Lin Cai

Lin Cai

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(she/her)
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University of Victoria
IEEE Region
Region 07 (Canada)
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CAN
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Technical Area
Wireless networks, Vehicular communications and connected vehicles, Cooperative communication and green communication, 5G/B5G/6G and cellular systems
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Lin Cai has been with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria since 2005, and she is currently a Professor. She is an NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow, an Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Fellow, and an IEEE Fellow. In 2020, she was elected as a Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. She was also elected as a 2020 "Star in Computer Networking and Communications" by IEEE N2Women. Her research interests span several areas in communications and networking, with a focus on network protocol and architecture design supporting emerging multimedia traffic and the Internet of Things. She was a recipient of the NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) Grants in 2010 and 2015, respectively. She has co-founded and chaired the IEEE Victoria Section Vehicular Technology and Communications Joint Societies Chapter. She has been elected to serve the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors, 2019 - 2024. She has served as an Associate Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, a member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD) and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), an Associate Editor of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Communications, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, International Journal of Sensor Networks, and Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), and as the Distinguished Speaker and Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE VTS and ComSoc Societies.

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Position History:
  • Present   Associate Editor - Wireless Networks and Mobile Services (TVT Editorial Board)
  • Present   AdHoc Committee on Space-Air-Ground-Water Integrated Communication Systems Member (AdHoc Committee on Space-Air-Ground-Water Integrated Communication Systems)
  • 2024-Present   Chair (Victoria Section Joint Chapter)
  • 2023-Present   Committee on Drones Member (Committee on Drones)
  • 2023-Present   Vice President Mobile Radio (VTS Officers)
  • 2022-Present   Elected BoG Member (Board of Governors)
  • 2022-Present   Associate Editor-in-Chief (TVT Editorial Board)
  • 2020-Present   Conference Committee Member (Conference Committee)
  • 2020-2022   Fellows Evaluation Committee Member (Fellows Committee)
  • 2019-2021   Elected BoG Member (Board of Governors)
  • Recognitions:
  • 2019-2025 Distinguished Speaker
  • 2020 IEEE Fellows of the VTS
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