Shensheng Tang
Email: tang@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Professor of Physics and Engineering
Physics & Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences
Highlight
Dr. Tang is a professor of engineering at Bethel University. He received his Ph.D. of Engineering at the University of Toledo, Ohio. Prior to joining Bethel, Dr. Tang has worked at several universities in the United States as a postdoctoral research fellow, assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor for nearly two decades. He has taught a number of undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering and computer engineering. He enjoys working with a diverse range of students, faculty, and staff. His current research interests include wireless networking, computer networking, cloud/fog computing, embedded systems, IoT, FPGA, and modeling and performance evaluation. Besides his academic experience, Dr. Tang has over ten years of full-time product design/development and management experience in the wireless manufacturing industry as a hardware engineer, team leader and department manager. Additionally, Dr. Tang is active in professional activities. He is serving or has served as an editor-in-chief, editor or guest editor for different international journals and a program committee chair/member of many international conferences. He has produced over 100 peer-reviewed research papers in his expertise areas. He is a senior member of IEEE (the world's largest technical professional organization).
Started at Bethel
2024
Education
- Tianjin University - B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1990
- University of Toledo - Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 2006
Awards
● MWSU 2012 Dr. James V. Mehl Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award.
● Best Paper Award in the 2016 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC 2016).
● Excellent Presentation Award in the 8th IEEE International Conference on Communication Software and Networks (ICCSN 2016).
● Spotlight Paper for the July 2013 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS).
● Marquis Who's Who in America, 2010 ed., 2013 ed., 2014 ed., 2015 ed, 2016 ed.
● Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 10th, 11st, 12th Editions.
Publications
Selected Publications (Publication List):
[1] S. Tang, "Performance Modeling and Optimization for a Fog-based IoT Platform", IoT (an MDPI journal), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp183-201, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/iot4020010
[2] S. Tang, "Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Cloud Computing System using an Open Queueing Network with Multi-Server Queues", International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT), Inderscience Publishers, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 1-12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCAT.2023.132549
[3] Y. Liang, Y. Xie, S. Tang, S. Yu, X. Liu and J. Hu, "Network Traffic Content Identification Based on Time-Scale Signal Modeling", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 2607-2624, May-June 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2022.3186665.
[4] S. Tang, "Transient Analysis of a Finite Queueing System with Bulk Arrivals in IoT-Based Edge Computing Systems", IoT (an MDPI journal), Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 435–449, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/iot3040023
[5] S. Tang, M. Sinare and Y. Xie, "FPGA Based DFT System Design, Optimization and Implementation Using High-Level Synthesis", International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT), Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 47-61, 2022.(PDF)
[6] H. Ma, Y. Xie, S. Tang, J. Hu and X. Liu, "Threat-Event Detection for Distributed Networks Based on Spatiotemporal Markov Random Field", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 1735-1752, May-June 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2020.3036664.
[7] S. Tang and Y. Xie, "Availability Modeling and Performance Improving of a Healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) System", IoT (an MDPI journal), Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 310–325, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/iot2020016
[8] S. Tang, J. O’Rourke, and G. Tang, "Traffic modelling of an integrated 5G/Wi-Fi network with generally distributed user-dwell times", International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 242-254, 2020. (Inderscience Research Spot News Releases: Connecting Wi-Fi and 5G)
[9] S. Tang, A. Trautman, and H. Nguyen, "On Energy-Based Quality of Detection (QoD) for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks", International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (IJWIN), Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 214-221, 2016.
[10] S. Tang and B. Davis, "Analysis and Control of Quality of Information (QoI) for Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 103-113, 2015.
[11] S. Tang, C. Hale, and H. Thaker, "Reliability Modeling of Power Transformers with Maintenance Outage", Systems Science & Control Engineering, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 316-324, 2014.
[12] Y. Xie, J. Hu, Y. Xiang, S. Yu, S. Tang, and Y. Wang, "Modeling Oscillation Behavior of Network Traffic by Nested Hidden Markov Model with Variable State-Duration", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp. 1807-1817, Sep. 2013.
[13] S. Tang, "An Analytic Traffic Model with Adaptive QoS Control in an Unreliable Wireless Sensor Network", Telecommunication Systems, Springer Publisher, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 415-424, Aug. 2013.
[14] Y. Xie, S. Tang, Y. Xiang, and J. Hu, "Resisting Web Proxy-based HTTP Attacks by Temporal and Spatial Locality Behavior", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 24, No. 7, pp. 1401-1410, July 2013. (The Spotlight Paper for the July 2013 issue of the IEEE TPDS)
[15] S. Tang and W. Li , "An Epidemic Model with Adaptive Virus Spread Control for Wireless Sensor Networks", International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Vol. 6, No.4, pp. 201-210, 2011.
[16] S. Tang, "Traffic Modeling of a Finite-Source Power Line Communication Network", Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE), Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 261-270, August 2011.
[17] S. Tang and B. L. Mark, "Analysis of Opportunistic Spectrum Sharing with Markovian Call Arrivals and Phase-type Service", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 3142-3150, June 2009.
[18] S. Tang and B. L. Mark, "Modeling and Analysis of Opportunistic Spectrum Sharing with Unreliable Spectrum Sensing", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 1934-1943, Apr. 2009.
[19] A. E. Leu, B. L. Mark, and S. Tang, "Analysis of Handoff Interference and Outage along Arbitrary Trajectories in Cellular Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 3597-3607, Sep. 2008.
[20] S. Tang and W. Li, "An Adaptive Bandwidth Allocation Scheme with Preemptive Priority for Integrated Voice/Data Mobile Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 2874-2886, Oct. 2006.
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
● Senior Member of IEEE (ComSoc, CS)
● Member of ACM SIGMETRICS
● Member of INFORMS
● Full Member of Sigma Xi
● Editor in Chief (8/2024 - present), Journal of Science and Engineering Research (JSER)
● Editor in Chief (3/2022 - present), Journal of Smart Technology Applications (JSTA)
● Editor (06/2023 - present), Advances in Knowledge-Based Systems, Data Science, and Cybersecurity
● Editor (10/2022 - 10/2024), IoT (an international, peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI)
● Editor (12/2021 - 12/2023), Internet of Things and Cloud Computing (IOTCC)
● Editor (01/2022 - 04/2023), International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT)
● Editor (2015 - present), International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Communication for Industrial Systems (IJWMCIS)
● Lead Guest Editor (2014-2015), Special Issue on Spectrum-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks for International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN)
● Area Editor (2010 - 2013), International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (IJCNIS)
● International Conferences Committee Chair
CISDS 2024 (Publication Chair), ASSE 2024 (TPC Chair), ITIOT 2024 (Publicity Chair), ATIP 2024 (Publicity Chair), CISDS 2023 (Publicity Chair), ASSE 2023 (TPC Chair), CNCIT 2023 (Publication Chair), SPISCS 2023 (Publication Chair), ASSE 2022 (TPC Chair), ANTIC 2022 (Track Chair), CNCIT 2022 (Publication Chair), CSSE 2022 (Publication Chair), CCGIV 2022 (Publication Chair), ANTIC 2021 (Track Chair), IoT, Smart Cities and Big Data Symposium of ChinaCom 2016 (Symposium Chair).
● Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member
CNIOT 2024, PCDS 2024, DMCIT 2024, ITCA 2023, IAECST 2023, DMCIT 2023, ICCSN 2023, CNIOT 2023, MILCOM 2022 Track 2, IEEE ICCSN 2022, CNIOT 2022, IEEE ICCSN 2021, ICWOC 2021, ICHMI 2021, IEEE ICCSN 2020, IEEE ICCSN 2019, IEEE ICCT 2018, AICCC 2018, IEEE ICCSN 2018, IEEE WCNC2018-IWSS, CSoNet 2018, IEEE ICCSN 2017, IEEE WCNC2017-IWSS, ChinaCom 2016, IEEE ICCSN 2016, ITC 2016, ACCSE 2016, IEEE WCNC2016-IWSS, IEEE WCNC2015-IWSS, WMCIS 2015, INTERNET 2014, WINSYS 2014, ICCCN 2013 (SEP track), WINSYS 2013, MOPAS2013, WINSYS 2012, MOPAS2012, MOPAS 2011, WMuNeP 2011, ChinaCom2010-WCN, WINSYS 2010, MOPAS 2010, WINSYS 2009, ChinaCom2009-WCN, WMuNeP 2009, ITNG 2009-MRM, ACM IWCMC2008, IEEE VTC2008-Fall, ACM WMuNeP2008, Ambi-Sys2008, HPSR2008.
Research interests
Wireless Communications and Networking including Cognitive Radio (CR) Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Wireless LANs (WLANs), WiMAX, Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), Wireless Mesh Networks, 3G/4G/5G/6G wireless cellular networks. Computer Networking, Internet, and Cybersecurity. Embedded Systems. Internet of Things (IoT). Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing. AI/Machine Learning. Smart Grids. Image/Audio/Video Signal Professing. Epidemic Theory and Applications. Modeling and Simulation, Queuing Theory and Applications.