Dr. Benyuan Liu has been an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell since Fall, 2004. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Computer Networks Research Group co-directed by Professor Jim Kurose and Professor Don Towsley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he received the prestigious Graduate School Fellowship in 2002. Prior to that, he received his B.S. degree in physics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and M.S. degree in physics from Yale University.

Dr. Liu's main research interests are in the area of algorithm design and performance analysis of wireless networks. Using a mix of theoretical and applied experimental approaches, he seeks a fundamental understanding of the performance limits and efficient protocol design of new and emerging wireless networking technologies. His research has been published in premium networking conferences such as ACM Mobicom, ACM Mobihoc and IEEE Infocom, and journals such as IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (J-SAC), Computer Networks, and Performance Evaluation.

Dr. Liu has served as program co-chair of International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Applications, and Systems (WASA 2009), Demo/Posters co-chair of Infocom 2010, track co-chair of IEEE ICCCN 2008, and program committee member of numerous networking conferences including IEEE Infocom, ICDCS, and SECON. He is also the lead guest editor of a special issue of EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2009.

• Program Committee Memeber of IEEE SECON 2010 . new!
• Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN) . new!
• Program Committee Memeber of IFIP Networking 2010 . new!
• Demo/Posters co-chair of IEEE Infocom 2010. new!
• Program Committee Member of IEEE Infocom 2010. new!
• Stanley Barr (Ph.D., co-advised with Prof. Jie Wang) graduated in May 2009, now at MITRE Corporation. Congratulations! new!