Lan Yang

Lan Yang

Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Science

Research and Scholarly Activities

  • New courses proposed and taught in recent years:

    • CS 4650: Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics
    • CS 2410: Fundamentals of Data Science
    • CS 2520: Python for Programmers
    • CS 1260: Python for Beginners
  • Courses frequently taught:

    • CS 3650: Computer Architecture
    • CS 4080: Concepts of Programming Languages
    • CS 4610/4620/CS4630: Senior Projects/Seminars
  • Research Interests

    • Big data analytics and cloud computing
    • Parallel and Distributed Computing
    • Web Services, Databases and Software Engineering
    • Multicore, Network, and Storage Architecture
    • Computer Software Intellectual Property Rights 
    • Women in Science and Engineering 

Recent MS Project/Thesis Supervision

  • Y. Li: Shape Reconstruction of Pole-like Objects using K-nearest Neighbors Model (2023) 
  • T. Wei: Spring Boot Based Online Shopping Web Application (2022)
  • P. Varu: Ground Control Station for Fire Detection Suppression Using Multiple UAVs (2022)
  • M. Chang-Chan: Epidemic Analysis of Covid-19 in California (2021)
  • R. Lin: A Web Application Dashboard For Monitoring CoronaVirus Cases (2021)
  • X. Li: Prediction of Covid Cases using Machine Learning (2021)
  • J. Lou, Frontend Web Project: A Learning Resource Platform (2021)
  • H. Zheng: Modern Approach for Maintainable and Scalable Backend Architecture (2020)
  • L. Lin: CI/CD Jenkins Pipeline (2020)
  • K. Kohli: Web App Development Using Python and Django (2020)
  • M. Kim: Visualizing and Recognizing Important Trends in Housing Sales Dataset Using Hadoop (2019)
  • P. Kothapalli: Analysis of Drug Use Dataset to Aid Drug Abuse Prevention in Youth (2019)