He achieved his PhD degree in Brunel University in the year of 2011. He is now as an associate professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Information, Sichuan University. Email: Yang.Liu@scu.edu.cn

Education:

l PhD in High Performance Information Retrieval, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, 2011.

l MSc in Data Communication Systems, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, 2006.

l BSc in Electrical Engineering & Automation, School of Electrical Engineering and Information, Sichuan University, 2005.

Employment:

l 2012-present, Associate professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Information, Sichuan University.

l 2006-2011，Great Teaching Assistant, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University.

Teaching Activities:

l Automatic Control

l Computing Networks

Research Interests:

l High-performance Computing in Processing and Analyzing Large-scale Power System Data

l Precisely Load Activities Identification and Energy Storage Optimization

l DCCHP System Modeling and Optimization

Selected Publications:

Yang Liu, Youbo Liu, Junyong Liu, Maozhen Li, Tingjian Liu, Gareth Taylor, Kunyu Zuo: A MapReduce Based High Performance Neural Network in Enabling Fast Stability Assessment of Power Systems. Mathematical Problems in Engineering 01/2017; 2017:1-12., DOI:10.1155/2017/4030146

Lixiong Xu, Yuan Huang, Xiaodong Shen, Yang Liu: Parallelizing Gene Expression Programming Algorithm in Enabling Large-Scale Classification. Scientific Programming 01/2017; 2017:1-10., DOI:10.1155/2017/5081526

Youbo LIU, Yang LIU, Junyong LIU, Maozhen LI, Zhibo MA, Gareth TAYLOR: High-performance predictor for critical unstable generators based on scalable parallelized neural networks. 07/2016; 4(3)., DOI:10.1007/s40565-016-0209-4

Yang Liu, Lixiong Xu, Maozhen Li: The Parallelization of Back Propagation Neural Network in MapReduce and Spark. International Journal of Parallel Programming 02/2016;, DOI:10.1007/s10766-016-0401-1

Yang Liu, Weizhe Jing, Lixiong Xu: Parallelizing Backpropagation Neural Network Using MapReduce and Cascading Model. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 01/2016; 2016(2):1-11., DOI:10.1155/2016/2842780

Yang Liu, Weizhe Jing, Youbo Liu, Lin Lv, Man Qi, Yang Xiang: A sliding window-based dynamic load balancing for heterogeneous Hadoop clusters. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience 01/2016; 29(3), DOI:10.1002/cpe.3763

Yang Liu, Jie Yang, Yuan Huang, Lixiong Xu, Siguang Li, Man Qi: MapReduce Based Parallel Neural Networks in Enabling Large Scale Machine Learning. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 11/2015; 2015(2):1-13., DOI:10.1155/2015/297672

Wenming Guo, Nasullah Khalid Alham, Yang Liu, Maozhen Li, Man Qi: A Resource Aware MapReduce Based Parallel SVM for Large Scale Image Classifications. Neural Processing Letters 09/2015; 44(1)., DOI:10.1007/s11063-015-9472-z

Chuang Deng, Yang Liu, Lixiong Xu, Jie Yang, Junyong Liu, Siguang Li, Maozhen Li: A MapReduce-based parallel K-means clustering for large-scale CIM data verification. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience 08/2015, DOI:10.1002/cpe.3580

Yang Liu, Maozhen Li, Mukhtaj Khan, Man Qi: A MapReduce Based Distributed LSI for Scalable Information Retrieval. Computing and Informatics 01/2014; 33(2).

Nasullah Khalid Alham, Maozhen Li, Yang Liu, Man Qi: A MapReduce-based distributed SVM ensemble for scalable image classification and annotation. Computers & Mathematics with Applications 12/2013; 66(10):1920-1934., DOI:10.1016/j.camwa.2013.07.015

Godwin Caruana, Maozhen Li, Yang Liu: An Ontology Enhanced Parallel SVM for Scalable Spam Filter Training. Neurocomputing 05/2013;, DOI:10.1016/j.neucom.2012.12.001

Yang Liu, Maozhen Li, Nasullah Khalid Alham, Suhel Hammoud: HSim: A MapReduce simulator in enabling Cloud Computing. Future Generation Computer Systems 01/2013; 29(1)., DOI:10.1016/j.future.2011.05.007

Nasullah Khalid Alham, Maozhen Li, Yang Liu, Suhel Hammoud: A MapReduce-based distributed SVM algorithm for automatic image annotation. Computers & Mathematics with Applications 10/2011; 62(7):2801-2811., DOI:10.1016/j.camwa.2011.07.046

Xiangyu Liu, Maozhen Li, Yang Liu, Man Qi: OBIRE: Ontology Based Bibliographic Information Retrieval in P2P Networks.. DOI:10.4018/jdst.2010100105