Mingzhong Wang

Biography

Dr Mingzhong Wang joined USC in 2015 as a Lecturer in ICT. Before that, he worked as a Lecturer at Beijing Institute of Technology in China. He has developed and taught a wide range of subjects, covering data analysis, artificial intelligence, algorithm design, and computational theory.

His research areas include large-scale distributed systems, data management, multiagent systems, as well as information security issues in these fields. He has won a grant from Chinese National Science Foundation, studying service-oriented scientific workflow scheduling in cloud environment. He has been the principal investigator of several industrial-funded projects, focusing on enterprise information system and business management system. He has won the Best Paper Award in 2013 (32nd) International Performance Computing and Communications Conference.

Professional memberships

• ACM
• IEEE
• CCF

Awards

• Best Paper Award, 2013, 32nd International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2013).
• 1st Prize, 2012, (China) National Undergraduate Information Security Contest.
• Faculty Advisor Award, 2012, (China) National Undergraduate Information Security Contest.

Potential research projects for HDR and Honours students

• Analysis and mining of sensor data
• Process mining in business environment

Teaching areas

• Data Management and Analysis
• Data Science
• Computer Literacy

Media Commentary

Dr Mingzhong Wang’s specialist areas of knowledge include data analysis and mining, workflow and business process management, information security and privacy, and distributed systems.