Directed Student Research/Learning
1.
99th Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Conference, “Stress Propagation
in Group Project Social Networks”, Bryan Knowles, Rong Yang, Morehead State
University, Kentucky, November, 2013.
Bryan Knowles has won the second place in the Undergraduate Paper
Presentation Competition at the conference. This research is supported by WKU
FUSE grant 2013 – 2014.
2.
43rd Annual Student Research Conference, “Troubles of Cloud Computing
and the Human Factor in Social Engineering”, Eric Isbell, Rong Yang (Mentor),
Western Kentucky University, March 23, 2013.
3.
Master Thesis Committee Member, Sindhu Dharani Murthy, “Simulating Software Quality Enhancement
with Selected Replacement Policies”, completed in May, 2013.
4.
Master Thesis Committee Member, Iunniang
Cheng, “Hybrid Methods for Feature Selection”, completed in May, 2013.
5.
32nd Annual Mathematics Symposium, Western Kentucky University,
“Comparative Study of Common Community Detection Algorithms” Zachary Bessinger, Rong Yang (Mentor), October, 2012.
6.
Master Thesis Committee Chair, Ian Burchett, “Quantifying Computer
Network Security”, completed in December, 2011.
7.
31st Annual Mathematics Symposium, Western Kentucky University,
“Quantifying Computer Network Security”, Ian Burchett, Rong Yang (Mentor),
October 28-29, 2011
8.
KYWIC 2010 conference, "Cryptology – Historical and Current
Perspectives", Howell, S., Kaddour, A., Wells,
S., Gilbertsville, KY, Feb 26-27, 2010.
9.
Honors Augmentation, Robert Sivley, Completed
2010.
Selected Publications (Refereed)
1.
Rong Yang, Zhuhadar Leyla, Olfa Nasraoui, “Structural
Decompositions of Complex Networks ”, Computational
Social Networks: Tools , Perspectives and Applications, Series in Computer
Communications and Networks, Volume 1, pp143-160, August 2012, Springer Verlag, London. Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-4047-4. (Book Chapter)
2.
Leyla Zhuhadar, Rong Yang , Miltiadis D. Lytras,“The Impact
of Social Multimedia Systems on Cyberlearners”,
Special Issue in Computer-Human Interaction, Computers in Human Behavior
Journal (Elsevier), Volume 29, Number 2,
pp378–385, 2013. (Journal)
3.
Neubauer, B., Rogers, M., Yang, R., “Computer simulation to
introduce knowledge management”, Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences,
23, Number 1, pp147-155, 2011. (Journal)
4.
Zhuhadar Leyla, Olfa Nasraoui, Robert Wyatt, Rong Yang, “Visual Knowledge
Representation of Conceptual Semantic Networks”, Social Network Analysis and
Mining Journal (Springer), Volume 1, Issue 3, pp219–229, July 2011. (Journal)
5.
Rong Yang and Adel S. Elmaghraby,
"Simulating Web Domains Using Graph Models", The International
Journal of Computers and Their Applications, Vol.17, No. 1, pp52, March 2010.
(Journal)
6.
Leyla Zhuhadar, Rong Yang, "Toward the
Design of a Recommender System: Visual Clustering and Detecting Community
Structure in a Web Usage Network", The 2012 IEEE/WIC/ACM International
Conferences on Web Intelligence, Macau, China, pp354 – 361, December, 2012.
7.
Leyla Zhuhadar, Rong Yang , “Cyberlearners and Learning Resources”, the Second
International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (ACM): LAK12,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp65-68, May, 2012
8.
Yang, R., Zhuhadar, L. S., Nasraoui, O., “Bow-tie Decomposition in Directed Graphs”,
Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, pp2030
-2034, July 2011.
9.
Yang, R., Wallace, L., Burchett, I., “Teaching Cryptology At All Levels
Using CrypTool”, Proceedings of 15th Colloquium for
Information Systems Security Education conference, Fairborn, Ohio, pp22 -28,
June 2011.
10. Yang, R., Zhuhadar, L. S., “Extensions Of Closeness Centrality”,
Proceedings of 49th ACM Southeast Conference, The Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM), pp304 -305, 2011.
11. Bruce Neubauer,
Michael Rogers, Rong Yang, “Computer simulation to introduce knowledge
management”, Proceedings of American
Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 17 Number 1, pp302-309,
February, 2010
12. Rong Yang and Robert
Crawford, "A Focus Program for Data Structures and Algorithm Design",
The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol.24, Number 2, pp80-84,
December 2008.
13. Rong Yang and Adel S. Elmaghraby, "A Graph Model for Generating Simulated
Web Domains," Proceedings of ISCA 16th International Conference on
Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2007), pp259-264, July 2007,
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
14. Rong Yang, "The
Structure of the World Wide Web Graph-A Goldmine of Opportunities for
Undergraduate Research", The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges,
Vol.22, Number 2, pp169-175, December 2006.
Conference Presentations:
1.
Rong Yang, “Network Structural Analysis Using IGRAPH”, 99th Kentucky
Academy of Science (KAS) Conference, Morehead State University, Kentucky,
November, 2013.
2.
Leyla Zhuhadar, Rong Yang (presenter), “Cyberlearners and Learning Resources”, the Second
International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (ACM): LAK12,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May , 2012
3.
Yang, R. (presenter), Zhuhadar, L. S., Nasraoui, O., “Bow-tie Decomposition in Directed Graphs”,
14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA,
July, 2011
4.
Yang, R. (presenter), Wallace, L., Burchett, I., “Teaching Cryptology
At All Levels Using CrypTool”, 15th Colloquium for
Information Systems Security Education conference, Fairborn, Ohio, June, 2011.
5.
Yang, R. (presenter), Zhuhadar, L. S.,
“Extensions of Closeness Centrality”, 49th ACM Southeast Conference, March,
2011.
6.
Rong Yang (presenter), Layne Wallace, “An Approach To Teaching
Cryptology At All Levels”, SIGCSE 2010, the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on
Computer Science, Milwaukee, WI, March, 2010.
7.
Rong Yang (presenter), "Integrating Cryptology in the CS
Curriculum", 29th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Western Kentucky
University, November, 2009.
8.
Rong Yang (presenter), Bruce Neubauer,
“Modeling and Simulating Patterns of Shared Awareness in Small Teams of
Emergency Responders”, 32nd Annual Teaching Public Administration Conference,
Frankfort, Kentucky, May, 2009
9.
Rong Yang (presenter), Robert Crawford, "A Focus Program for Data
Structures and Algorithm Design", The 22nd CCSC: SE Conference, Augusta
State University, Augusta, GA, November,
2008
10. Rong Yang (presenter),
"A Graph Model for Generating Simulated Web Domains", ISCA 16th
International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2007),
Las Vegas, July, 2007.
11. Rong Yang (presenter),
"The Structure of the World Wide Web Graph-A Goldmine of Opportunities for
Undergraduate Research", The 20th CCSC: SE Conference, Nashville, TN,
November, 2006
Conferences & Workshops attended
1. 99th Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Conference, Morehead State University, Kentucky, November, 2013.
2. Teaching Information Assurance through Case Studies and Hands-on Labs, faculty development workshop (NSF sponsored), Chattanooga, TN, May, 2012.
3. 2012 UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit, UT-ORNL-KBRIN, Louisville, KY, USA, April, 2012.
4. 31st Annual Mathematics Symposium, Western Kentucky University, October, 2011.
5. 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July, 2011.
6. 15th CISSE technical workshop in Ethical Hacking and Systems Defense, Fairborn, Ohio, June, 2011.
7. 15th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education conference, Fairborn, Ohio, June, 2011.
8. NSF (National Science Foundation) Federal Cyber Service Panel meeting, Arlington, VA, 2011.
9. 49th ACM Southeast Conference, Kennesaw, GA, USA, March, 2011
10. NSF (National Science Foundation) Federal Cyber Service Panel meeting, Arlington, VA, 2010.
11. SIGCSE (Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education) 2010, the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science, Milwaukee, WI, March, 2010.
12. KY-WIC (Kentucky -Women In Computing) 2010, Gilbertsville, Kentucky February, 2010.
13. 30th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Western Kentucky University, November, 2010.
14. InfoSecCD (Information Security Curriculum Development) 2009 Conference, Kennesaw State University, GA, September, 2009.
15. 13th CISSE (Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education 2009) conference, Seattle, Washington, June, 2009.
16. 2009 UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit, UT-ORNL-KBRIN, Pikesville, TN, USA. (March 20, 2009 - March, 2009).
17. The 22nd CCSC: SE Conference, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, November 2008
18. UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit 2008,Cadiz, KY, March, 2008
19. IVS Winter Workshop, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, January, 2008
20. SAS Workshop, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, October, 2007
21. Intensive International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Informatics and Biosciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, October, 2007
22. ISCA 16th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2007), Las Vegas, July 2007.
23. The 20th CCSC: SE Conference, Nashville, TN, November 2006
24. Wakonse Conference on College Teaching, Shelby, MI, May 2006
25. T6 Educational Technology Conference, Buffalo, NY, June 2006
26. Engaging the Spirit: Enhancing Students in Learning Workshop, Bowling Green, KY, August 2006
27. Advanced Training Workshop for Online Faculty, Bowling Green, KY, October 2005
28. Teaching Portfolio Workshop, Western Kentucky University, KY , September 2005
29. Online Teaching Summer Camp, Western Kentucky University, KY, May 2005