Jie Wang, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science Director, Center for Network and Information Security University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854 office Olsen Hall 313, 198 Riverside Street, North Campus email wang@cs.uml.edu phone 978-934-3620 fax 978-934-3551 url http://www.cs.uml.edu/~wang

The Mandarin pronunciation of my first name "Jie" is similar to Jed.

Brief Bio Publications Grants Professional Service Students Average-Case Complexity Forum

Research

My research interests include computational complexity theory, optimization algorithms, network security, and large-scale network dynamics. I am interested in average complexity and average-case NP-completeness; in algorithmic problems arising from practical applications, including wireless sensor networks, biomedicine, computational medicine, networking, and network-processor-based application performance modeling; and in applications of cryptography in network security, security protocols, and wireless security. Large-Scale Network Dynamics: A New Frontier (a recent presentation)

Teaching

91.502 Foundations of Computer Science 91.503 Algorithms 91.561 Computer and Network Security (Slides) 91.304 Foundations of Computer Science 91.201 Computing III

American and International Universities and Colleges

The Path to Greatness -- by Bill Hybels

In each heart is a built-in mechanism that craves self-promotion and advancement, the climb of ego. Our role models and heroes reinforce the theme: Ascend and flex the muscles of your self-will. Do whatever it takes to conquer gravity. Whether you do it blatantly or wear the disguise of humility, make yourself upwardly mobile. Why? Because that is the direction of greatness.

Philippians 2 said: If you want to be truly great, then the direction you must go is down. You must descend into greatness. At the heart of this paradox is still another paradox: Greatness is not a measure of self-will, but rather self-abandonment. The more you lose, the more you gain.