Cong Wang

Deputy Director of Decentralized Trust Computation Research Centre
City University of Hong Kong

Dr. Cong Wang is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong. His current research interests include data and computation outsourcing security in the context of cloud computing, blockchain and decentralized application, network security in emerging Internet architecture, multimedia security, and privacy-enhancing technologies in the context of big data and IoT. He is one of the Founding Members of the Young Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong. He received the Outstanding Supervisor Award in 2017 and the President’s Awards from City University of Hong Kong in 2016. He is a co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award of IEEE ICDCS 2017, the Best Paper Award of IEEE ICPADS 2018, MSN 2015 and CHINACOM 2009. His research has been supported by multiple government research fund agencies, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission. He serves/has served as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Internet of Things Journal and IEEE Networking Letters, and TPC co-chairs for a number of IEEE conferences/workshops. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and member of the ACM.