Peng Yang received his B.E. degree in Communication Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, as a Visiting Ph.D. Student from Sept. 2015 to Sept. 2017, and a Postdoctoral Fellow from Sept. 2018 to Dec. 2019. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor with the School of Electronic Information and Communications, HUST. His current research focuses on wireless networking, mobile edge computing, video streaming and analytics.
Wen Wu received the B.E. degree in Information Engineering from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, and the M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2019. Starting from 2019, he works as a Post-doctoral fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo. His research interests include millimeter-wave networks and AI-empowered wireless networks.
Ning Zhang received the B.Sc. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, the M.Sc. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2007, 2010, and 2015, respectively. After that, he was a postdoc research fellow at University of Waterloo and University of Toronto, Canada, respectively. He is now an Associate Professor at University of Windsor, Canada. His research interests include vehicular and wireless networking, mobile edge computing, and security. He serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, and IET Communications. He also serves/served as a TPC chair for IEEE VTC-Fall 2021 and IEEE SAGC 2020, a general chair for IEEE SAGC 2021, and a track/symposium chair for several international conferences and workshops, such as IEEE ICC and IEEE VTC. He has been a senior member of IEEE since 2018.
Xuemin Shen received the B.Sc. degree from Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China, in 1982, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, in 1987 and 1990, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a University Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada. His research focuses on network resource management, wireless network security, Internet of Things, 5G and beyond, and vehicular ad hoc and sensor networks. Dr. Shen is a registered Professional Engineer of Ontario, Canada, anEngineering Institute of Canada Fellow, a Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow, a Royal Society of Canada Fellow, a Chinese Academy of Engineering Foreign Member, and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and Communications Society. Dr. Shen received the R.A. Fessenden Award in 2019 from IEEE, Canada, Award of Merit from the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario) in 2019, James Evans Avant Garde Award in 2018 from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Joseph LoCicero Award in 2015 and Education Award in 2017 from the IEEE Communications Society, and Technical Recognition Award from Wireless Communications Technical Committee (2019) and AHSN Technical Committee (2013). He has also received the Excellent Graduate Supervision Award in 2006 from the University of Waterloo and the Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA) in 2003 from the Province of Ontario, Canada. He served as the Technical Program Committee Chair/Co-Chair for IEEE Globecom’16, IEEE Infocom’14, IEEE VTC’10 Fall, IEEE Globecom’07, and the Chair for the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Wireless Communications. Dr. Shen is the elected IEEE Communications Society Vice President for Technical & Educational Activities, Vice President for Publications, Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors, Chair of the Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee, Member of IEEE ComSoc Fellow Selection Committee. He was/is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE IoT JOURNAL, IEEE Network, IET Communications, and Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications.
