Min Song (msong6)

Min Song

Professor, Department Chair, and Director of the Center for Innovative Computing and Networked Systems (iCNS)

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Burchard 212B
(201) 216-8246

Research

Min Song’s research areas include radio spectrum management, mobile computing, cyber-physical systems and IoT, wireless communication networks, machine learning, network security, and engineering and computing education.

General Information

Min Song's professional career spans over 35 years in academia, government, and industry, including four years as a Program Director at the NSF. Throughout his career, he has held various leadership positions and published more than 190 technical papers. Min is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and NSF Director's Award. He is an IEEE Fellow.

Experience

– Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, July 2018 - present
– Founding Director, Center for Innovative Computing and Networked Systems, May 2024 - present
– Interim Chair, Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Feb. 2021 - Aug. 2021
– David House Professor and Chair, Computer Science, Michigan Tech, Oct. 2014 - June 2018
– Founding Director, Institute of Computing and Cybersystems, Michigan Tech, Oct. 2014 - June 2018
– Program Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, NSF, Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2014

Institutional Service

  • Search Committee, Dean for Undergraduate Education, Chair
  • Search Committee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Member
  • Review Committee, SES Associate Dean, Chair
  • Search Committee, Vice-Provost for Research and Innovation, Chair
  • Search Committee, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Member
  • Search Committee, Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Member
  • Advisory Committee, SES Advanced Computing, Member

Professional Service

  • General Chair, IEEE ICC 2025 Workshop: The 11th IEEE Workshop on NextG Wireless Security
  • General Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2024 Workshop: The 10th IEEE Workshop on NextG Wireless Security
  • Editor, Journal of Communications (2008 - present)
  • Editor, Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (2006 - present)
  • General General Chair, IEEE ICC 2024 Workshop, The 9th IEEE Workshop on NextG Wireless Security
  • General Chair, IEEE CloudNet 2023 (the conference was held on the Stevens campus)
  • Editor, Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks (2016 - present)
  • General Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2023 (the conference was held on the Stevens campus)
  • General Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2022 Workshop on 5G and Beyond Wireless Security
  • General Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2022 Workshop on 5G and Beyond Wireless Security
  • Member, IEEE INFOCOM Steering Committee (May 2015 - May 2022)
  • General Chair, IEEE ICC 2021 Workshop on 5G and Beyond Wireless Security
  • TPC Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2020
  • Member, IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors (Jan 2016 - Dec 2017)
  • Director, IEEE ComSoc Conference Operations (Jan 2016 - Dec 2017)
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, EAI Transactions on Wireless Spectrum (Feb 2013 - July 2017)
  • General Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2016
  • TPC Vice-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2015

Honors and Awards

– Fellow, Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 2024
– Stevens Excellence Employee Award, 2021
– IEEE Fellow, 2018
– NSF Director's Award, 2012
– NSF CAREER Award, 2007
– Best Paper Award, ICCCN 2014
– Best Paper Award, IEEE GLOBECOM 2013
– Best Paper Award, IEEE NAS 2010
– Best Paper Award, WASA 2009
– Best Paper Award, ICCCT 2003

Grants, Contracts and Funds

– NSF, CNS-2431547, Co-PI, Exploring Cybersecurity and Privacy Enhancement Techniques for AIoT. Aug. 2024
– National Security Agency, Co-PI, GenCyber Summer Training at Stevens Institute of Technology. Aug. 2023.
– Air Force STTR through Circle Optics, Inc., Co-PI. FPGA Assisted Fast Equirectangular Image Processing. Mar. 2022.
– NSF CNS-1841491. PI. The Ontology of Inter-Vehicle Networking with Spatial-Temporal Correlation and Spectrum Cognition. Aug. 2018.

Selected Publications

Conference Proceeding

  1. Hasan, M.; Yu, S.; Song, M. (2023). Secured Full-Duplex UAV-Aided Spectrum-Sharing Network Based on NOMA. IEEE MASS.
  2. Xue, X.; Hasan, M.; Yu, S.; Kandel, L.; Song, M. (2023). Over-the-Air Federated Learning with Enhanced Privacy. IEEE ICC.
  3. Hasan, M.; Yu, S.; Song, M. (2023). Uplink Secrecy Analysis for UAV-Enabled PD-NOMA-Based Underlay Spectrum Sharing Networks. IEEE WCNC.
  4. Xue, X.; Yu, S.; Song, M.. Secure Device Trust Bootstrapping Against Collaborative Signal Modification Attacks. IEEE Infocom 2023 (Acceptance Rate: 19.2% = 252/1312). IEEE.
  5. Xue, X.; Yu, S.; Song, M.; Xin, C. (2021). K-Group Random Channel Hopping (K-RCH) Rendezvous for Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE ICC.
  6. Jalooli, A.; Zhang, K.; Song, M.; Wang, W. (2020). A Novel Clustering Scheme for Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks. IEEE ICC.
  7. Adebayo, A.; Rawat, D.; Song, M. (2020). Prediction Based Adaptive RF Spectrum Reservation in Wireless Virtualization. IEEE ICC.
  8. Rawat, D.; Adhikari, A.; Song, M. (2019). Wireless Network Virtualization by Leveraging Blockchain Technology and Machine Learning. ACM Workshop on Wireless Security and Machine Learning.
  9. Luo, Y.; Pu, L.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, G.; Song, M. (2017). Optimal Energy Requesting Strategy for RF-Based Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications. IEEE INFOCOM.
  10. Xu, X.; Song, M. (2016). Approximation Algorithms for Wireless Opportunistic Spectrum Scheduling in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE INFOCOM.
  11. Xu, X.; Song, M. (2015). Delay Efficient Real-Time Multicast Scheduling in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  12. Zhao, Y.; Anjum, M. N.; Song, M.; Xu, X.; Wang, G. (2015). Optimal Resource Allocation for Delay Constrained Users in Self-Coexistence WRAN. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  13. Amin, T.; Rawat, D. B.; Song, M. (2015). Performance Analysis of Secondary Users in the Presence of Attackers in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  14. Xu, X.; Song, M.; Alani, M. (2014). Duty-Cycle-Aware Minimum Latency Multiflow Scheduling in Multi-hop Wireless Networks. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  15. Zhao, Y.; Paul, P.; Xin, C.; Song, M. (2014). Performance Analysis of Spectrum Sensing With Mobile SUs in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE ICC.
  16. Xu, X.; Song, M. (2014). Restricted Coverage in Wireless Networks. IEEE INFOCOM.
  17. Chen, C.; Song, M.; Xin, C. (2013). A Density-Based Scheme to Countermeasure Spectrum Sensing Data Falsification Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  18. Rawat, D. B.; Zhao, Y.; Yan, G.; Song, M. (2013). CRAVE: Cognitive Radio Enabled Vehicular Communications in Heterogeneous Networks. IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium.
  19. Xu, X.; Li, X.; Song, M. (2013). Distributed Scheduling for Real-Time Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  20. Zhao, Y.; Song, M.; Xin, C. (2013). FMAC: A Fair MAC Protocol for Coexisting Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE INFOCOM.
  21. Chen, C.; Song, M.; Xin, C.; Alam, M. (2012). A Robust Malicious User Detection Scheme in Cooperative Spectrum Sensing. IEEE GLOBECOM.
  22. Xin, C.; Song, M. (2012). Dynamic Spectrum Access as a Service. IEEE INFOCOM.
  23. Zhao, Y.; Song, M.; Xin, C.; Wadhwa, M. (2012). Spectrum Sensing Based on Three-State Model to Accomplish All-Level Fairness for Co-Existing Multiple Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE INFOCOM.

Journal Article

  1. Hasan, M. K.; Xue, X.; Yu, S.; Song, M. (2023). Cooperative NOMA-Based Spectrum Leasing with Multiple Secondary Users. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  2. Song, M.; Farvardin, N. (2023). IEEE INFOCOM 2023 Conference Highlights. IEEE Communications Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2023.10268259.
  3. Adebayo, A.; Rawat, D.; Song, M. (2021). Energy-Efficient Multivariate Privacy-Aware RF Spectrum Reservation in Wireless Virtualization for Wireless Internet of Things. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
  4. Wang, J.; Wang, W.; Wang, C.; Song, M. (2020). Spectrum Activity Surveillance: Modeling and Analysis from Perspectives of Surveillance Coverage and Culprit Detection. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  5. Paul, P.; Wu, H.; Xin, C.; Song, M. (2020). Beamforming Oriented Topology Control for mmWave Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  6. Sapavath, N.; Rawat, D.; Song, M. (2020). Machine Learning for RF Slicing Using CSI Prediction in Software Defined Large-scale MIMO Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.
  7. Xin, C.; Song, M. (2020). Analysis of the On-Demand Spectrum Access Architecture for CBRS Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
  8. Wang, J.; Pambudi, S.; Wang, W.; Song, M. (2019). Resilience of IoT Systems Against Edge-Induced Cascade-of-Failures: A Networking Perspective. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
  9. Jalooli, A.; Song, M.; Wang, W. (2019). Message Coverage Maximization in Infrastructure-Based Urban Vehicular Networks. Elsevier Vehicular Communications.
  10. Xin, C.; Paul, P.; Song, M.; Gu, Q. (2018). On Dynamic Spectrum Allocation in Geo-Location Spectrum Sharing Systems. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  11. Rawat, D. B.; White, T.; Parwez, M. S.; Bajracharya, C.; Song, M. (2017). Evaluating Secrecy Outage of Physical Layer Security in Large-scale MIMO Wireless Communications for Cyber-Physical Systems. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
  12. Xin, C.; Song, M. (2014). An Application-Oriented Spectrum Sharing Architecture. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
  13. Xin, C.; Song, M. (2014). Detection of PUE Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks Based on Signal Activity Pattern. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  14. Backens, J.; Xin, C.; Song, M.; Chen, C. (2014). DSCA: Dynamic Spectrum Co-Access Between the Primary Users and the Secondary Users. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  15. Chen, C.; Song, M.; Xin, C.; Backens, J. (2013). A Game-Theoretical Anti-Jamming Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE Network.
  16. Xin, C.; Song, M.; Ma, L.; Hsieh, G.; Shen, C. (2013). An Incentivized Cooperative Architecture for Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
  17. Xin, C.; Song, M.; Ma, L.; Shen, C. (2013). ROP: Near-Optimal Rendezvous for Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  18. Song, M.; Xin, C.; Zhao, Y.; Cheng, X. (2012). Dynamic Spectrum Access: From Cognitive Radio to Network Radio. IEEE Wireless Communications.
  19. Xu, X.; Li, X.; Song, M. (2012). Efficient Aggregation Scheduling in Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks With SINR Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  20. Cheng, W.; Zhang, N.; Cheng, X.; Song, M.; Chen, D. (2012). Time-Bounded Essential Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.

Courses

– CPE 679 Computer and Information Networks
– EE/CPE/AAI 800 Special Research Problems in EE/CPE/AI
– EE 820 Research Seminar