Wenyao Xu

PhD

Wenyao Xu

PhD

Wenyao Xu

PhD

Professor

Associate Department Chair

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Research Topics

Embedded and cyber-physical systems; body sensor networks; biomedical signal analytics; telemedicine; human-computer interaction

Contact Information

Buffalo NY, 14260

Phone: (716) 645-4748

wenyaoxu@buffalo.edu

Related Links

Dr. Xu's Website

Google Scholar Profile

Embedded Sensing and Computing (ESC) Lab

Biography Publications Teaching Research Latest News

Latest News

People can now be identified at a distance by their heartbeat
1/27/20
An article in The Economist about technology that can identify people at a distance by their heartbeat mentions that a team led by Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
Xu receives best paper award
1/2/20
Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering, received the best paper award at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems.
Three faculty receive IEEE Region 1 awards
10/14/19
This year, three faculty members in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering were recognized by the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Region 1 chapter for their technological innovation.
5 powerful technologies that will erode your privacy – and what you can do about it
7/8/19
An article on Blokt about powerful technologies that can erode privacy includes Jetson, a system that can automatically identify people from hundreds of meters away by reading their heart rate and quotes Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering, who said cardiac signatures have the potential to be more accurate than facial recognition systems and could achieve 98% accuracy.
The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
7/2/19
An article in MIT Technology Review Magazine about advances in biometrics reports that the Pentagon now has a prototype infrared laser called “Jetson” that can identify people by their heartbeat, and interviews Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
'Jetson' is a Pentagon laser that can identify people by heartbeat
6/28/19
An article in TechSpot about advances in biometrics reports that the Pentagon now has a prototype infrared laser called “Jetson” that can identify people by their heartbeat, and interviews Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
UB researchers launch autism detection app
4/2/19
A story on WGRZ-TV reports a UB research team has designed EarlySee, an app to help detect autism spectrum disorder in children as young as 12 months of age, and interviews Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering

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