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Yang Xiao

Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky. Director of the Secure Decentralized Systems Lab (SDSL). NSF CAREER Award recipient (2026) with 34,264 over five years for RESONET (REsilient and Secure Operation of NETworked real-time systems), developing fault-tolerant coordination between autonomous drone fleets and self-driving vehicles. Research focuses on distributed system security, cyber-physical security, and blockchain/decentralized systems.

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Public land-grant research university in Lexington, KY.

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