Yang Liu

Yang Liu

Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
Senior Research Associate, Affiliated Lecturer,
Department of Computer Science, University of Cambridge

I am an incoming assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University, with a start date in Fall 2025. I am currently a Senior Research Associate working with Prof. Cecilia Mascolo and an Affliated Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge. Prior to that I was a postdoctoral researcher working with Prof. Zhenjiang Li at City University of Hong Kong (from Oct 2020 to Dec 2021). I received the B.E. degree in Software Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science advised by Prof. Zhenjiang Li from City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China in 2020.

My research lies at the intersection of systems, signal processing, and AI, focusing on developing intelligent mobile and wearable technologies for human-centered sensing and computing. It creates novel mobile systems to deepen and broaden innovative ways for understanding human behavior, monitoring human wellness, facilitating interactions between humans and machines or ambient environments, and addressing potential privacy leakage issues. By gathering insights into individual behavior, health, and interactions, my research advances cutting-edge areas such as mobile computing, mobile health, HCI, IoT, and cybersecurity. My goal is to bring intelligence into everyday wearable devices, transforming them into proactive, responsive partners that enrich and support users’ daily lives.

I was named a 2024 N2Women: Rising Star in Computer Networking and Communications (10 global awardees). My work has received the ACM SIGBED China Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2021 (3 national awardees in China), as well as Best Paper Awards at ACM EarComp 2023 and IEEE PerCom 2025 (1/152). I am looking for multiple self-motivated students for Ph.D. or research intern roles starting in Fall 2025 and Spring/Fall 2026. Please email me (yliu94913@gmail.com) with your CV and transcripts.

News

  • I will start a new position in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University in Fall 2025 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.

  • Our recent work Deep-Learning Based Segmentation of In-Ear Cardiac Sounds led by my Part II student, Jordan Waters, has been accepted by EMBC 2025! Congrats, Jordan!

  • Our recent work RespEar: Earable-Based Robust Respiratory Rate Monitoring has won the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award at IEEE PerCom 2025!

Selected Awards

  • Mark Weiser Best Paper Award – IEEE PerCom, 2025
  • N2Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications – 2024
  • Best Paper Award – ACM EarComp, 2023
  • Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award – ACM SIGBED China, 2021

Invited Talks

  • [Seminar] Towards Smarter, Healthier, and Secure Lives Through Intelligent Wearable Sensing, CS, Florida State University, April 2025, FL, US.
  • [Seminar] WearIoT: Toward Smarter and Healthier Lives Through Intelligent Wearable Sensing, ECE, Purdue University, February 2025, IN, US.
  • [Lecture] Toward Smarter and Healthier Lives Through Embedded Wearable AI, EE, Columbia University, February 2025, Virtual Event.
  • [Seminar] WearIoT: Toward Smarter and Healthier Lives Through Intelligent Wearable Sensing, ECE, Northwestern University, February 2025, IL, US.
  • [Seminar] Intelligent Wearable Sensing for Understanding Human Behavior and Monitoring Wellness, CS, University of Southampton, January 2025, Southampton, UK.
  • [Seminar] Toward More Interactive, Healthier, and More Secure Lives Through Intelligent Sensing, CS, University College London, January 2025, London, UK.
  • [Lecture] Less is More: Innovative Wearable Sensing for Understanding Human Behavior and Monitoring Wellbeing, CS, North Carolina State University, October 2024, Virtual Event.

Services

  • Organizing Committee: N2Women Chairs, ACM SIGCOMM 2025; Fellowship Chairs, N2Women 2025– ; Computer Science Ethics Committee, University of Cambridge 2024– ; Chairs, IEEE SWC 2024; Publicity & Social Media Chairs, ACM UbiComp/ISWC 2024; Publicity Chairs, ACM MobiCom 2022; Web Chairs, IEEE ICPADS 2021;
  • Technical Program Committee Member (Conference): ACM SenSys (2025, 2022 (Shadow Program)); ACM MobiSys (2025, 2024 (Artifact Evaluation), 2023 (Artifact Evaluation)); ACM MobiCom (2024 (Artifact Evaluation), 2023 (Artifact Evaluation)); ACM IPSN (2024 (Poster Session)); ACM ISWC (2025, 2024); IEEE ICDCS (2024, 2023, 2022 (Ph.D. Symposium)); IEEE ICPADS (2024, 2022); IEEE TrustCom (2024); IEEE UIC (2024); Euromicro DSD (2025); EAI Qshine (2020);
  • Technical Program Committee Member (Workshop): ACM HumanSys (2025, 2024); ACM EarComp (2024, 2023, 2022); ACM MobiCom4AgeTech (2024); ACM BodySys (2024); ACM EIFCom (2024); ACM SmartWear (2023); DM-SmartHealth (2025);
  • Invited Journal Reviewer: Nature Communications; ACM CHI; ACM IMWUT journal (UbiComp); ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks; ACM Transactions on Internet of Things; IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing; IEEE Internet of Things Journal; IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems; IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering; Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing; Sensors Journal; Applied Science Journal;
  • Invited Funding Reviewer: Pro² Network+ Funding;
  • Panel/Mentor: Faculty Mentor, PerCom Phd Forum 2025; Panels, WiSense Workshop 2025;