Dr. Xiang Cao

Xiang Cao

Contact Information

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: (616) 331-2054


Research Interests

  • Data Storage 
  • Big Data 
  • IoT 
  • Edge Computing

Professional Activities

    Scholarly Reviewer:

  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology  
  • Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications  
  • International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications

Personal Interests

  • Reading history books
  • Traveling to natural scenery

Teaching Interests

CIS656: Distributed Systems

CIS373: Pervasive Computing

CIS512: Database Fundamentals

CIS511: Network Fundamentals

CIS233: Concepts of Database Systems

CIS660: Data Engineering


Recent Publications

Wagner, J., & Cao, X. (2021). A Prototype for Distributed Computing Platform using Smartphones. Journal of Information Systems Applied Research (JISAR), 14(2), 14-21, 2021.

Xu, X., Cao, X., Wolffe, G., & Du, J. (2021). Intelligent Roadside Unit Deployment in Vehicular Network. The 21st Annual IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT2021).

Trout, A., & Cao, X. (2021). Tradeoff and Solutions of Data Storage in Edge Computing.2021 IEEE 11th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC 2021). 


Research Projects with Students

Gizinski, T., Master's Project, "An Edge Computing Prototype for Data Processing Applications", (January 2021 - April 2021).

Xu, X., Master's Thesis, "Intelligent Roadside Unit Deployment in Vehicular Network", (January 2020 - December 2020).

Trout, A., Honors Senior Project, "Tradeoff and Solutions of Data Storage in Edge Computing", (August 2020 - December 2020).

Wagner, J., Master's Project, "A Prototype for Distributed Computing Platform", (January 2020 - April 2020).

 


Grants

Cao, X., Grant, "Catalyst Grant for Research and Creativity (Impact and Solutions of Data Storage in Edge Computing)", Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence (CSCE), Grand Valley State University, $3,976.80, Funded. (start: May 1, 2021, end: March 31, 2022).



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