Department of Computer Science

 

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Dr. Qi Liao

Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Science and Engineering
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, U.S.A.
Tel: (989) 774-4419
Fax: (989) 774-3728
Email: liao1q AT cmich DOT edu

 

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
B.S., Computer Science, Hartwick College

 

Research Areas

  • Computer and Network Security
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Visualization
  • Economics / Game Theory for Networks and Cybersecurity

 

Biography

Dr. Qi Liao is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Central Michigan University (CMU). He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. and departmental distinction in Computer Science from Hartwick College, New York, with a minor concentration in Mathematics. He was named Hartwick College Faculty Scholar, and received best graduate teaching assistant award at Notre Dame. He was inducted as lifetime members into National Mathematics Honor Society (Kappa Mu Epsilon), International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines (Upsilon Pi Epsilon), and the Engineering Honor Society (Tau Beta Pi).

Dr. Liao’s research interests include computer security, machine learning, visual analytics, and economics / game theory at the intersection of network usage and cybersecurity. He has published over eighty peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings, book chapters, and technical reports. Dr. Liao received awards including USENIX best paper award at LISA, IEEE best session paper at ICCCBDA, Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence-Outstanding Paper for Information and Computer Security, IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Challenge Award, 2nd place in National Security Innovation Competition at Colorado Springs, and Notre Dame Center for Research Computing Award for Computational Sciences and Visualization. Dr. Liao was nominated for the Provost's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity and received the College of Science and Engineering Award for Outstanding Research at CMU.

Dr. Liao has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, ranging from programming (Java, C, Python, etc.), data structures, networking and system administration, to computer security. He has extensive experience in classroom teaching, course curriculum development, lab design and innovation.

Dr. Liao has served on NSF review panels, international conference co-chairs, technical program committees, journal editorial boards and numerous peer reviewers. Dr. Liao was the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fellow to conduct sponsored research at the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).  Dr. Liao was a visiting scientist in the Visual Analytics Division at IBM Research, and guest research faculty in the Global Security Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).