Li Yang

Assistant Professor

Department member since 2003

Contact Information

Office: TLC 2-210
Phone: 678.839.6656
Email: lyang (at) westga (dot) edu
Personal home page: http://www.westga.edu/~lyang

Office Hours

T:	12:30pm - 5:30pm, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
W:	12:00pm - 4:00pm

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science (2003)
Florida International University

Biography and Research Interests

Before joining UWG in the fall of 2003, Dr. Yang received the Ph.D. from Florida International University. Her dissertation is entitled "XML Storage and Retrieval Using Semantic Binary Object-Oriented Database (Sem-ODB)". She obtained the B.E. ('95) and M.E.('98) in Computer Science from Sichuan Union University in China.

Her current research interests include XML, semi-structured data and database systems, web services, semantic web, and Computer Science education.

In 2004, she and Dr. Anja Remshagen started the CSWoW (Computer Science Women of West Georgia) group, which aims at increasing and fostering interests in CS among female students at UWG, and provides support (such as senior CS student mentoring, faculty mentoring, etc.) to help them succeed in CS. They organize both social and academic events periodically during each semester.

Besides work, she also enjoys reading, movies (but not scary ones), good music, swimming, traveling and cooking.