The Controller Placement Problem in Software Defined Networking: A Survey

Optimal On Demand Delay-constrained Fair Distribution for Self-coexistence WRAN

DTER: Schedule Optimal RF Energy Request and Harvest for Internet of Things

Data Aggregation Point Placement Problem in Neighborhood Area Networks of Smart Grid

Harness Interference for Performance Improvement in Underwater Sensor Networks

Prediction-based Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks

Exploring Uncertainties of Transmission and Reception Delays for Underwater Acoustic Networks

A Game-Theoretic Resource Allocation Approach for Intercell Device-to-Device Communications in Cellular Networks

An Effective AODV- based Flooding Detection and Prevention for Smart Meter Network

Enhanced AODV: Detection and Avoidance of Black Hole Attack in Smart Metering Network

Optimal Energy Requesting Strategy for RF-based Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications

A K-Means-Based Network Partition Algorithm for Controller Placement in Software Defined Network

High-Order Hidden Bivariate Markov Model: A Novel Approach on Spectrum Prediction

Optimal Resource Allocation for Delay Constrained Users in Self-coexistence WRAN

Detection of primary user's signal in cognitive radio networks: Angle of Arrival based approach

FMAC: A Fair MAC Protocol for Coexisting Cognitive Radio networks

Spectrum sensing based on three-state model to accomplish all-level fairness for co-existing multiple cognitive radio networks

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Courses taught at VCU (2018-present)

Courses taught at SDSMT (2012-2018)

Dr. Yanxiao Zhao is an Associate Professor in the ECE Department, Virginia Commonwealth University. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Department of ECE, Old Dominion University, under the supervision of Dr. Min Song.  

Prior to joining VCU, Dr. Zhao was a faculty member at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2012-2018. Dr. Zhao’s research interests include, but not limited to: cyber security, wireless networks including vehicular networks, wireless autonomous networks, wireless body area networks, software-defined networks, and device-to-device (D2D) communications, energy harvesting for Internet of things with wearable sensors, power management and communications in smart grid. Dr. Zhao has secured over $1 Million research grants supported by NSF, NASA and Air Force. Dr. Zhao has published over 70 papers in prestigious journals and international conferences. She was the recipient of the Best Paper Award for three international conferences WASA2009, ChinaCom2016 and ICMIC2019. She has been actively organizing international conferences by serving as TPC co-chair, publicity chairs and TPC members.  She is an IEEE Senior Member.

Wireless Communications and Networks

Wireless Energy Harvesting Systems

Wearable sensors for healthcare

Internet of Things (IoT)

Cyber Security

Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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