Wenyao Xu

PhD

Wenyao Xu.

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

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Latest News

  • 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
  • Identifying a 3D printer from a 3D print
    2/18/19
    An article on Hackaday reports on research by Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering, that has discovered the first way to track 3D-printed objects, including guns, using the unique “fingerprints” that 3D printers leave on the objects they produce.