About

Liudong Xing received her PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 2002. She is currently a Commonwealth Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Dartmouth. Her research focuses on reliability modeling, analysis and optimization of complex systems and networks.

Prof. Xing has received multiple awards for teaching and research and has co-authored eleven award-winning papers. She was an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2024–2025). In 2025, she was recognized as a Star in Networking and Communications by N2Women and received the IEEE ComSoc IoT-AHSN Technical Achievement and Recognition Award. She has served on the editorial boards of several leading journals in her field. She has also served as program or publication committee chair, co-chair, vice-chair for multiple international conferences, and technical program committee member for numerous workshops and conferences.

Prof. Xing has been a Fellow of The International Society of Engineering Asset Management since 2019. According to Elsevier/Stanford University List, she has been named among the World Top 2% Scientists since 2020. According to ScholarGPS, she was named a Highly Ranked Scholar and placed in the Top 0.01% of all scholars in specialties of Reliability Engineering worldwide. According to Research.com, she was named among the Best Scientists in Computer Science in the world and USA.

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Honors

IoT-AHSN Technical Achievement Award
IEEE Communications Society, 2025
Star in Networking and Communications
N2Women, 2025
IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer
IEEE Communications Society, 2024-2025
Top 2% Scientists Recognition
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2024, 2025
UMassD-MAX Award
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2024
Highly Ranked Scholar – Top 0.01% in Reliability and Systems Engineering
ScholarGPS, 2024
World’s Top 2% Scientists
Elsevier & Stanford University, 2020
World’s Top 3% Scientists
AD Scientific Index, 2024
Fellow
International Society of Engineering Asset Management, 2019
Best Scientist in Computer Science – Global & USA Ranking
Research.com
Outstanding Teaching Award
IEEE Region 1, 2018
ChangJiang Scholar Award
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (China, Beijing) - MOE, 2015
Leo M. Sullivan Teacher of the Year Award
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2014
Scholar of the Year Award
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2010
Outstanding Women Award
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2011
Technological Innovation (Academic) Award
IEEE Region 1, 2007

Organizational Affiliations

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Adjunct Faculty, Graphic Era University (India, Dehradun) - GEIT

Past Affiliations

Visiting ChangJiang Professor, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (China, Beijing) - MOE

Research Assistant, University of Virginia (United States, Charlottesville) - UVA

Research Assistant, Shenyang Institute of Computing Technology (China) (China, Shenyang) - SICT

Education

Electrical Engineering
2002, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia (United States, Charlottesville) - UVA
Electrical Engineering
2000, Master of Science (MSc, MSc, MSci, MSi, ScM, MS, MSHS, MS, Mag, Mg, Mgr, SM, or SM), University of Virginia (United States, Charlottesville) - UVA
Computer Science
1996, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng, BE, BSE, BESc, BSEng, BASc, BTech, BSc(Eng), AMIE, GradIETE), Zhengzhou University (China, Zhengzhou)