Biography
Y. D. Yao received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China, in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 1988, all in electrical engineering. He was a visiting student at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, from 1987 to 1988.
From 1989 to 1990, Dr. Yao was at Carleton University, as a Research Associate working on mobile radio communications. From 1990 to 1994, he was with Spar Aerospace Ltd., Montreal, Canada, where he was involved in research on satellite communications. From 1994 to 2000, he was with Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, where he participated in research and development in wireless code-division multiple-access systems. He has been with Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, since 2000 and is currently a professor and department director of electrical and computer engineering. He is also a director of Stevens' Wireless Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (WISELAB).
Dr. Yao has been active in a nonprofit organization, WOCC, Inc., which promotes wireless and optical communications research and technical exchange. He served as WOCC president (2008-2010) and chairman of the board of trustees (2010-2012).
He holds one Chinese patent and thirteen U.S. patents. His research interests include wireless communications and networks, spread spectrum and CDMA, antenna arrays and beamforming, cognitive and software defined radio (CSDR), and electronic warfare and directed energy technologies. Dr. Yao was an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters (2000-2008) and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2001-2006), and an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2001-2005). He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 2011 for his contributions to wireless communications systems. In 2013, he received the Advancement of Invention Award from New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Yao is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2018).
Biography (Short; IEEE Trans. Bio)
Y. D. Yao (S’88-M’88-SM’94-F’11) received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Southeast University, Nanjing, in 1988, all in electrical engineering. He was a visiting student at Carleton University, Ottawa, from 1987 to 1988. Dr. Yao has been with Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, since 2000 and served as a Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2007 to 2018. He is also a director of Stevens’ Wireless Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (WISELAB). Previously, from 1989 to 2000, Dr. Yao worked for Carleton University, Spar Aerospace Ltd., Montreal, and Qualcomm Inc., San Diego. His research interests include wireless communications, cognitive radio, and machine learning and deep learning. He holds one Chinese patent and thirteen U.S. patents. Dr. Yao was an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters (2000-2008) and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2001-2006), and an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2001-2005). For his contributions to wireless communications systems, he was elected a Fellow of IEEE (2011), National Academy of Inventors (2015), and Canadian Academy of Engineering (2017). In 2018, he received an honorary degree, Master of Engineering (Honoris Causa), from Stevens Institute of Technology.