Jie Wang’s Brief Bio
I was born and raised in Guangzhou. I lived with my parents and two younger sisters until I went to college at 16. My parents were both from Hunan province. My father is professor emeritus of physical education at South China Normal University and my mother associate professor emeritus of library science at SCNU. In 1978 I passed the college entrance examinations and was admitted to Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University. I have been living in the US since 1986. I accepted Christianity in 1998 and was baptized on November 21, 1999.
PhD in Computer Science, Boston University, 1991. Advisor: Steven Homer
M. Eng in Computer Science, Zhongshan University, 1985. Advisor: Xiang-Hao Wang (王湘浩, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; diseased) and Guangkun Hou (侯广坤)
BS in Computational Mathematics, Zhongshan University, 1982
High School Diploma: The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, 1978
Elementary School: The Affiliated Elementary School of SCNU, 1973
Academic Positions
Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2001-present
Department Chair of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2007-present
Director of Center for Network and Information Security, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2004-present
Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1997-2001
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1993-97
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wilkes University, 1990-93
Lecturer of Computer Science, Boston University, summer 1990
Instructor of Computer Science, Zhongshan University, 1985-86
Family
Married with two children; wife: Helen; son: Jesse; daughter: Sharon
Extracurricular Activities
Chinese martial arts southern style and Sanda (散打); oil painting; gardening
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Performing Lianbu Quan (练步拳) in
Greensboro, North Carolina, February 1999. |
