Yang Liu

Dr. Yang Liu obtained his bachelor and ph.d degree in the National University of Singapore in 2005 and 2010, respectively. In 2012, he joined Nanyang Technological University as a Nanyang Assistant Professor. He is currently an associate professor, director of the cybersecurity lab, Program Director of HP-NTU Corporate Lab and Deputy Director of the National Satellite of Excellence of Singapore. In 2019, he received the University Leadership Forum Chair professorship at NTU.

Dr. Liu specializes in cyber security and software engineering. His research has bridged the gap between the theory and practical usage of formal methods and program analysis to evaluate the design and implementation of software for high assurance and security. By now, he has more than 250 publications in top tier conferences and journals. He has received a number of prestigious awards including MSRA Fellowship, TRF Fellowship, Nanyang Assistant Professor, Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship, and 10 best paper awards and one most influence system award in top conferences like ASE, FSE and ICSE.

Education

July 2005 - May 2010, National University of Singapore, Singapore Ph.D. (CAP 4.56/5) Thesis: Model Checking Concurrent and Real-time Systems: the PAT Approach Supervisors: Dr. Dong JinSong and Dr. Rudy Setiono. Nominated for best thesis.

July 2001 - Jun 2005, National University of Singapore, Singapore Bachelor of Computing Science with Honour First Class. (CAP 4.83/5) Mathematics Minor

Dec 2000 - Jun 2001, National Institute of Education, Singapore Intensive English training course.

Sep 2000 - Nov 2000, Zhe Jiang University, China Electrical Engineering in an accelerated class. Received scholarship from Ministry of Education, Singapore after two months.

Companies

• Professor Nanyang Technological University (2019)
• Associate Professor Nanyang Technological University (2017 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University (2012 — 2017)