Mingyan Liu is an electrical engineering and computer science professor, and the Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering[1] at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Her research is in optimal resource allocation, sequential decision theory, incentive design, online learning, and modeling and mining of large scale Internet measurement data concerning cyber security.[2] She was a co-founder of the cybersecurity scoring startup Quadmetrics in 2014. Quadmetrics was named a "2016 Cool Vendor in Risk Management" by Gartner,[3] and was acquired by FICO[4] in 2016.

Mingyan Liu
Alma materNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BS)
University of Maryland (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering and computer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral advisorJohn Baras
Websitehttps://liu.engin.umich.edu/

Awards edit

Liu was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014[5][6] for contributions to modeling of wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks.

In 2016, Liu received the "Crossing the Valley of Death" PI Excellence Award, from the Department of Homeland Security - Cyber Security Division.

She was named the 2018 Distinguished University Innovator at the University of Michigan for her work in the field of cybersecurity.[7]

She has also received a number of other research, teaching, and service awards, including the 2002 NSF CAREER Award, the University of Michigan Elizabeth C. Crosby Research Award in 2003 and 2014, the EECS Department Outstanding Achievement Award in 2011,[8] the College of Engineering Excellence in Education Award in 2015,[9] the College of Engineering Excellence in Service Award in 2017,[10] and the ECE Distinguished Alumni Award from the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, in 2017.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mingyan Liu named chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Michigan Engineering". Michigan Engineering. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. ^ "Mingyan Liu – Home of Mingyan Liu". liu.engin.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. ^ "Cool Vendors in Risk Management, 2016". www.gartner.com. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  4. ^ "FICO Will Offer "Enterprise Security Score" for Organizations".
  5. ^ "2014 elevated fellow". IEEE Fellows Directory.
  6. ^ "Mingyan Liu - IEEE Fellow". www.eecs.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  7. ^ "Mingyan Liu named 2018 Distinguished University Innovator". University of Michigan News. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  8. ^ "EECS News". www.eecs.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  9. ^ "ECE Faculty Receive Four College of Engineering Awards for 2015". www.eecs.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  10. ^ "Mingyan Liu Receives CoE Service Excellence Award". eecs.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  11. ^ "Four Honored at 6th Annual ECE Distinguished Alumni Awards". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-09.