Liudong Xing is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA. Her research interests include reliability and resilience modeling, analysis and optimization of complex systems and networks (e.g., Internet of Things and wireless sensor networks). Prof. Xing has received multiple teaching and scholar awards and was co-recipient of the Best (Student) Paper Award at several international conferences and journals. She has published over 290 journal articles, and two books titled “Binary Decision Diagrams and Extensions for System Reliability Analysis” and “Dynamic System Reliability: Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic and Dependent Behaviors”. She has served as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board member of multiple journals including Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Access, and International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences.? She is a fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management and a senior member of IEEE.