January 2022

Prof. Qiang Ye visited the BBCR group at UW

Prof. Qiang Ye from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, visited the BBCR group at UW. Prof. Ye gave an inspiring research talk, titled "Joint RAN Slicing and Computation Offloading for Cloud-Enabled Autonomous Vehicular Networks". 

Prof. Sherman Shen gave remarks for the ComSoc 70th Anniversary at the IEEE Globecom 2022

Prof. Shen attended IEEE Globecom 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As the President of IEEE ComSoc, Prof. Shen gave remarks for the ComSoc 70th Anniversary.

Our work titled "Defending Against DDOS Attacks on IoT Network Throughput: A Trust-Stackelberg Game Model” was honored with a Best Paper Award

Our work titled "Defending Against DDOS Attacks on IoT Network Throughput: A Trust-Stackelberg Game Model" by Chunyang Qi, Jie Huang, Cheng Huang, Huaqing Wu, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen was honored with the Best Paper award at the IEEE Globecom'22, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Congratulations!

Amr Salah Matar successfully defended the Ph.D. thesis

In November 2022, Amr Salah Matar successfully defended the Ph.D. thesis. Amr joins Ciena Canada in Ottawa as an engineer. Congratulations to Amr and wish him all the best in his future career!

Prof. Rongxing Lu visited the BBCR group at UW

Prof. Rongxing Lu from University of New Brunswick, Canada, visited the BBCR group at UW. Prof. Lu delivered an inspiring research talk, titled "Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Similarity Query with Access Control in eHealthcare". 

Prof. Kuan Zhang visited the BBCR group at UW and delivered a research talk

Prof. Kuan Zhang from University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA, visited the BBCR group at UW. Prof. Zhang delivered an inspiring research talk, titled "Energy-efficient Distributed Artificial Intelligence over Edge-assisted Internet-of-Things". 

A mini research workshop was held at the BBCR group

A mini research workshop titled Intelligent Computing for Future Networks was held at the BBCR group, University of Waterloo, on Aug. 2, 2022.

Prof. Ning Zhang from University of Windsor, Canada, Prof. Ran Zhang from Miami University, USA, Prof. Yujie Tang from Algoma University, Canada, and Prof. Ning Lu from Queen’s University, Canada, attended the workshop and delivered inspiring research talks.

Dr. Huaqing Wu has joined the University of Calgary, Canada, as an assistant professor

Dr. Huaqing Wu has joined the University of Calgary, Canada, as an assistant professor. Wish Dr. Wu all the best in her future career!

Prof. Sherman Shen hosted the Awards Ceremony at IEEE ICC 2022

Prof. Sherman Shen hosted the Awards Ceremony at IEEE ICC 2022. As the President of IEEE ComSoc, Prof. Shen presented the IEEE ComSoc paper awards.

Manaf Ben Yahya successfully defended the Ph.D. thesis

In May 2022, Manaf Ben Yahya successfully defended the Ph.D. thesis. Manaf joins Huawei Canada Inc., Toronto, Canada as a Network Engineer. Congratulations to Manaf and wish him all the best in his future career!

Prof. Sherman Shen welcomed attendees at IEEE WCNC 2022

Prof. Sherman Shen attended IEEE WCNC 2022 in Austin, Texas, USA. As the President of IEEE ComSoc, he gave welcome remarks at the conference.

Prof. Sherman Shen gave a keynote speech at IEEE CSTLC 2022

Prof. Sherman Shen gave a keynote speech: "How IEEE ComSoc Can Help Your Career Development", at IEEE ComSoc Student Tech Leadership Conference 2022, Austin, Texas, USA. 

Dr. Mushu Li has been awarded the prestigious NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Mushu Li has been awarded the prestigious 2022 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations to Mushu!

Dr. Zijun Gong has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Guangzhou, China, as an assistant professor

Dr. Zijun Gong has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Guangzhou, China, as an assistant professor. Wish Dr. Gong all the best in his future career!