Professor Yufei Wu is the director of Caribbean Cybersecurity Institute at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Montreal and an MBA from McGill University. He worked as an investment banking manager in Hong Kong for 5 years. He also worked as research fellow at the University of Montreal and as visiting professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as well as research fellow at Ericsson Corporation. His research focuses on fintech with blockchain, artifical intelligence / machine learning in hacking and digital forensics, as well as data security and privacy.  He has taught a variety of courses, AI/ML in cybersecurity, advanced network and web security, hacking and penetration testing, cyber security management, digital forensics, as well as data security and privacy. Prof Wu has served on a few dozens of local and regional goverment and industry committees.

Prof Wu has spearheaded the establishment of Caribbean Cybersecurity Institute, which is the first of its kind in the Caribbean. It promotes cybersecurity research, training, education, outreach, and business spinoffs. Over the years, he has developed many popular courses and programs from hacking, digital forensics, AI/ML in cybersecurity to 5G. Due to his efforts, Caribbean Cybersecurity Institute has become a stronghold for research in cybersecurity and digital forensics and offers the most extensive teaching portfolios of cybersecurity in the Caribbean.

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Montreal,

MBA from McGill University.

Professor in computer engineering,

Director of Caribbean Cybersecurity Institute at UTT,

Program leader of Center for Information and Communication Technology

CISSP ( Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

Prof Wu is a recipient for the U.S. International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The prestigious IVLP program is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program.

He has taught a variety of courses, AI/ML in cybersecurity, advanced network and web security, hacking and penetration testing, cyber security management, digital forensics, as well as data security and privacy. Prof Wu has served on a few dozens of local and regional goverment and industry committees.

His research focuses on fintech with blockchain, artifical intelligence / machine learning in hacking and digital forensics, as well as data security and privacy.

Selected publications:

1. Y. F. Wu, As a Invited Commentator for MIT Technology Review Insights, The Cyber Defense Index - A benchmark of the digital security preparedness of enterprises across the threat landscapes of the world’s top economies, 2022/2023

2. Y, F, Wu, “4G LTE Mobile Cellular Network Deployment Issues”, IEEE Conference on Mobile Communications and Networks, March 3-7, 2017, Orlando, Florida, USA

3. Y. F. Wu, “On RFID Reader’s Reliability”, IEEE Conference on Networking, July 2-5, 2015, Singapore

4. Y. F. Wu, “A New Wireless Location Technology”, IEEE Conference on Wireless Communications, May 7-10, 2014, London, UK

5. Y. F. Wu, “ICT Research and Adoption in Small Countries”, Conference on Society and Information Technologies, March 16-18, 2013, Orlando, FL, USA

6. Y. F. Wu, “Improving Availability and Accuracy in RFID Sensor Networks by Redundant Reader Elimination”, 7^th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications, March 20-25, St Maarten, 2011.

7. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Optimization of 3G Network Planning Using Tabu Search”, Journal of Communications and Information Systems” vol. 22, no. 1, Dec 2007, pp. 32-40.

8. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “A New Hybrid Constraint-Based 3G Mobile Network Planning”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 5, May 2006, pp. 277-279.

9. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Mobile Network Optimization Using a Constraint Programming Method”, Journal of Communications and Networks, vol 6, no. 5, June 2005, pp. 89-93.

10. Y. F. Wu, “3G Mobile Networks Planning Issues”, IEEE Wireless Communications Conference, April 15-18, 2010, Orlando, FL, USA

11. Y. F. Wu, Ji, Li, “Wireless MIMO Positioning by Machine Learning” IEEE PLANS 2008, January 3-6, 2008, Fairfax, VA, USA

12. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Mobile Radio Network Planning Aspects”, IEEE WiMob, August 2008, pp. 26-31.

13. Y. F. Wu, “A hybrid Softcomputing Technique for Intelligent Oilfield Data Analysis”, International Tobago Gas Conference, June 5-7, 2007, Tobago, W.I.

14. Y. F. Wu, “Blending Gas with RFID”, International Tobago Gas Conference, Oct 7-10, 2008, Tobago. W.I.

15. Y. F. Wu, “Third Generation Mobile Network Planning Issues”, Proceedings of Third IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2007), New York, October 2007.

16. Y. F. Wu, “A hybrid Softcomputing Technique for Intelligent Oilfield Data Analysis”, International Tobago Gas Conference, June 5-7, 2007, Tobago, W.I.

17. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Planning Aspects of WCDMA Mobile Radio Network Deployment”, Invited Paper, Wseas Transactions on Computers, vol. 3, no. 5, 2004, pp. 1568-1575.

18. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Enabling Mobile Commerce through Location Based Services”,  IFIP on Intelligence in Communication Systems, Springer, 2005.

19. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “A Novel Hybrid Search Strategy for Base Station Positioning in a UMTS Network”, Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 4-7, 2003.

20. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “A New Model and Approach for Designing a Cost-Effective UMTS Transport Network”, Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 4-7, 2003.

21. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Cell Planning in Mobile Networks”, Wireless 2003, Calgary, Canada, July 7-9, 2003.

22. Y. F. Wu, S. Pierre, “Third-Generation Mobile Access Network Design Models”, 21st Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen’s University, ON, Canada, June 2-5, 2002.