Wenye Wang (王文野)
Professor, IEEE Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering
NC State University

Projects

  • NC State University, "Non-Invasive Detection and Management of Underground Tuber Plants with Radio-Frequency Signals and Stereo Imaging."

    Sponsor: iConS - Institute for Connected Sensor Systems
    Duration: July 2024 - June 2026
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang, Dr. Ruozhou Yu, and Dr. Lirong Xiang (Cornell)

  • Collaborative Research: SWIFT: LARGE: MAC-on-MAC: A Spectrum Orchestrating Control Plane for Coexisting Wireless Systems

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation - NeTS Core Program
    Duration: January 2021 - December 2025
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang, Dr. Xin Wang (Stony Brook), Dr. Janise McNair (University of Florida), and Dr. Soumyajit Mandal (University of Florida)

  • SpecEES: Efficient Monitoring and Spectrum Utilization of Multi-Layer Wireless Networks

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation - NeTS Core Program
    Duration: October 2018 - September 2021
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang, Dr. Do Young Eun, and Dr. Huaiyu Dai

  • Collaborative Research: On the Ontology of Inter-Vehicle Networking with Spatio-Temporal Correlation and Spectrum Cognition

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation - NeTS Core Program (NSF-NeTS)
    Duration: September 2015 - August 2019
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Min Song (Stevens Institute of Technology)

  • Cascading Failures in Inter-Dependent Networks: Modeling, Vulnearability Analysis, and Epidemic Propagation

    Sponsor: Army Research Office (ARO)
    Duration: September 2015 - August 2019
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang

  • Exploring Theoretical Foundation of Mobile Clouds: From One-Hop Neighbors to the Internet

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation - NeTS Core Program (NSF-NeTS)
    Duration: September 2014 - August 2019
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Do Young Eun

  • Development of Platform and Tools for FREEDM Decentralized Monitoring and Control

    Sponsor: NSF ERC - FREEDM Center
    Duration: August 2012 - August 2014
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang

  • A Password System Based on Sketches

    Sponsor: Army Research Office (ARO)
    Duration: September 2011 - August 2014
    PI(s): Dr. Wes Snyder and Dr. Wenye Wang

  • A Timing Perspective of Information Dissemination in Vehicular Networks

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation - NeTS Core Program (NSF-NeTS)
    Duration: September 2010 - August 2015
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Alexandria Duel-Hallen

  • Assessment of Security Functions in Smartgrid Systems

    Sponsor: Secure Open System Initiative (SOSI-ARO/NCSU)
    Duration: January 2010 - December 2010
    PI(s): Wenye Wang

  • Satellite Connectivity

    Sponsor: ASTREC (NSF-UFL/NCSU)
    Duration: August 2009 - July 2010
    PI(s): Dr. Janise McNair (UFL) and Dr. Wenye Wang

  • A Theoretical Foundation of Spatio-Temporal Mobility Modeling and Induced Link-Level Dynamics

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation - Theoretical Foundation (NSF-TF-SING)
    Duration: September 2008 - August 2012
    PI(s): Dr. Do Young Eun and Dr. Wenye Wang

  • FirstComb: A Case Study of the First Generation Communication Backbone for FREEDM

    Sponsor: NSF ERC - FREEDM Center
    Duration: August 2008 - August 2012
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Alex Dean

  • Robust Network Architecture Against Random Threats in WMD Environments: Theoretical Limits and Recovery Strategies

    Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DoD-DTRA)
    Duration: August 2008 - July 2014
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Hamid Krim

  • Reliable Medium Access in Wireless Networks: Vulnerabilities, Protection, and Recovery

    Sponsor: Army Research Office (ARO)
    Duration: August 2007 - May 2011
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Peng Ning

  • International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE)

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Electrical & Communications Systems (NSF-ECS)
    Duration: May 2009 - Aug. 2009 (Supplemental)
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang

  • CAREER: A Unified Study of Resilience-to-Failure in Multihop Wireless Networks

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Award (CISE) (NSF-CISE)
    Duration: March 2006 - February 2011
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang

  • Intel Corporation Equipment Donation: Wireless Networking Project

    Sponsor: Intel Corporation
    Duration: September 2006
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang

  • Time- and Data-Sensitive Wireless Networked Control Systems

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Electrical & Communications Systems (NSF-ECS)
    Duration: September 2005 - August 2009
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow

  • The Impact of Cross-Layer Control on Service Availability in Public Access Wireless Networks

    Sponsor: Center for Advanced Computing and Communications (NCSU-CACC)
    Duration: July 2004 - June 2005
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Mike Devetsikiotis

  • Distributed Inter-System Authentication Mechanisms for Seamless Roaming in Multi-Network Environments

    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Networking Research (NSF-CISE)
    Duration: October 2003 - September 2006
    PI(s): Dr. Janise Y. McNair (University of Florida) and Dr. Wenye Wang

  • Authentication and Service Management in Heterogeneous Mobile Environments

    Sponsor: Center for Advanced Computing and Communications (NCSU-CACC)
    Duration: July 2003 - June 2004
    PI(s): Dr. Wenye Wang and Dr. Mike Devetsikiotis

Recent Activities

2027 - Technical Program Committee (TPC) for IEEE INFOCOM

2026 - Technical Program Committee (TPC) for IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE MILCOM-Track 4, and IEEE VTC-Spring (Vehicular Technology Conference)

2025 - Technical Program Committee (TPC) for IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE MILCOM-Track 2, IEEE PIMRC-Track 2, IEEE GLOBECOM-MWN, IEEE ICC-CRAIN & MWN, and IEEE WF-IoT

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News
August, 2026

Congratulations to Mengning Li and Wenye Wang! Their paper "PATHS: Plug-and-Play Tracking from Heterogeneous Streams to a Shared Token Interface" has been accepted to ACM MobiCom 2026! Conference website

July, 2026

Congratulations on Mengning Li who has successfully passed her PhD defense on "AI-Native Wireless Convergence." Congratulations, Dr. Mengning Li!

July, 2026

Congratulations on Teng Fei who has successfully passed his PhD defense on "From Vulnerability to Usability: Practical Implications and Emerging Applications of Radio Access and RF Signals." Congratulations, Dr. Teng Fei!

May, 2026

Congratulations to Mengning Li on the Best Paper Award at IEEE INFOCOM 2026 for "UNI-FI: Integrated Multi-Task Wi-Fi Sensing"! Award link

December, 2025

Congratulations to LoyCurtis Smith on passing his Ph.D. qualifying exam on "Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G and Beyond: Measurement-Driven Performance Analytics"!

December, 2025

Congratulations to Mengning Li on passing her Ph.D. prelim exam!

October, 2025

Congratulations on Teng Fei who has successfully passed his Ph.D. prelim exam on "From Vulnerability to Usability: Practical Implications and Emerging Applications of Radio Access and RF Signals." Congratulations!

May, 2024

Congratulations to Mengning Li on the Best Paper Award at IEEE INFOCOM 2024 for "Hybrid Zone: Bridging Acoustic and Wi-Fi for Enhanced Gesture Recognition"! Award link

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