Dong Wang
Scholar

Dong Wang

Google Scholar ID: -NfMhb0AAAAJ
Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social SensingHuman-centered AISocial IntelligenceAI for Social GoodAI for Science
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
4,732
 
H-index
35
 
i10-index
110
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
21
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Google Faculty Research Award
  • ARO Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award
  • NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award
  • Wing Kai Cheng Fellowship, University of Illinois
  • Best Paper Honorable Mention, ACM CHI 2025
  • Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE ASONAM 2022
  • Best Paper Honorable Mention, IEEE SMARTCOMP
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE RTAS 2010
  • Repeatedly named 'Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students' (Fall 2022, Spring/Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
Background
  • Research focus includes social sensing and intelligence, human-centered AI, human-AI teaming, AI for social good, responsible AI, data quality, big data analytics, cyber-physical-human systems, smart cities, and edge computing.
  • Currently a Professor at the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois (joined as Associate Professor in August 2021).
  • Previously served as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
  • His work has been applied in real-world domains such as social network analysis, crowdsourcing, disaster response, education, smart cities, synthetic biology, and environmental sustainability.
  • Published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and developed software tools adopted by academia, industry, and government research labs.
  • Authored the book 'Social Edge Computing: Empowering Human-Centric Edge Computing, Learning and Intelligence' (Springer, 2023).