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Lixin Gao

Lixin Gao
faculty
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Position: 
Distinguished Professor ECE
Office: 
211B Knowles Engineering Building
Homepage: 
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Interests

Internet routing and security, distributed machine learning, privacy-preserving data analytics.

Research

Lixin Gao's research includes Internet routing and security, scalable algorithms and distributed frameworks for machine learning, and data analytics on massive graphs. She has investigated privacy-preserving data analytics on complex networks, including settings where network structure can leak private information.

Biography

Lixin Gao is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMass Amherst. She received her Ph.D. from UMass Amherst and a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and the ACM.

Activities & Awards

Awards:

  • NSF CAREER Award 1999.
  •  Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 2003 - 2005 
  • IEEE Fellow 2010.
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE INFOOCM 2010.
  • Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, 2010
  • Test of Time Award, ACM SIGMETRICS 2011.
  • Paper of Distinction Award, ACM Cloud Computin 2011
  • ACM Fellow, 2012
  • College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2013