Eric Yuan, PhD

25+ years of experience in academia and industry
Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, George Mason University
Technology advisor to multiple US government agencies
Software architect and lead on numerous software projects
Renowned author of more than 20+ scientific articles

Education

PhD, Computer Science, George Mason University, 2016

MS, Systems Engineering, University of Virginia, 1996

BS, Computer Science, Tsinghua University, 1993

Industry Experience

Dr. Eric Yuan is an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at George Mason University, where he teaches graduate-level courses including Mathematical Foundation for Computer Science and Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. He is also the founder and president of an IT services firm, EntWerx LLC, that provides software subject matter expertise and strategic advisory to public sector clients including the Department of Defense (DoD).

He previously served as the VP of Engineering for the global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, a Fortune 500 firm. Prior to that, he was employed in various technical and/or management roles in companies such as Aerospace Corporation, Oracle Corporation, and Bell Atlantic (now Verizon). His key customers included the DoD Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAO), US Army, US Air Force, US Space Force, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Director of National Intelligence, and many other organizations. In his industry career, he has a proven track record in architecting and delivering many complex, mission-critical software solutions.

He is academically known for his research in the Software Engineering arena. He has over 20 peer-reviewed research publications (Google Scholar Citation index over 1,400). He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Computer Society, and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and have served in leadership roles in academic conferences, including as an organizing committee member for the International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA).

Litigation Experience

Dr. Yuan has served as both expert witness and consultant on a variety of litigation matters, ranging from intellectual property cases involving patent, trade secret, and copyright law matters to breach of contract cases involving software project failures. Given his extensive experience as a software engineer in industry, Dr. Yuan has helped counsel with identifying relevant pieces of information in large, complex software systems. References from attorneys in prior cases can be provided upon request.

Selection of prior cases

Anonymous Media Research Holding, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc
Venue: Easter District of Texas, Marshal Division
Case No.: 2:23-CV-439
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Patent

Anonymous Media Research Holding, LLC v. Roku, Inc.
Venue: Easter District of Texas, Austin Division
Case No.: 1:23-cv-01143
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Patent

Datanet LLC v. Dropbox Inc.
Venue: Western District of Texas
Case No.: 6:22-cv-01142-OLG
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Patent

Datanet LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
Venue: Western District of Washington
Case No.: 2:22-cv-01545-TL
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Patent

Beijing Meishe Network Technology Co., Ltd. v. TikTok Inc., TikTok Pte. Ltd., ByteDance Ltd. and ByteDance Inc.
Venue: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 6:21-CV-00504-ADA-DTG
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Trade Secret

RoadSync, Inc. v. Relay Payments, Inc. Spener Barkoff, and James Ryan Droege
Venue: Norther District of Georgia, Atlanta Division
Case No.: 1:21-cv-03420-MLB
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property –Trade Secret

Jeffrey David Bethel & Sandia Performance, LLC v. Sandia Aerospace & Honeywell/BendixKing
Venue: New Mexico Federal Court
Case No.: 1:20-cv-00596-MV-JMR
Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Copyright