Kang Yang (杨康) — Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA

• Biography: Kang Yang is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the ECE Department at UCLA, working with Mani Srivastava. He received his Ph.D. in EECS from UC Merced, advised by Wan Du. His research focuses on the AI-enabled cyber-physical systems.
• For additional information, please refer to my CV.

• I am on the academic job market in the 2026–2027 cycle. Please feel free to reach out if you believe my research aligns with the goals of your department.
• 09/2026: RxGS accepted to NeurIPS 2026.
• 05/2026: SoilX received the Best Paper Award at ACM/IEEE SenSys 2026.
• 09/2025: Three papers accepted to NeurIPS 2025: GSRF (Spotlight), ADMN, and STARK.
• 12/2024: Passed my Ph.D. final exam.

An asterisk (*) denotes co-first authorship

• Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Embedded Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Systems (SenSys), 2026.
• NeurIPS Spotlight, 2025.
• Best Demo Award, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2025.
• Best Paper Runner-up Award, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2021.

• FAME Awardee, Future Academics and Mentorship Excellence Workshop, University of California, Riverside, 2026.
• Rising Stars in EECS Workshop at MIT, 2025.
• Rising Stars, ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), 2025.

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE), 2025.
• Farms Food Future Innovation Initiative (F3) R&D GSR Award, 2023 – 2025.
• UC Merced Professional Development Award, 2024.
• UC Merced GSA Conference Travel Award, 2022.