Professor
TSYS School of Computer Science
Columbus State University

EMAIL: wang_lixin@columbusstate.edu
OFFICE PHONE: (706) 507-8190
OFFICE LOCATION: SCCT-434
    Research Interests:
  • Network Security
  • Intrusion Detection Systems
  • Wireless Networking
  • Algorithm Design & Analysis


Dr. Lixin Wang is currently a Professor of Computer Science at Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL. His research interests include Network Security, Intrusion Detection Systems, Wireless Networks, Algorithm Design and Analysis. He has been conducting top quality research in these areas and published more than 57 peer-reviewed high-quality research papers, most of which are published in leading journals or top-tier conferences in Computer Science.

Since 2011, Dr. Wang has been awarded ten federal grants (from NSA, NSF, US Army Reserve, US Department of Energy, or US Department of Education) as the PI or a Co-PI with the total awarded amount more than US$2.6 million. Dr. Wang is currently serving as an active editor/guest editor for seven academic journals in Computer Science, including guest editors of journal special issues. He served as a keynote speaker for the international conference ICWCNT 2016.

Editorship of Computer Science Journals
1. Guest Editor, special issue 3 on Electronics (Q2 by Scimago) (active until Aug. 2024)
2. Guest Editor, special issue 2 on Electronics (Q2 by Scimago) (acitive until May 2024)
3. Guest Editor, special issue 1 on Electronics (Q2 by Scimago) (active until July 2023)
4. Guest Editor, a special issue on Sensors (Q2 by Scimago) (active until Mar. 2022)
5. Editor, Stechnolock Journal of Cryptology (SJC) (currently active)
6. Editor, Artificial Intelligence Advances (AIA)(currently active)
7. Editor, Journal of Information Analysis (JIA) (currently active)
8. Editor, Trends in Engineering and Advanced Technology (TEAT) (currently active)
9. Editor, Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences (JENRS) (currently active)
10. Editor, Acta Scientific Computer Sciences Journal (currently active)
11. Editor, International Journal of Information and Communication Sciences (active until July 2021)