Qiang (John) Ye received the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2016. Since Sept. 2023, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, AB, Canada. Before joining UCalgary, he worked as an Assistant Professor with the Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL, Canada from Sept. 2021 to Aug. 2023 and with the Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA, from Sept. 2019 to Aug. 2021, respectively. He was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo as a Postdoctoral Fellow and then a Research Associate from Dec. 2016 to Sept. 2019. He has published over 90 research articles on top-ranked journals and conference proceedings. He is/was the General, Publication, Program Co-chairs for different reputable international conferences and workshops, e.g., IEEE ICCC'23, CANAI'23, IEEE VTC’22, IEEE INFOCOM’22, and IEEE IPCCC’21. He serves/served as Associate Editors of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, ACM/Wireless Networks, and International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. He also serves/served as the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Region 7 Chapter Coordinator (2024) and the Regions 1-7 Chapters Coordinator (2022-2023), and the IEEE Communications Society Southern Alberta Chapter Vice Chair (2024). Dr. Ye has been selected as an IEEE Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer for the class of 2025-2026. He received the Best Paper Award in the IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) in 2024, the Early Career Research Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, in 2024, the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS) Exemplary Editor Award in 2025, and the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN) Exemplary Editor Award in 2023. He has been named among the World's Top 2% Scientists in 2021-2025 (by Stanford/Elsevier). Dr. Ye is a Senior Member of IEEE.