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Lei Chen

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3919-8056
20052026

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Dr. Lei Chen is Tenured Full Professor and the Graduate Program Director for the Department of Information Technology at Georgia Southern University. He received his B.Eng. in Computer Science and Applications from China in 2000, and PhD. in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, USA, in 2007. He joined Georgia Southern University in 2015, before when he was with the Department of Computer Science at Sam Houston State University for eight years as Assistant Professor and later Tenured Associate Professor. He also served as the Graduate Program Coordinator for all three master programs (with an enrollment of about 100) and four graduate certificate programs offered by the department at SHSU.
 
Dr. Chen’s research interests focus on the security, privacy and digital forensics of networks, information, cloud, Big Data, and mobile, handheld and wireless networks. His extended research reaches the areas of computer networking, multimedia networking, network routing, and artificial intelligence. He started research as a graduate research assistant for 5 years at Auburn University and worked as Vodafone Research Fellow during his PhD. study. In the past 15 years, Dr. Chen has authored or co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed scholarly works, including journal papers, book chapters, and conference proceeding papers. His edited book “Wireless Network Security: Theories and Practices”, published by Springer (U.S.) and Higher Education Press (HEP) in August 2013, has received over 15,900 combined downloads. He has secured more than $3M to support his scholarly activities, with funding from U.S. federal sources such as the National Security Agency and National Science Foundation.

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Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University

… → 2007

B.Eng. in Computer Science and Applications, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

… → 2000

Disciplines

  • Information Security
  • Digital Communications and Networking

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning and Data Mining
  • Network Security
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cloud Security
  • Digital Forensics
  • Computer Forensics
  • Cyber forensics
  • Networking and Communications

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  3. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  4. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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