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Atwater Kent Laboratories, 303
Phone: +1-508-831-5338
wjlou@wpi.edu

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Wenjing Lou

• Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

I came to WPI in 2003 after completing my PhD at the University of Florida. My research interests have been in the areas of ad hoc, sensor, and mesh networks, with emphases on network security and routing issues. Most recently I have developed new interests in security in cloud computing and e-healthcare systems. In my lab, Wireless Networking and Security Laboratory (WiNSec), we are exploring the novel concepts and ideas related to the protocols and systems of wireless and mobile networking, and designing scalable architecture and efficient and secure protocols for the next generation wireless networks. We have received over $1.3M external funding to carry out research on those directions. At the graduate level, I teach Computer and Network Security (introducing the fundamentals of network security as well as security standards currently in use), and Internet and Wireless Security (focusing on the research aspect of network security area and exploring the open security issues associated with current Internet and wireless networking technologies). At undergraduate level, I teach Foundations of Embedded Computer Systems, where we learn assembly language and how C and assembly language programs running on microprocessors are used to solve problems that require interactions between a computer and the physical world. One of the constants in my life for many years has been the practice of yoga. I find the calm and peace of yoga gives great balance to my life.