Yingfei Dong, Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hawaii
E-mail: {MyFirstName}@hawaii.edu Office: Holmes Hall 442
Phone: +1-808-956-3448 FAX: (808) 956-3427
Mailing Address: 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 483, Honolulu, HI 96822
General research interests: AI, computer and network security/privacy, distributed systems and applications, and advanced computer systems.
Current research areas: AI/machine learning security, drone/UAS security, IoT security, anonymous communications and data sharing, cloud system security and privacy, infrastructure security, anti-DOS, anti-SPAM, smart grid security, social network privacy and security. Past research projects were on smart grid security, Quality of Service, multimedia streaming and content distribution, cable broadband networks, etc.
Fall 2025, NSF 2439007, SFS AI + Cybersecurity: Securing America's Future Through AI-Empowered Cyber Talent, $4,112,287, 2026-2028.
Fall 2024, Principal Investigator, Planning: DCL EPSCOR: SaTC Frontier: Ensuring Security and Privacy in AI-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems, $199,973, 10/01/2024-09/30/2026
Fall 2024, UHM PI, GenCyber Hawaii Coalition 2025, $412,794, 10/2024-07/2025
Spring 2020, Principal Investigator, UHM ROTC Cyber Security Research: Consumer Drones Security and Countermeasures, $249,415, 2021.2-2023.5, mentoring ROTC cadets for security projects.
Fall 2019, Principal Investigator, UHM ROTC Cyber Security Research: Countering Consumer Drones, $239,957, 2019.12-2021.9, mentoring ROTC cadets and EE students in cyber security research.
Spring 2019, Principal Investigator, National Center of Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), 2015-2019, 2019-2024.
Spring 2017, Principal Investigator, Establishing Scholarship for Service Program at University of Hawaii at Manoa. January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2023 (NSF DGE-1662487), with an expected total of $5,168,370. We will support 24+ SFS scholars to pursue their careers in cyber security related areas such as CS, EE, or related IT majors. Qualified Students please see the UHM NSF SFS web site.
Fall 2016 to present, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP): We started a VIP project related to Cyber Security and UAS applications. The goal is to combined (EEx96/ENGRx96) design projects into integrated projects .
Research assistantship is available for motivated PhD students for computer network and security projects. Please send me your resume and related statements in PDF format.
