Welcome to the Cyber Physical System Research Lab at Baylor University!
What is Cyber Physical System in general?
Cyber Physical System refers to conjoining of and coordination between computation and physical resources (definition by the National Science Foundation, 2007). Cyber physical system exploits pervasive sensing, computation, communication, and actuation and deeply embeds computation intelligence into adaptive physical systems. For many applications, it is required to be networked (large-scale, distributed coordination), adaptable, autonomous, efficient and reliable.

Cyber Physical System is an Internet of People and Things. It shall transform how we interact with the physical world just like the Internet has transformed how we interact with one another.
What do we do in particular?
The Cyber Physical System Research Lab at Baylor University carries out particular theoretical and applied research on issues that concern cyber physical systems. We focus on related topics such as mobile and pervasive computing, networked embedded systems, distributed control, and ubiquitous sensing and actuation, as well as development of cyber physical system applications in communication, energy, transportation, and operation in dangerous or inaccessible environments.
Visit the Projects page for currently investigated projects at the Lab.
About Liang Dong
Liang Dong received the B.S. degree in applied physics with minor in computer engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 1996, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and 2002, respectively.
From 1996 to 2002, he was a Research Assistant with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas. From 1998 to 1999, he was an Engineer at CWiLL Telecommunications, Inc., Austin, TX, where he participated in the design and implementation of a smart antenna communication system. In 2000, he was a Consultant for Navini Networks, Inc., Richardson, TX. From 2002 to 2004, he was a Research Associate with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame. From 2004 to 2011, he was an Assistant Professor then promoted to a tenured Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Western Michigan University. He joined the faculty of Baylor University in August 2011 as an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Dr. Dong's research interests include communication systems, wireless networks, digital signal processing, cyber-physical systems, and microelectronics for communications. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He was on the executive board of IEEE West Michigan Section from 2006 to 2011 and on the executive board of ASEE North Central Section from 2007 to 2008. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Tau Beta Pi, and faculty advisor of Eta Kappa Nu.