Hello Young Professionals from all over the world. As part of our regular podcast series, today we speak to Dr. Yang Song. Yang was the recipient of the IEEE Young Professional Award at GLOBECOM 2015, San Diego. Yang tell us about his career, what he is currently researching with at the IBM Almaden Research Centre, exciting developent and predictions for data analytics and some powerful words of advice for fellow young professionals. Click on the media player below and listen to the interview.

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About Yang: Yang Song is a Research Staff Member in the IBM Almaden Research Center. His research interests include resource allocation, optimization, statistical analysis, and their applications in wireless networking, data center networks, IT management such as end-to-end I/O path optimization in virtualized environments. His current research focus includes 1. Big Data Analytics for Data Center Management, 2. Software Defined Data Center, 3. Resource Allocation, Placement, Optimization in Converged Data Center/SAN Infrastructure. Yang obtained his PhD from the University of Florida.

Dr Yang Song receiving the IEEE Young Professional Award from Mario Milicevic, Chair of the Young Professionals.

Interview conducted by Eddie Custovic, Editor-in-Chief, IMPACT by Young Professionals