Prof. Gang Qu

Professor
University of Maryland


Gang Qu received his B.S. in mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he leads the Maryland Embedded Systems and Hardware Security Lab (MeshSec) and the Wireless Sensor Laboratory. His recent research activities are on hardware security and trust, artificial intelligence, security in vehicular systems, and the Internet of Things. He is also known for his work on wireless sensor networks, low power and energy efficient embedded system design. Dr. Qu has served as the general chair or program chair for 20 conferences/symposiums/workshops. He is an active associate editor for IEEE TCAD, IEEE TCAS II, IEEE TETC, ACM TODAES, Integration the VLSI Journal, JCST, and more. Dr. Qu is an enthusiastic teacher and has taught many security courses, including a popular MOOC on Hardware Security through Coursera. He is a co-founder of IEEE Hardware Security and Trust Technical Committee and a fellow of IEEE.