner-up, IEEE SCC, San Francisco
   
  
• John A. See Innovation Award
   
  
• TPC Highest Ranked Paper of IEEE DySPAN, IEEE Communication Society, Germany
   
  
• BWN Lab Researcher of the Year Award, for his outstanding research achievements throughout the year.
   
  
• Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies in recognition of his outstanding academic achievement throughout a graduate programme, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008
   
  
• IEEE Travel Grant for 2007 International Conference on Communications