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Pu Wang

Software Defined Networking (SDN) Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) Cognitive Radio Networks (CRN) Electromagnetic Nanonetworks
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Computer Science

About

Pu Wang received his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, China, in 2003, and his M.E. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, in 2008. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology under the guidance of Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz in August 2013. Before joining UNC Charlotte, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Wichita State University since 2013. He received the John A. See Innovation Award from Wichita State University in 2016 and the BWN Lab Researcher of the Year Award from Georgia Tech in 2012. He received the best student paper runner-up award at IEEE SCC 2016 and the TPC top ranked paper award at IEEE DySPAN 2011. He was also named Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2008. His current research focuses on modeling, analysis, and stochastic optimization of networked systems, with applications in Software Defined Networking, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Cognitive Radio Networks, and Electromagnetic Nanonetworks. His research is currently supported by NSF.

Research Performance Summary

118
Total Papers
5984
Total Citations
38
H-Index
2007-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Distributed minimum-cost clustering protocol for underwater sensor networks (UWSNs)

Year: 2007

Citations: 130

Venue: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Communications

Latest Recorded Paper

MS-Temba: Multi-Scale Temporal Mamba for Understanding Long Untrimmed Videos

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.06138

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
14
2024
7
2023
6
2022
6
2021
5
2020
7
2019
11
2018
6
2017
5
2016
10
2015
7

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 61
Journal 23
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Wang Akyildiz Sun

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 14
Citations 91
Avg. Citations / Paper 6.5
H-Index 6

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 31
Citations 1157
Avg. Citations / Paper 37.3
H-Index 18

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 39
Citations 2724
Avg. Citations / Paper 69.8
H-Index 23

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 1702
Avg. Citations / Paper 65.5
H-Index 15

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 8
Citations 310
Avg. Citations / Paper 38.8
H-Index 6

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

pwang13@charlotte.edu
7046876168

Detected Research Keywords

Wireless Sensor Networks Software Defined Networks Wireless Multimedia Sensor Multimedia Sensor Networks Dynamic Spectrum Access Slepian Wolf Coding 802 11 Ad Presence Heavy Tails Heavy Tailed Traffic Presence Heavy Tailed