Dr. Kewei Sha is an Associate Professor of Data Science and the Director of Graduate Program within the College of Information at the University of North Texas (UNT). Prior to joining UNT, he held the position of Associate Professor with an approved promotion to Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL). Before that, Dr. Sha has served as Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at Oklahoma City University (OCU). His research interests include Data Management and Analytics, Security and Privacy, Edge Computing, Blockchain, and Internet of Things. As a PI or co-PI, he has successfully secured over 5 million dollars in research funding from NSF, NASA, UNT, UHCL, and OCU. Dr. Sha has published more than 80 publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Dr. Sha has served as Associate Editors for renowned journals like IEEE IoT Journal (IEEE), Smart Health (Elsevier), Computing (Springer), and Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer). He has also acted as General Chair and Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair at many prominent conferences such as NSF CISE MSI Aspiring PI Workshop 2024, ACM/IEEE SEC 2023, ACM/IEEE CHASE 2021, IEEE MOST 2024, IEEE ICCCN 2015, etc. Dr. Sha is a recipient of UHCL President’s Outstanding Research Award, UHCL University Faculty Fellowship Award, IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award, and Anthony and Barbara Lekkos Endowment Faculty Fellowship. He is a senior member of both ACM and IEEE.
