VTS Board of Governors Election - Closing Soon | IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

All IEEE VTS members are encouraged to vote in the 2024 Board of Governors election.

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The voting period will be 7 August - 25 September 2024.

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Nominees for the VTS 2024 Board of Governors Election

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Lin Cai	Alvin Chin	Javier Gozalvez
Alon Newton	Lingyang Song	Qingyang Song
Gordon Stuber	Sumei Sun	Li-Chun Wang
	Xianbin Wang

LIN CAI (S’01-M’05-SM’10-F’20)

Biography: Lin Cai is a Professor in the E&CE Department at the University of Victoria, Canada. As an active researcher and dedicated educator, she has been honored as an IEEE Fellow, NSERC Steacie Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) Fellow, and Royal Society of Canada College Member. She was also named a "Star in Computer Networking and Communications" by N2Women. Her research interests span several areas in communications and networking, supporting ubiquitous intelligence.

Lin Cai co-founded and chaired the IEEE Victoria Section Vehicular Technology and Communications Joint Societies Chapter. She has been elected to serve on the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Board of Governors from 2019 to 2024 and served as its VP of Mobile Radio from 2023 to 2024. During her tenure as VP Mobile Radio, she led the launch of the new Ad Hoc Committee for Space-Air-Ground-Water Integrated Communication Systems, assisted in the reform of the Propagation Committee, and transformed the Drones Committee into an active team with about 20 volunteering leaders.

Her extensive IEEE VTS volunteering experience also includes serving on the Ad Hoc Committee of Gender Diversity, Executive Committee on Conferences, Publications Committee, and Committee Evaluation Committee. She served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) (receiving two Top Editor Awards), then as an Area Editor, and subsequently as the Associate Editor-in-Chief. She has also held multiple conference organizational positions, including TPC co-chair for IEEE VTC20-Fall. She has been an IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

Board member (Member-at-large), IEEE Women in Engineering, 2022 – 2024

Sections/Chapters

Founding chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and IEEE Communications Society Joint Societies Chapter in IEEE Victoria Section, 2017 – present
Secretary, IEEE Victoria Section, 2017 – present
Student Advisor, IEEE Victoria Section, 2016

Student Branches

IEEE Student Branch Co-Counsellor, Victoria Section, 2016 – 2017

Society

Elected board member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors, 2022 – 2024
Elected board member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors, 2019 – 2021
IEEE VTS Conference Committee, 2023 – 2025
IEEE VTS Society Publications Committee, 2022 – 2023
Leader, Tales of Tomorrow: Future Mobile Radio and Vehicular Technologies Storytelling Competition (2023)
IEEE VTS Society Ad hoc Committee of Gender Diversity, 2019 – 2021
IEEE VTS Society Executive Committee on Conferences, 2020 – 2021
IEEE VTS Society IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee, 2020 – 2021
IEEE VTS Society Nomination Committee, 2020
IEEE VTS Distinguished Speaker (2018‐2024)
IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (2015‐2018)

Conferences

IEEE Pacrim’24, Publicity Co-chair, 2024.
Workshop on Human-centric Multilateral Teleoperation: Perception, Telecommunication, and Coordination, International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 (ICRA'24), Women-in-Engineering Chair, May 2024
IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China 2023 (ICCC'23), TPC co-chair, Dalian, July 2023.
The 11th Multidisciplinary Symposium of Canadian Academy of Chinese Professors (MSCACP-11), Conference Co-chair, Victoria, June 2023.
IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China 2023 (ICCC'22), Symposium co-chair, ML and AI for Communications, Foshan, July 2022.
TCP co-chair, IEEE 92nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'20) – Fall, Sept. 2020.
Publicity chair, IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computer, and Signal Processing, Victoria, BC, Canada, Aug. 2019.
Track co-chair for Communications and Networks track, IEEE CCECE Conference, Edmonton, May 2019.
Track co-chair for Radio Access Technology and Heterogeneous Networks track, IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'19) – Fall, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Sept. 2019.
Organizer, IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'19) – Fall, Enhancing Diversity Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Sept. 2019.
Track co-chair for Wireless Networks track, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, Qingdao, China, Oct. 2017.
Communications and Networks Track co-chair, IEEE CCECE, Vancouver, Canada, May 2016.
Co-chair, 2nd IEEE Ad Hoc Networking with MIMO and Cognitive Radio, London, UK, June 2015.
Workshop co-chair, IEEE Infocom'14, Toronto, Canada, April 2014.
TPC co-chair for wireless networking symposium, IEEE Globecom'13, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Co-chair, IEEE Ad Hoc Networking with MIMO and Cognitive Radio'12, Anaheim, CA, USA, Dec. 2012.
Poster co-chair, IEEE WUWNet'11, Seattle, USA, Dec. 2011.
Communication and networking track chair, IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computer, and Signal Processing, Victoria, BC, Canada, August 2011.
TPC symposium co-chair for wireless networking symposium, IEEE Globecom'10, Miami, Fl., USA, Nov./Dec. 2010.
Student travel grants chair, IEEE Globecom’07, Washington, DC, USA, Nov./Dec. 2007.
TPC member for more than 65 IEEE conferences/workshops.

Other

Associate Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), 2022 – 2024
Associate Editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2023 – present
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics on Computing, 2021 – present
Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), 2019 – 2021
Steering Committee member, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), 2019 – 2021
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019 – 2021
Associate Editor for IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018 – present
Steering Committee member, IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD), 2018 – 2020
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2007 – 2013 (Ranked Top 5 AEs, 2007; Top Associate Editor award, 2010)
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2011 – 2016
Organize special issues for
IEEE Network on “New Network Architectures, Protocols and Algorithms for 6G,” 2023.
IEEE JSAC on “Human-centric Communication and Networking for Metaverse over 5G and Beyond Networks”, 2023.
IEEE Network on "New Network Architectures, Protocols and Algorithms for Time-Sensitive Applications,” 2021.
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics on "Security, Privacy and Trust Analysis and Service Management for Intelligent Internet of Things Healthcare", 2020.
IEEE Journal of Internet of Things on “AI Enabled Cognitive Communications and Networking for IoT,” 2018.
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology on “Emerging Technology for 5G Enabled Vehicular Networks,” 2015.
IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine on “User Cooperation in Wireless Networks,” 2011.
IEEE Transactions of Vehicular Technology on “Vehicular Communications Networks,” 2007.

Qualifications

I have been enthusiastically serving IEEE and VTS Society for the past 20 years. I was elected to serve VTS board during 2019-2021, 2022-2024. Serving its VP in Mobile Radio 2023-2024, I led the launch of the new technical Ad Hoc committee for Space-Air-Ground-Water Integrated Communication Systems, assisted in reviving the technical committee for Propagations, and helped to establish a new leadership team for the Drones Ad Hoc Committee. I also served on many committees for VTS in the past decade.

I have served as a VTS Distinguished Lecturer 2015-2018 and then a VTS Distinguished Speaker 2018-2024, an organizer or TPC member for numerous IEEE conferences, including serving TCP Co-chair for IEEE VTC’2020-Fall. I have extensive involvement in IEEE journals, serving an Area Editor and then the Associated Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), an Associate Editor for seven IEEE journals, and a steering committee member for three IEEE Transactions.

I am an active researcher in the Connected Vehicle area and have collaborated with professionals from both VTS and other societies. Given my past volunteering services and inter-disciplinary research activities, I am enthusiastic in promoting the exchange of both technical and professional information among members of the Society, and other groups and societies, and well prepared to promote VTS society’s objectives by serving the BoG.

In 2017, I founded the IEEE VTS/ComSoc Joint Societies Chapter at IEEE Victoria Section and served as its founding Chair. I have also been an executive member and Student Branch Co-Counsellor of IEEE Victoria Section, and a long-term member of IEEE Women-in-Engineering. I am devoted to provide more support for students, young professionals, and female members by engaging them with VTS technical, organizational, mentoring, and networking activities. I can effectively serve global members by supporting their diverse needs.

Major Accomplishments

As the VTS VP for Mobile Radio, I led the launch of the new technical Ad Hoc committee for Space-Air-Ground-Water Integrated Communication Systems, one of the fastest-growing fields. I also helped to revive the technical committee of Propagations and helped to establish a new leadership team for the Drones Ad Hoc Committee. These committees all experienced fast growth during the period, contributing to the healthy growth of the Society.

I have served IEEE TVT since 2006, in various capacities. In 2006, I was a guest editor for the Special Section on "Vehicular Communication Networks", which was a great success. It selected 18 papers (from 78 submissions), and they received more than 3500 citations (according to Google Scholar), contributing to the growing citation impact of TVT. I was an Associated Editor with TVT from 2007- to 2013, and I was Ranked Top 5 AEs in 2007 and received another Top Associate Editor award in 2010. I have been an Area Editor (Wireless Networks and Mobile Services) for TVT in 2019-2021 and then the Associated Editor-in-Chief in 2022-2024.

In 2017, I co-founded the IEEE VTS/ComSoc Joint Societies Chapter at IEEE Victoria Section and served as its founding Chair. I actively organized technical workshops/social events, so the number of members in our Chapter has more than doubled. I also enthusiastically promote Women in Engineering (WiE) and was named “Star in Computer Networking and Communications" by IEEE N2Women. I served the ad hoc committee on gender diversity for VTS, and gave well-received keynote speech “Women in Engineering, from Surviving to Thriving” for the VTC Diversity Workshop in 2020. I further served as the Member-at-Large for IEEE WIE, and led impactful initiatives such as distributing inspiring stories related to female engineers through manga comics to effectively reach future generations.

Statement: In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for ubiquitous intelligence, connected and autonomous vehicles stand as pivotal innovations, driving the rapid digital transformation fueled by AI, IoT, big data, and other emerging technologies. This new era presents IEEE VTS, the home of global professionals in land, airborne, and maritime mobile services, with significant opportunities and challenges. If elected, I will serve VTS in its mission to engage and empower its members by providing more education, training, and collaboration opportunities, and work passionately in:

Enhancing support for students and young professionals through sustainable mentoring programs.
Exploring new knowledge dissemination and interaction technologies to enhance journal and conference portfolios while reducing costs.
Building up the brand image of VTS and its connections to other societies through conferences, tutorials, short courses, and publications in emerging technologies.
Promoting new societal and organizational activities in interdisciplinary collaborations among members in the Society and from other societies.
Supporting underrepresented members with diverse needs and engaging members around the world to share, collaborate, and network with one another.

I would be privileged to act in the best interest of VTS and its members if elected.

ALVIN CHIN (M’99-S’02-M’09-SM’19)

Biography: Dr. Alvin Chin is currently a Research Scientist at Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois System. Previously, he worked for RXO as a Principal Data Scientist, and for BMW as Innovation Engineer for BMW Manufacturing in Greenville, South Carolina; AI and Emerging Technology Researcher at BMW Technology Office USA in Mountain View, California; and Senior Machine Learning Researcher at BMW Technology Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. During his work at BMW, he worked on causal machine learning; neuromorphic and quantum computing; big data and machine learning for improving driving behavior and enabling intelligent driving; and applying AI to improve vehicle diagnostics, manufacturing and BMW’s internal processes. Dr. Chin has authored more than 30 publications and 10 patents, including pending. He received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, MASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and BASc from the University of Waterloo. He has previously worked for Nokia Research Center, Nokia and Microsoft in Beijing, China. Dr. Chin is active in the community in data science and machine learning meetups, as a member of various program committees of academic conferences, and has given more than 50 talks to universities, meetups, and conferences.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committee/Boards

Chair, IEEE VTS Industry Engagement Committee – January 2021 to present.
Secretary, Technical Committee of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Standard on Connected and Automated Vehicles, IEEE Standards Association - January 2020 to present.
Member of Editorial Board, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (new journal in Fall 2019) – August 2019 to 2023.

Regions

Member of Region 4 Climate Change Ad-Hoc Committee, January 2024 to present

Sections/Chapters:

Advisory Chair, IEEE Chicago 130th Anniversary, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2024 – Present.
Chair, IEEE Chicago Section, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2023 – Present.
Vice-Chair, IEEE Chicago Section, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.
Treasurer, IEEE Chicago Section, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021.
Chair, IEEE Chicago Section 126th Anniversary Fair, Chicago, IL, USA, March 27, 2020-October 3, 2020.
Chair, IEEE Computer Society Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL, USA – July 2019 to Present.
Promotions Chair, IEEE Chicago Section Fair: A Celebration of 125 Years, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, April 27, 2019.
Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL, USA – January 2018 to present.
Vice-Chair, IEEE Computer Society Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL, USA, January 2018 – July 2019.
Executive Committee Member, IEEE Chicago Section, Chicago, IL, USA – December 2017 to Present.

Conferences

Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE Electronic and Information Technology Conference (EIT2024), Eau Claire, WI –January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024.
Track Chair for IoT Track, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2024), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2024 – Present.
Publicity Chair, IEEE Electronic and Information Technology Conference (EIT2023), Romeoville, IL – January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023.
Track Chair for IoT Track, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2023), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2023 – October 31, 2023.
Paper reviewer, The 97th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2023-Spring), Virtual January 1, 2023 – April 30, 2023.
Member of Advisory Committee, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2023), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2023 – October 31, 2023.
Track Chair for IoT Track, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2022), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022.
Paper reviewer, The 95th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2022-Spring), Virtual January 1, 2022 - March 1, 2022.
Member of Advisory Committee, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2022), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022.
Industry Panel Chair, The 94th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2021-Fall), Virtual – January 2021 – December 2021
Member of Advisory Committee, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2021), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2021 – October 15, 2021.
Track Chair for IoT Track, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2021), Chicago, IL – January 1, 2021 – October 15, 2021.
Paper reviewer, The 93rd International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2021-Spring), Virtual December 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021.
Publicity Co-Chair, The 92nd International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2020-Fall), Victoria, Canada – January 2020 to November 2020.
Keynote Sessions Chair, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, The 90th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2019-Fall), Hawaii, USA - September 25, 2019.
Industry Sessions Co-Chair, The 90th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC2019- Fall), Hawaii, USA - September 22 to 25, 2019.
Program Committee Member, Track 10: Vehicular Communications, Networks and Telematics, The 89th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC 2019-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -April 28 to May 1, 2019.
Program Committee Member, IEEE Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Symposium (CAVS 2018), The 88th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC-2018-Fall), Chicago, IL, USA - August 27 to 30, 2018.
Industry Track Co-Chair, The 88th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC-2018-Fall), Chicago, IL, USA, August 27-30, 2018.
Panel Organizer, Autonomous, Connected and Electric Vehicles industry panel, The 88th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC-2018-Fall), Chicago, IL, USA, August 27-30, 2018
Panelist, Panel on Smart Cities, The 86th International IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology (VTC- 2017-Fall), Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept. 24 to 27, 2017.
Program Committee Member, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Internet of People (IoP), San Francisco Bay Area, August 4-8, 2017.
Technical Program Committee Member, 10th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom-2017), Exeter, UK, June 21-23, 2017.
Track Co-chair, Track #7: Mobile Network Applications and Services, 2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference, Sydney, Australia, June 4-7, 2017.
Program Committee Member, The 9th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, (CPSCom 2016), Chengdu, China, December 15-18, 2016.
Workshop Program Committee Member, The First International Workshop on Crowd Intelligence for Smart Cities: Technology and Applications (CISC 2016), IEEE Ubiquitous and Intelligent Computing Conference (UIC 2016), Toulouse, France, Jul. 18, 2016.
General Co-Chair, The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Internet of People (IoP 2016), Toulouse, France, Jul. 18-21, 2016.
General Chair, The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data (CBDCom 2015), Beijing, China, August 2015.
Video Co-Chair, The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2015), Beijing, China, August 2015.
Industry Track Co-Chair, The 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2015), Wroclaw, Poland, August 2015.
Workshop Co-Chair, 9th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering (BigDataSE 2015), Helsinki, Finland, August 2015.
Program Chair, The 14th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2014). Xian, China, Sept. 11-13, 2014.
Steering Committee Member, IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2014). Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 1-3, 2014.
Panel Co-Chair, The 2014 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2014). Beijing, China, Aug. 17-20, 2014.
Workshop Co-chair, 1st International Workshop on Mining and Understanding Big Data (BigMUD 2013), IEEE ICDM 2013 conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, Dec. 8, 2013.
General Chair, The 6th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2013), Beijing, China, Aug. 20-23, 2013.
Workshop Co-Chair, The 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Sensing, Networking, and Computing with Smartphones (PhoneCom 2013), co-located with IEEE CPSCom 2013, Beijing, China, Aug. 20, 2013.
Program Committee Member, The 3rd International Symposium on Trust and Identity in Mobile Internet, Computing and Communications (TrustID 2013), co-located with the 12th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-13), Melbourne, Australia, July 16-18, 2013.
Program Co-Chair, The 5th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2012), Besancon, France, Nov. 20-23, 2012.
Industry Track Chair, The 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2012), Bengaluru, India, July 23-26, 2012.
Program Committee Member, 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Trust and Identity in Mobile Internet, Computing and Communications (TrustID 2012), Liverpool, UK, June 25-27, 2012.
Workshop Co-Chair, The 2nd International Workshop on Sensing, Networking, and Computing with Smartphones (PhoneCom 2012), co-located with IEEE ICDCS 2012, Macao, China, June 18, 2012.
Program Committee Member, IEEE International Workshop on Trust and Identity in Mobile Internet, Computing and Communications (TrustID 2011), Changsha, China, Nov. 16-18, 2011.
Workshop Co-Chair, The 1st International Workshop on Sensing, Networking, and Computing with Smartphones (PhoneCom 2011), co-located with IEEE CPSCom 2011, Dalian, China, Oct. 19, 2011.
Industrial Liaison Chair, The 8th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2011), Banff, Canada, Sept. 2-4, 2011.
Program Vice-Chair, 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2010), Hangzhou, China, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2010.
Demo Co-chair, IEEE Autonomic and Trusted Computing 2010 Conference (ATC 2010), Xi'an, China, October 26-29, 2010
Program Committee Member, IEEE Social Computing 2009, 2010, and 2011 Conference.

Other

Guest Co-editor, Special Issue on Connected and Autonomous Driving, IEEE IT Professional, November/December 2018 issue – January to November 2018
Guest Co-Editor, IEEE IT Professional, May 2016

Qualifications

What makes me an ideal candidate for this position is that I have been active in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Chicago Chapter for 5 years as Chair where I organize chapter meetings with speakers in the vehicular technology industry. I have also been active in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference since 2017, serving in various conference leadership roles as Panelist in 2017, Program Committee member in 2018 Spring conference, Industry Sessions Co-Chair, and Industry Panel Chair for Connected and Autonomous Driving in 2018 Fall conference, Industry Sessions Co-chair and Keynote Chair for Connected and Autonomous Driving in 2019 Fall conference, and Publicity Co-chair in 2020 Fall conference. For the past 3 years, I have been appointed as Chair of the IEEE VTS Industry Engagement Committee to help promote industry to participate in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. As shown from above, I have been Chair of other IEEE conference committees besides VTC. I also have leadership experience in board committees such as The Mid-America Club, The Metropolitan Club (a private business and social club), and my own condominium board association. I am currently the Chair of the IEEE Chicago Section, Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Chicago Chapter, and Secretary of the IEEE Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Standards Committee. My passion for engaging the Chicago community in IEEE Chicago from the IEEE Chicago 125th Anniversary Event as Publicity Chair in 2019, led to me becoming Chair for the IEEE Chicago 126th Anniversary Event held in 2020. Therefore, all these leadership positions described above show my dedicated leadership qualities, which I believe will serve me well as a Member of the VTS Board of Governors.

Major Accomplishments

One major contribution that I brought to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2018-Fall in Chicago, is that I advocated for a Panel on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles to show the topics that needed to be addressed in this area, which was not addressed in previous conferences. I took charge of this Panel and I convinced my company, BMW, to be a sponsor of the conference. I saw there were few automotive companies in this conference since the conference was more of an academic nature. I also was a member of the conference committee and contributed my thoughts on how to attract more industry professionals to attend this conference, which included providing a discounted one-day pass to industry professionals. Second, I was looking to join the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Chicago Chapter but discovered that this chapter had dissolved due to a lack of leadership. I volunteered to become the Chair of this chapter. The chapter was revived 6 years ago and has been successful with at least 4 meetings per year, along with being able to get successful funding from the IEEE VTS Chapters Chair. Third, while I was working for Nokia Research Center, I contributed to creating a new team and research area for Mobile Social Networking. I suggested this research area by writing a technical report and proposal which was read by the Director of the Nokia Research Center lab in Beijing. The Director decided to create the Mobile Social Networking Team and made me the Project Lead for a mobile social networking project which became Nokia Find & Connect, an application used for conferences and meetings for connecting with people. This contributed to Nokia with the publication of 1 patent and 10 research papers.

Statement: If I am selected for this position, I would like to have a plan to involve more professionals from the automotive industry, vehicular technology and transportation industries to join the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. This would be achieved by providing industry professionals a discounted IEEE VTS membership and have them be involved in IEEE VTS standards activities as well as involvement in the IEEE VTS conferences. As well, companies in the industry would have the opportunity at a conference discount, to be a sponsor or have a booth showcasing their products as well as being able to provide recruiting activities to the many students who are looking for career opportunities during these conferences. I would also propose having a separate industry track in the IEEE VTC conferences to allow industry researchers and industry professionals to submit papers in this area. Often they would not submit before because the tracks were more of an academic and theoretical nature. I want to dramatically expand industry engagement in VTS. I have the experience and commitment to achieve this goal.

JAVIER GOZALVEZ (S’98-AM’02-M’03-SM’10)

Biography: Javier Gozalvez obtained an electronics engineering degree from the Engineering School ENSEIRB (Bordeaux, France), and a PhD in mobile communications from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. Since 2002, he is with the Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche (UMH), Spain, where he currently holds the position of Full Professor and serves as the Director of the UWICORE Laboratory. At UWICORE, he leads research activities in the areas of connected and automated vehicles, 5G and Beyond networks, and industrial wireless networks. He actively collaborates with industry and has been Principal Investigator for over 45 research projects and contracts. He also actively contributes to ETSI standards in the area of connected and automated vehicles. Javier has received several awards at international and national conferences, the best research paper award from the Journal of Network and Computer Applications in 2014, and the Runner-up prize for the "Juan López de Peñalver" award of the Royal Academy of Engineering in Spain, recognizing the most notable Spanish engineers aged below 40. He has co-authored 83 journal papers, over 120 conference papers, and holds 4 patents. He ranks in the top 2% of most cited authors in his field of expertise. Javier serves as an expert evaluator for the European Commission and national research agencies in Spain, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Portugal. He also actively counsels R&D certification agencies in Spain. Javier is an active IEEE and VTS volunteer and received the 2019 IEEE VTS Outstanding Service Award.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

2016-2017, Member of the IEEE Technical Activities Board
2017, Representative of the IEEE Standards Association to the IEEE 5G Initiative Committee
2017, Vice-Chair, TAB Ad Hoc Committee on Design for Ethics

Society

2016-2017, President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS)
Senior Past President (2020-2021) and Junior Past President (2018-2019), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS)
Elected member of VTS Board of Governors (2011–2016, 2018-2020,2021-2023)
IEEE VTS Distinguished Speaker (2015-2018)
IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (2012-2015)
Executive Vice President of VTS (2014-2015)
VTS Vice President Mobile Radio (2013)
Chair, VTS Conference Planning Committee
Chair of VTS Connected Vehicles Initiative
Member of VTS Awards Committee
Member of VTS Conference Committee
VTS Liaison with the IEEE Biometrics Council

Conferences

Advisory Committee, 2024 IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall), Washington DC, USA
General Co-Chair of IEEE VTC 2015-Spring, Glasgow
Founder and General Co-Chair of IEEE Connected and Automated Vehicles Symposium (IEEE CAVS) in its 2018 and 2019 editions
Founder and General Co-Chair of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (WiVeC) in its 2007, 2008, and 2010 editions
TPC Co-Chair of IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference 2013, Boston
TPC Co-Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2011-Fall, San Francisco
TPC Co-Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2009-Spring, Barcelona
Chair, 5G V2X Vertical track, IEEE 5G World Forum 2018
Speakers Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2007-Spring, Stockholm
Speakers Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2005-Spring, Dublin
Speakers Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2004-Spring, Milan

Other

2018-present, Editor in Chief, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2006-2017, Mobile Radio Senior Editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2000-2005, Mobile Radio Senior Editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News
Previously, Associate Editor of IEEE Communication Letters
Keynote speaker at IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (IEEE VNC) 2019, IEEE Local Computer Networks (IEEE LCN) 2019, IEEE Wireless Africa 2019, 27th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC) 2016, IEEE Latin American Conference on Communications (Latincom) 2016, 4th International Workshop on Next Generation Green Wireless Networks (NextGWiN 2016), Joint Newcom/Cost Workshop on Wireless Communications 2015, IEEE International Workshop on Cooperative Sensing for Smart Mobility 2015 (COSSMO), 8th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2012), and ITS Industry Forum in IEEE GLOBECOM 2011
Panel speaker at IEEE ICC 2013, IEEE VTC 2013-Spring and IEEE VNC 2011

Qualifications

I have served with pride and satisfaction as an IEEE volunteer for more than 23 years. My service to the IEEE and VTS has encompassed various areas: publications, conferences, awards, technical fields, and society management. Most of my IEEE contributions have been dedicated to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, a society I was introduced to over 24 years ago when I was a PhD student and presented my first conference paper at VTC2000-Spring in Tokyo. I began volunteering in IEEE VTS as the mobile radio editor of the IEEE VTS newsletter, actively contributing to its evolution into the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, now a successful journal with a first-quartile impact factor that I had the honor of leading as Editor-in-Chief. I have also supported our flagship VTC conference in various capacities (general co-chair, TPC co-chair, speakers chair, advisory committee member), and I currently assist VTS in recruiting future VTC locations as Chair of the VTS Conference Planning Committee. I have led VTS activities in the field of connected and automated vehicles, including the establishment of the IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (IEEE WiVeC), which was later transformed into the IEEE Connected and Automated Vehicles Symposium. Additionally, I had the privilege of serving VTS and our members as the 2016-2017 VTS President. During my tenure as President, I had the pleasure of collaborating with a great team of colleagues to enhance member value, develop new society activities, support and expand our initiatives in our three fields of interest, and increase recognition for our volunteers and members. I believe that my professional and research endeavors, along with my continued active participation in IEEE and VTS, demonstrate a solid track record of qualifications for this position and can be beneficial in serving VTS and its members.

h6> Major Accomplishments

Within IEEE and VTS, some of my major contributions include leading the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society as President in 2016 and 2017. Together with a great team of colleagues and volunteers, we worked to increase our membership and VTS chapters, invest society funds in our publications and local chapter activities, launch new awards, support the growth of our automotive community, and create the IEEE VTS Resource Center (an online resource for distributing multimedia and educational material to VTS members). I have supported VTS conferences in various roles, and I am particularly satisfied with the success of the IEEE VTC-Spring 2015 conference in Glasgow, which I co-chaired. Currently, I am assisting VTS in recruiting future VTC locations to sustain a long-term conference planning strategy. Additionally, I have made significant contributions to the growth and success of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, first as a mobile radio senior editor and then for 6 years as Editor-in-Chief.

Professionally, my major contribution has been the successful establishment of a research laboratory that I have led since 2006. The laboratory focuses its research on wireless communications for connected and automated driving and Industry 4.0. Fully externally funded, the laboratory currently comprises 3 Faculty, 4 Postdocs, 9 PhD students and research assistants, and 2 technicians. It is internationally recognized for its contributions in vehicular networks, and I have had the privilege to lead over 40 national and international research projects. I regularly collaborate with international and national companies and contribute to standardization activities in the area of connected and automated driving, particularly at ETSI. Additionally, I have played a significant role in the internationalization of my university as Deputy Vice Rector for International Relations. In this position, I initiated the international double degree program, among other initiatives.

Statement: I have been an active VTS volunteer for over 23 years. I have had the honor of serving VTS in various positions and the pleasure of working with a great team of colleagues. If elected, I will continue to make active contributions to improving the service for our members and enhancing the content and quality of our publications and conferences. I plan to continue my efforts to support longer-term planning for our conferences and to actively contribute to further expanding our activities in connected and automated vehicles and mobile radio. I have consistently supported the activities of our automotive community, such as by increasing automotive content in VTM, and it is important that these efforts are also supported at the society management level. I will actively support and collaborate with society leadership to increase our investments in local activities (including our chapters) thereby extending support to our members beyond our traditional conferences and publications. This is essential for supporting and mentoring new VTS volunteers who will lead VTS in the future. Actively engaging them from the early stages of their careers is important for VTS sustainability and for their professional development, as volunteering will help them expand their professional network.

ALON NEWTON (M’88-SM’09)

Biography: Experienced Electrical Engineer with 30 years’ experience in RF/Microwave, Consumer Electronics, Electro-optics, and Computer Engineering field. I was born, raised, educated, and started my professional career in Israel. After years in defense electronics, I made a shift to consumer electronics and moved to Hong Kong. I migrated to Canada from Hong Kong and worked for a few international and US employers and startup companies for over 15 years. In 2011 I moved to Seattle and have been working for Microsoft & Pivotal Commware. I volunteered with various organizations over the years: Scouts movement, Israeli Alpine Club and for the last 16 years with the IEEE. I took part in STEM activities and other volunteering opportunities through work. I served in the army (IDF) and is registered as a P.Eng in the province of BC, Canada since 1999. ISO9000 auditor Six Sigma Green Belt. I like climbing, hiking, skiing, and diving.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committees/Boards

IEEE Vancouver Section Secretary 2010
IEEE Vancouver Section Treasurer 2011
IEEE Vancouver Section Vice Chair 2012
IEEE Vancouver Section Chair 2013
IEEE Vancouver Section Past Chair 2014
IEEE Seattle Section K12 Co-Chair 2015

Committees/Boards

IEEE Vancouver Centennial Logo & Slogan Committee member 2011
IEEE UWB 2009 Organizing Committee (As Exhibitions Coordinator)
IEEE GHTC 2016 Organization Committee Seattle Section representative
IEEE VTS Chapters Committee Chair from 2019 – Present
IEEE VTS Awards Committee member 2021 - Present

Regions

R8
IEEE Israel Section student member (1988 – 1989)
IEEE Israel Section member (1991 – 1992)
R10
Maintained my IEEE membership while working in Hong Kong (1992 – 1996)
R7
IEEE R7 member (1997 – 2014)
R6
IEEE R6 member (2015 – present)

Sections/Chapters

IEEE Vancouver Section (1997 – present)
IEEE Seattle Section (2015 – present)

Student Branches

IEEE Israel Section Technion Student Branch member (1988 – 1989)

Society

IEEE Comsoc member (1997 – present)
IEEE VTS member (2000 – present)
IEEE Photonics member (1999 – 2002)
IEEE ITSS member (2022 – present)

Conferences

IEEEUWB2009
IEEE UWB 2009 Organizing Committee (As Exhibitions Coordinator)
GHTC
IEEE GHTC 2016 Organization Committee Seattle Section representative
CMOS
I volunteered as a session chair at the CMOS conference in Vancouver

Major Accomplishments

Expanded the IEEE Vancouver Joint Communications Chapter to include Broadcast Technologies, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Information Theory & Society and Photonics (formerly LEOS). It already included Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society.
Established the IEEE Consultants Network in Vancouver (2011) – This affinity group did not exist, and I managed to create interest, hold meetings, and recruit a successor as a Chair for the following years.
Won best VT-S Chapter 2009 in Vancouver (As the Joint Chapter Chair)
Won best Worldwide Section in 2010 in Vancouver (As the Vancouver Section Secretary)
Participated in the centennial committee which chose the Logo, Slogan and the IEEE monument.
Expended the IEEE Seattle Joint Communications Chapter to include VTS, Broadcast Technologies, Intelligent Transportation Systems & Information Theory.
Organized VTS Chapter Chairs training for Region 10 in 2023 & 2024
Won outstanding large technical Chapter in Vancouver Section awards for 2022 & 2023

Statement: If selected, I believe I can represent the interest of VTS within the IEEE through my volunteering with MGA. Just within Region 6 where I reside & volunteer there are quite a few automotive related industries. Volunteering as Chapters Committee Chair for the last few years & being a regional Chapters Coordinator for many years, I learned a lot about VTS governance, and I would like to take an active part in it in the years to come.

LINGYANG SONG (S’04-GSM’05-M’09-SM’12-F’19)

Biography: Lingyang Song is a Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University, where he directs the Institute of Information and Communication Technology. He received his PhD from the University of York, UK. Before he joined Peking University, he worked as a research fellow at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a senior research scientist at Philips Research, UK. He has published extensively and received 23 Best Paper Awards in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, including 2013 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize, 2020 IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award, 2020 IEEE Communications Society Asia Pacific Outstanding Paper Award, Best Paper Awards of 2013&2014 IEEE ICC, 2014 IEEE Globecom, 2012&2020 IEEE WCNC, and Best Demo Award of 2015 ACM Mobihoc, etc. According to Google Scholar, his h-index is 86, with a total citation exceeding 25,800. He is a Fellow of IEEE, and a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher. He has been elected to serve the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors. He has served as a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society, Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Chair of IEEE Communications Society Cognitive Network Technical Committee, and Director of IEEE Communications Society Asia Pacific Board.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committees/Boards

Elected BoG Member of IEEE VTS, 2023 – 2024
Committee Member (VTS Volunteer Engagement Committee), 2023 – 2024
Director, IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Region, 2023 – 2024
Vice Director, IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Region, 2022 – 2023
Chair, Technical Affair Committee (TAC), IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Region, 2020 – 2021
Vice Chair, Technical Affair Committee (TAC), IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Region, 2016 – 2019
Vice-chair, Membership Development Committee (MDC), IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Region, 2013 – 2015
Chair, IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN), 2021 – 2022
Vice Chair, IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN), 2019 –2020

Regions

Region 10 - Asia and Pacific

Sections/Chapters

VTS Beijing Section Chapter
Board of Governors (BoG), China Communication Society, 2020 – Present

Society

IEEE ComSoc
IEEE VTS
IEEE SPS

Conferences

Track Co-chair, IEEE VTC-Fall, Montréal, Canada, 2016
Track Co-chair, IEEE VTC-Spring, Nanjing, China, 2016
Panel Co-chair, IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, 2024
TPC Co-chair, Third International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), China, 2021
TPC Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), China, 2019
Workshop Co-chair, International Workshop on Device-to-device Communication, Shanghai, China, 2013
Registration Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Beijing, China, 2012
Workshop Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Anhui, China, 2012
TPC Co-chair, “International Workshop on Planning and Optimization of Wireless Communication Networks”, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Japan, 2011
TPC Co-chair, Third International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), Dalian, China, 2011
Symposium Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Malaysia (ICC), 2016
Symposium Co-chair, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), US, 2015
Symposium Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, AU, 2014
Symposium Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), Jinan, China, 2011
Symposium Co-chair, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) Caen, France, 2010

Other

Area Editor - Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2019 – Present
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019 – Present
Associate Editor, China Communication, 2014 – Present
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013 – 2018
Associate editor, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2012 – 2015
Guest editor, IEEE IoT Journal, Special Issue on “Aerial Computing for the Internet-of-Things”, 2021.
Guest editor, IEEE IoT Journal, Special Issue on “Internet of UAVs over Cellular Networks”, 2020

Qualifications

First, I have served IEEE VTS for many years. I have served as BoG in IEEE VTS since 2022 and also served on the Volunteer Engagement Committee. In addition, I have also taken editorial positions such as the Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications, etc. I have had the opportunity to work closely with the EiC to coordinate and overview the entire paper review process. As such, I fully understand the need to solicit the participation of diverse groups of volunteers, and I know how to grow in collaboration with other IEEE families.

Second, I have long-time service experience for IEEE ComSoc, which helps to, in turn, better serve VTS. I served as Vice Chair of the Membership Development Committee of IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Region in 2013, then as Vice Chair and Chair of the Technical Affair Committee until 2021. I am now serving as the Director. I have had the opportunity to stimulate, coordinate, and promote the activities of ComSoc members and Chapters. As such, I fully understand the great need, and know the way to build up the platform for all VTS members, in order to share information, and encourage professional activities in our region.

Finally, I have a strong track record in wireless communication systems and vehicular communications, which aligns with the research scope of IEEE VTS. I have published extensively and received many Best Paper Awards in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. My h-index is 86, with a total citation exceeding 24,800, according to Google Scholar. I was elected to IEEE Fellow in 2018. As such, I can provide our members with strong support and opportunities to strengthen our research activities, and ca promote cooperation between academia and industry to develop our professional careers.

Major Accomplishments

Serving as an active officer/member in IEEE VTS Beijing Section Chapter, based in Peking University, I worked closely with Chapter Chair, Prof. Bingli Jiao, and I am mainly responsible for the strategies of the membership development. So far, the VTS members in both academia and industries remain steadily increasing in Beijing Area. During the Covid-19 period, the number of student members is still increasing sharply.
Serving as the Area Editor of wireless communications of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, from 2019 to present, working closely with former EiC, Prof. Nei Kato, and current EiC, Prof. Abbas Jamalipour, the number of submissions, particularly the high-quality works, remains fast increasing, and the journal has been recognized as one of the best transactions in IEEE. This can be reflected by the improving impact factor every year.
Serving as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, in the past many years, I have delivered over 10 tutorials on device-to-device communications, full-duplex communications in IEEE VTC and VTS local chapters, and one keynote speech on Holographic MIMO in IEEE VTC -all 2023, which have attracted many audiences from academia and industries. All these have broadened the impact of IEEE VTS.

Statement: My extensive interactions with the IEEE VTS and ComSoc over the past twenty years have given me a clear understanding of how the society can provide better services to its members in the dynamics of its membership and technical areas. If selected, I will work passionately to make IEEE VTS a stronger, more inclusive, and better-connected platform through the following tasks:

Growing the membership, especially in under-represented geographical Regions, working with VTS local chapters on member benefits and services, and engaging more volunteers in VTS activities.
Promoting and advancing VTS technical areas via interdisciplinary research, such as artificial intelligence and metamaterials. I will try to provide a source, e.g., by seminars/newsletters/distinguished lecturers/ summer schools, that promotes emerging communication principles and technologies.
Enhancing diversity and inclusion among participants in VTS activities, helping junior researchers and engineers in their career progression. I will further promote the Women in Communication Engineering and Young Professionals activities.
Further building the communication platform for all VTS regional members in post-pandemic time. I will find better ways to meet the need of various people by providing hybrid (online and offline) platforms to share information and to promote cooperation for all VTS members.

QINGYANG SONG (S’01-M’07-SM’13)

Biography: Qingyang Song received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Communications Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 2007. She started her career as a Software Engineer with TCL in Shenzhen, China, from 2001 to 2002. After earning her doctorate, she joined Northeastern University (NEU), China, where she served as an Associate Professor and Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering from 2007 to 2018. During her tenure, she was also an Academic Committee member and Degree Committee member. Since September 2018, she has been a Professor at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT), China.

Dr. Song has published over 120 technical papers, two technical books, and over ten patents in communications engineering. Her research includes pioneering work in mobile communications, and her papers are extensively cited.

Dr. Song boasts a remarkable 19-year involvement with the IEEE, actively contributing through various roles. Currently, she serves as the Area Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, demonstrating her expertise in evaluating and selecting top-tier research. As Chair of the VTS Fellowship and Scholarship Committee, she fosters the next generation by managing award programs and connecting with young researchers. Starting from July 2024, she will be a VTS Distinguished Lecturer.

Dr. Song's spearheaded strategic promotion efforts as Publicity Co-Chair for major IEEE conferences, attracting a diverse audience and fostering knowledge exchange. Her ability to manage complex programs and committees is further evidenced by her experience as the former Vice Dean of the International Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at NEU.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committees/Boards

2020-Now Chair, IEEE VTS Fellowship and Scholarship Committee
2020-Now Member, IEEE VTS Board of Governors

Regions

2004-Now Active Member and Contributor, IEEE Asia and Pacific

Sections/Chapters

2008-2018 Active Member, IEEE Harbin Chapter
2019-Now Active Member, IEEE Chengdu Chapter

Student Branches

2004-2007 Active Member, Sydney University IEEE Student Branch

Society

2024-2026 Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (start from July 2024)
2022-Now Area Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2021-2021 Top Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2020-Now Chair, IEEE VTS Fellowship & Scholarship Committee
2020-Now Member, IEEE VTS Board of Governors
2019-Now Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2018-Now Senior Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
2005-Now Senior Member, IEEE Communications Society

Conferences

Track Co-chair, IEEE VTC-Fall, Montréal, Canada, 2016
Track Co-chair, IEEE VTC-Spring, Nanjing, China, 2016
Panel Co-chair, IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, 2024
TPC Co-chair, Third International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), China, 2021
TPC Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), China, 2019
Workshop Co-chair, International Workshop on Device-to-device Communication, Shanghai, China, 2013
Registration Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Beijing, China, 2012
Workshop Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Anhui, China, 2012
TPC Co-chair, “International Workshop on Planning and Optimization of Wireless Communication Networks”, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Japan, 2011
TPC Co-chair, Third International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), Dalian, China, 2011
Symposium Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Malaysia (ICC), 2016
Symposium Co-chair, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), US, 2015
Symposium Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, AU, 2014
Symposium Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), Jinan, China, 2011
Symposium Co-chair, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) Caen, France, 2010

Other

Reviewer for many IEEE journals and conferences since 2005

Qualifications

As a 19-year member and volunteer of IEEE, I have fully understood that VTS members are eager to access technical innovation, cutting-edge information, networking opportunities, and exclusive member benefits. As an Area/Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) and an Academic Editor of Digital Communications and Networks, I have enough experience on oversight of publication and selecting good technical papers describing new breakthrough ideas. As Chair of Fellowship and Scholarship Committee of the VTS, I have more opportunities to meet young researchers and help them to network. As a female scientist and a key member of Young Women Scientists Association of China Electronics Society, I have special experience on attracting female scientists for an academic and technical organization. As a professor working at two universities (located in the north and west respectively) in China, I have understood and helped solve the learning needs and difficulties of many graduate students from developing regions. As Publicity/Symposium Co- Chairs of the IEEE ICCC (2020/2023), I specialize in strategic promotion and coordinating sessions/paper submissions for impactful programs. Therefore, I will be able to greatly diversify the VT society and membership in terms of age, gender, and region.

As an Academic Committee member of the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SoCSE), Northeastern University (NEU), I am familiar with the whole procedure of setting strategies and implementing these strategies in an academic organization. As a former vice dean of the International Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (ILoIS) at NEU and a principal founder of the Institute of Intelligent Communication and Network Security (IICNS) at CQUPT, I have developed certain skills and qualities on management, communication, networking and coordination. These qualifications make me an ideal candidate for this position.

Major Accomplishments

From 2007 to 2018, during my tenure as an Associate Professor and later as a Professor at NEU, I supervised 46 graduate research students, published over 90 technical papers, 2 books, and 6 patents. My contributions extended beyond research, as I played a pivotal role in setting and executing academic strategies in the SoCSE. Notably, in 2015, I spearheaded the establishment of the ILoIS, securing an annual investment of RMB 5 million. As Vice Dean, I managed daily operations and mentored young researchers. Upon joining the School of Communications and Information Engineering at CQUPT in September 2018, I relocated my outstanding research team from NEU and established the IICNS, elevating the School’s academic standing. Initially five members, the team has expanded to over ten. I have bolstered the University's international reputation by recruiting foreign experts, nurturing overseas talents, and organizing international academic events.

Concurrently, my dedication to IEEE has spanned 19 years, where I hold various roles including Area/Associate Editor of IEEE TVT and Chair of the Fellowship and Scholarship Committee of VTS. As Editor, I have provided editorial oversight, conducted manuscript reviews, made decisions on publication, offered guidance to authors, and contributed to maintaining the journal's quality standards. As Committee Chair, I have orchestrated enhancements such as expanding awards from 2 to 3, formulated the Call for Applications, managed application evaluations, and disclosed selection outcomes. Additionally, my contributions to conference organization as Publicity Co-Chair for ICCC 2020 involved extensive outreach efforts to attract a diverse technical audience through electronic announcements, tailored messaging for industry and related fields, and the creation of promotional materials. In my role as Symposium Co-Chair for ICCC 2023, I facilitated symposium sessions, supervised paper submissions and reviews, and ensured a cohesive program conducive to knowledge exchange and networking among participants.

Statement: If selected for this position, I will dedicate myself wholeheartedly to advancing the VT society and its members. My efforts will focus on the following objectives:

Highlighting VT Awards: I plan to create targeted campaigns and collaborations with academic institutions to ensure our awards and scholarships attract top-tier talent.
Enhancing Diversity: I will work diligently to attract more female researchers, young researchers, and researchers from developing countries through outreach programs and partnerships with global institutions.
Empowering Graduate Students: By setting up interactive online platforms, I will encourage graduate students to engage in discussions, share their research, and gain insights from seasoned professionals.
Networking Young Researchers: I will organize workshops, webinars, and conferences that provide young researchers with opportunities to connect, exchange innovative ideas, and develop collaborative projects.
Streamlining Review Processes: Maintaining a swift review process for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology by streamlining the review process and incorporating advanced tools, I will ensure high-quality papers are reviewed and published promptly, attracting more quality submissions.

These initiatives will contribute to the growth and success of the VT society, fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment for all members.

GORDON L. STÜBER (S’81-M’86-SM’96-F’99-LF’24)

Biography: Dr. Stüber received the B.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in 1982 and 1986, respectively. In 1986, he joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, where he holds the Joseph M. Pettit Chair in Communications.

Dr. Stüber's research interests are in wireless communications. He graduated 33 Ph.D. students and has over 350 publications in books, journals, conferences, and patents in this area. He authored the textbook Principles of Mobile Communication, 4e, Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. He was co-recipient of the Jack Neubauer Memorial Award in 1997 for the best systems paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He became an IEEE Fellow in 1999 "for contributions to mobile radio and spread spectrum communications." He received the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society James R. Evans Avant Garde Award in 2003 "for his contributions to theoretical research in wireless communications." He received the 2007 IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award "for outstanding technical contributions in the field and for service to the scientific and engineering communities." He was an IEEE Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer (2007-2008) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturer (2010-2012). He was co-recipient of the Neal Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award in 2012, for the best propagation paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. In 2017, he received IEEE ComSoc RCC Technical Recognition Award "for outstanding research contributions to radio communications."

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committees/Boards

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors, 2001-2003, 2004-2006, 2007-2009, 2010-2012, 2013-2015, 2016-2018, 2019-2021, 2022-2024.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Awards Committee, Chair, 2017-present.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Fellows Committee, Chair, 2001-2016.
IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors, 2007-2009.
IEEE Communication Society Awards Committee, 2000-2002.
Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on “Vehicular Communications and Networks - Part I,” vol. 29, no. 1, January 2011.
Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on “Vehicular Communications and Networks - Part II,” vol. 29, no. 3, March 2011.
Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on “Advances in Multicarrier CDMA,” vol. 24, no. 6, June 2006.
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications (1993-1997).

Conferences

General Co-Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Honolulu, Hawaii, Fall 2019.
Chair, Awards Committee, IEEE Globecom 2013 (GLOBECOM'13), Atlanta, GA.
Chair, Tutorials, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC'04, Atlanta, GA, and WCNC'06, Las Vegas, NV.
General Chair, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2002.
General Chair, IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, 2002.
General Chair, IEEE Workshop on Multiaccess, Mobility and Teletraffic for Wireless Communications (MMT'2000), Duck Key, FL.
Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Communications with SUPERCOMM (ICC/SUPERCOMM), Atlanta, GA, 1998.
Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Atlanta, GA, 1996.

Qualifications

I have been a member of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) since 1994. I’m familiar with the culture and membership of VTS and VTS governance, given my long-term society membership and extensive VTS Board of Governors service. I am familiar with conference organization from a General Chair/TPC Chair point of view, having organized successful conferences and workshops, both from a technical and operations aspect. Notably, I was TPC Chair for VTC’96 and ICC/SUPERCOMM’98, and General Chair for CTW’02, WPMC’02, VTC’19-Fall. I was an Associated Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications and have an appreciation for the editorial process. I have served as the VTS Fellows Committee Chair and currently serving as VTS Awards Committee Chair.

Major Accomplishments

I’ve contributed to conference organization in IEEE, serving as General Chair and Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair of several major conferences. I was TPC chair for VTC’96, Atlanta, GA, the VTC conference where poster sessions were first introduced. I was TPC Chair for ICC/SUPERCOMM’98, Atlanta, GA, the last of the very large joint ICC and SUPERCOMM events. Subsequently, I served as General Chair for the IEEE Workshop on Multiaccess, Mobility and Teletraffic for Wireless Communications, Duck Key, FL, the IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, Sanibel, Is., FL, and the 2002 Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications WPMC’02 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE), Honolulu, HI. WPMC’02 was the first of the WPMC conferences published by IEEE and made available on IEEE Xplore. Finally, I served as Co-General Chair of the IEEE VTC’19-Fall Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.

I have contributed to IEEE publications, having served as an Editor for Spread Spectrum with the IEEE Transactions on Communications from 1993 to 1997. At a time when everything was done by paper and post, I handled an average of about 30 submissions per year.

I have contributed to the leadership of IEEE, serving on the Board of Governors of the Vehicular Technology Society (2001-2024). I’ve served as VTS Fellow Evaluation Chair from 2001-2016. I am currently the VTS Awards Chair. As Awards Chair, I have overseen the introduction of 7 new society-level awards, namely the Early Career Award, Student Travel Grants, Motor Vehicle Challenge Award, Distinguished Women’s Career Award, and the Best Magazine Paper Award, OJVT Best Paper Award, and the new Student Scholarship Awards. I have also served one term as a Member-at-Large on the IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors.

Statement: The Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) is a relatively small IEEE society, so it is important for VTS leadership to act quickly in identifying new opportunities to better serve its members. For example, a return of publisher and industry exhibits at the VTC conferences would bring new revenue streams and encourage more industry participation in VTS publications and conferences. It is important that the society’s funds be spent to benefit members while preventing any large yearly surpluses from going into the IEEE Reserves where the funds become very difficult to access. As VTS Awards Chair, I’ve recently introduced several new awards, including the VTS Women’s Distinguished Career Award, VTS Student Travel Grants and VTS Student Scholarship Awards, that are funded by IEEE Foundation accounts that were endowed by large yearly surpluses. I will continue to work on more such opportunities and make VTS more valuable to its members.

SUMEI SUN (M’96-S’02-M’06-SM’12-F’16)

Biography: Dr Sumei Sun is the Executive Director of the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR, Singapore. A*STAR I2R focuses on multidisciplinary digital technologies research, including artificial intelligence (AI), communications and connectivity, and cyber security. Sumei’s current research interests include next-generation wireless communications, communications-computing-control integrative design, and applied AI in communications and industry verticals.

With a strong passion for industry-relevant research and technology creation, Sumei has authored and co-authored more than 300 technical papers and is the inventor/co-inventor of over thirty patented technologies. She’s been an active volunteer in IEEE, with main activities in VTS and Communications Society for over a decade. She’s a Fellow of the IEEE and the Academy of Engineering Singapore, and recipient of the 2023 IEEE VTS Women’s Distinguished Career Award and Public Administration Medal (Bronze) Singapore in 2022. She also holds a joint appointment with the Singapore Institute of Technology and an adjunct appointment with the National University of Singapore, both as a full professor.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committees/Boards

IEEE VTC BoG, since 2022
IEEE VTS Publication Committee, since May 2019
IEEE VTS Conference Planning Committee, since 2023
IEEE ComSoc Member-at-Large, 2021-2023
IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Board Director, 2020-2021

Regions

IEEE VTS Region 10 Chapter Coordinator, since 2020
IEEE VTS Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium BoG member, since 2009

Sections/Chapters

IEEE VTS Singapore Chapter Executive Committee member (since 2009), Vice Chair (2009 - 2010), Chair (2011 - 2012), IEEE VTS Singapore Chapter was winner of IEEE Singapore Section’s Best Chapter Award 2012 and IEEE VTS Best Chapter Award 2020

Student Branches

Supporting IEEE Singapore Section’s student activities through IEEE ComSoc Singapore Chapter and IEEE VTS Singapore Chapter since 2009

Society

IEEE VTS, ComSoc, Signal Processing Society

Conferences

General Chair, IEEE VTC2024-Spring

Other

Editor-in-Chief, IEEE OJVT, 2019-2023
Editor-at-Large, IEEE OJVT, 2024-
Area Editor, IEEE Trans Vehicular Technology, July 2017 - June 2019
Steering Committee Chair, IEEE Trans Machine Learning in Communications and Networks
Chair, IEEE ComSoc Fellow Evaluation Committee, 2022-2025

Qualifications

I have been an active volunteer in IEEE, with main activities in Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) and Communications Society (ComSoc), for more than a decade, under different roles and responsibilities, including journal editorship, conference organization leadership, member of board of governors, standing committee chair/members, and officer in regional board and chapters. These various roles have given me rich opportunities to serve and develop the community, learn from many excellent leaders and colleagues, interact with many members to understand their needs and gaps in our current practices and collaborate with the Society leadership and colleagues to address the new challenges and serve our members in the changing environment. My involvement in more than one IEEE society has also given me the niche advantage of learning good practices and developing new insights to contribute back more effectively to the societies.

Working in a leadership role at a public-funded Research Institute whose mission is to bridge the academia and industry, I have a unique advantage of understanding the needs and challenges from both sides. This will certainly help me to contribute in designing new approaches of more active engagement with industry and growing more industry membership, while continuing our strong presence and close ties with academic members.

Being a female leader/supervisor who works closely with young scientists, engineers, and students, I stand a strong position to understand and engage more effectively the young professionals and women members in the community.

Last but not least, my open-minded and optimistic character and my clear and effective communication skills will help engage the community and develop an even stronger VTS

Major Accomplishments

Committees/Boards

As Director of IEEE ComSoc APB, I started the WICE and YP committees. During my term, the membership in the Region increased by more than 30%
As IEEE VTS Region 10 Chapter Coordinator, I contributed to the Region’s steady growth of chapters and membership
As Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Fellow Evaluation Committee (FEC) (2022-2025), I’ve set up the FEC focusing on diversity, smooth transition, and succession, and led the FEC evaluation process to achieve fair and transparent evaluation.

Sections/Chapters

I have been Executive Committee Member of IEEE VTS Singapore Chapter since 2009 (Vice Chair 2009-2010, Chair 2011 – 2012). The Chapter won the Best Chapter Award in 2012 from IEEE Singapore Section, and in 2020 from IEEE VTS.
I have been an Executive Committee Member of the IEEE ComSoc Singapore Chapter since 2013(Vice Chair 2015-2016, Secretary 2017-2018, Chair 2019-2020.)
The VTS Singapore Chapter has been co-sponsoring and co-organizing the annual IEEE VTS APWCS since 2010. I have been a BoG member since 2009 and served as its vice chair in 2013 and 2015, chair during September 2017 – December 2019.

Conferences

General Chair, IEEE VTC2024-Spring
Industry Forum and Exhibition Co-Chair, IEEE Globecom 2024
General Chair, IEEE 6G Summit Singapore 2023 and 2024
General co-chair, IEEE Smartgrid Communications Conference 2022
IEEE ComSoc Globecom/ICC Strategy and Management Committee, 2018 – 2020

Editorial Board

Editor-at-Large, IEEE OJVT, since January 2024
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE OJVT, May 2019 – December 2023. OJVT has been consistently among the top-performing Gold open journals, and achieved an impact factor of 6.4 according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2023 (ranked number three of all IEEE Gold open journals)
Area Editor, IEEE TVT, July 2017 - June 2019
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans Vehicular Technology, 2011 - 2017, awarded Top Editor in 2015, 2013, 2012, and Top 15 Editors in 2014

Statement: I am an active volunteer in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) and have had the honour to serve in different roles, including Board of Governors member, journal editorship such as inaugural editor-in-chief of IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, conference organization, chapter coordination, and local chapter executive committee. I am running for the Board of Governors election, hoping to continue having the honour and opportunity to contribute to VTS and VTS members, to build a stronger, more open and inclusive, and better-connected VTS, and to serve VTS members from both academia and industry for their professional growth.

If elected, I will work with the VTS Leadership and contribute to:

Promote geographic, gender, and cultural diversity and balance, and make VTS an even more vibrant society and provide value-added services for its members.
Foster professional development and growth opportunities and bring new added values for our members from both academia and industry in the new and changing environment.
Promote initiatives to broaden collaboration with industry and strengthen connections with industry verticals through conferences, technical committees, and standards.
Promote initiatives to respond to emerging vehicular technology needs and embrace new opportunities to develop the VTS in the identified emerging areas.

LI-CHUN WANG (S’92-M’96-SM’06-F’11)

Biography: Li-Chun Wang earned his Ph.D. degree of electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Tech in 1996. He worked at AT&T Labs - Research as a senior member of research staff from 1996 to 2,000. Currently, he is the Chair Professor and the Dean of College of Electrical and Computer Engineering at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. Dr. Wang obtained IEEE Fellow in 2011 for his contributions in cellular architecture and network resource management. Dr. Wang is the co-recipient of the 1997 IEEE VTS Jack Neubauer Best Paper Award as well as the 2015 IEEE Communications Society Asia-Pacific Board Best Paper Award. He also received outstanding research awards from the National Science and Technology Council (2012, 2017), the Chinese Institute of Engineers (2009), and the Honor Medal from Chinese Institute of Information & Computing Machinery (2024). His research, cited over 9,900 times, has earned him a place in Stanford's "Global Top 2% Scientists" and Guide2 Research's top Taiwanese scholars in computer science. He's an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networks. His interests span intelligent wireless communications to brain technology with over 300 publications and a co-edited book on 5G technologies.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications (2019 ~ present)
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Cognitive Communications and Network (2019 ~ present)
Leading Guest editor, Special issue on “Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Vehicular Communication Networks”, IEEE VT Magazine, (June, 2022)

Committees/Boards

Board of Governor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium (2006~present)

Qualifications

Prof. Li-Chun Wang's qualifications for a position on the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society's Board of Governors are multifaceted, which are summarized as follows:

Academic Excellence: Prof. Wang's academic credentials are outstanding, with a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a distinguished professorship in electrical engineering. His role as Dean at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University underscores his leadership in academia.
Professional Recognition: His election as an IEEE Fellow in 2011 is a testament to his significant contributions to wireless communications and network management. This prestigious honor signifies peer recognition at the highest level.
Leadership Experience: Prof. Wang has held numerous leadership roles, including TPC Chair for IEEE conferences and Chapter Chair for the IEEE VTS Taipei Section. His long-standing position as a Board of Governor for the Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium demonstrates his governance capabilities.
Research Impact: With over 9,900 citations and an h-index of 50, Prof. Wang's research has had a profound impact on the field. His inclusion in Stanford's "Global Top 2% Scientists" list and his numerous patents highlight his influence and innovation.
Commitment to IEEE VTS: Prof. Wang's active involvement in IEEE committees, particularly in AI Wireless Communications, and his editorial roles in IEEE Transactions journals, show his dedication to the society's mission and his expertise in critical areas of vehicular technology.
Vision for the Future: His recent interests in data-driven intelligent wireless communications and sustainable development align with the evolving focus of the IEEE VTS, positioning him to guide the society towards future challenges and opportunities.

In summary, Prof. Wang's blend of academic professional achievements, leadership skills, and commitment to the IEEE VTS make him an ideal candidate for the BoG. His vision and expertise are poised to contribute significantly to the society's growth and success.

Major Accomplishments

The major contributions of Prof. Wang, can be summarized as follows:

Innovation in Wireless Communications: Prof. Wang has been instrumental in advancing the field of wireless communications. His research has led to the development of novel cellular architectures that have significantly improved the efficiency and reliability of wireless networks. His work has not only been recognized by his peers, resulting in his IEEE Fellowship, but has also had a tangible impact on the industry, as evidenced by the numerous patents he holds, many of which have been implemented in commercial products.
Leadership in Technological Advancement: As the TPC Chair of IEEE VTC Fall 2019 in Honolulu, Prof. Wang demonstrated exceptional leadership in steering one of the most significant conferences in vehicular technology. His ability to bring together experts from around the world facilitated the exchange of ideas and fostered international collaborations that have propelled the field forward.
Mentorship and Talent Cultivation: Throughout his career, Prof. Wang has been committed to the mentorship of young professionals and the cultivation of talent within the IEEE community. His role as an educator and leader at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University has allowed him to shape the minds of future engineers and researchers. His dedication to talent cultivation is further exemplified by his active participation in IEEE committees and his role as an editor for prestigious journals, where he has contributed to the dissemination of knowledge and the promotion of high standards in research and publication.

These contributions reflect Prof. Wang's dedication to his field and his unwavering commitment to excellence. His work has not only advanced the state of technology but has also had a lasting impact on the organizations he has been a part of and the individuals he has mentored.

Statement: As an IEEE Fellow and active contributor to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, I am committed to fostering innovation and excellence in wireless communications. My volunteering jobs as TPC Chair, committee member, chapter chair, and editor has equipped me with a comprehensive understanding of the society's operations and the challenges it faces.

If elected to the Board of Governors, I will leverage my experience to enhance our society's global impact, promote cutting-edge research, and support the professional development of our members. I aim to strengthen collaboration between academia and industry, ensuring that the VTS remains at the forefront of technological advancements in vehicular technology.

XIANBIN WANG (S’98-M’99-SM’06-F’17)

Biography: Xianbin Wang is a Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair at Western University, Canada. He is a Fellow of IEEE, CAE, and EIC.

Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2001. Prior to joining Western in 2008, he was with Communications Research Centre Canada as a government Research Scientist between July 2002 and Dec. 2007. From Jan. 2001 to July 2002, he was a system designer at STMicroelectronics. He was a Senior Research Engineer at Institute of Infocom Research (I2R), Singapore in 2000.

He is a world-renowned researcher, innovator, and engineer with global impact in the areas of wireless communications including 5G, communication security and Internet-of-Things. He has spearheaded his cutting-edge research on physical layer security, IoT and led the global evolution of 4G/5G/6G technologies and created many innovative concepts, theories and designs for dynamic, non-orthogonal and intelligent use of radio resources in time, frequency and space domains.

With 600 peer-reviewed publications (21,000 citations and 8 IEEE Best Paper Awards), he is among the top cited and most influential researchers in 5G/6G, physical layer security and intelligent communications.

As a visionary innovator, he holds over 30 granted and pending patents and several standard contributions, leading to the adoptions in international standards and massive industry production.

He has been involved in the training of over 200 highly qualified personnel at Western University. He had initiated over 50 research projects supported by industry sponsors and Federal/Provincial Funding agencies in Canada.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committees/boards

IEEE Fellow Committee, 2019-2020

Regions

Central Area Chair, IEEE Canada (Region 7), 2022 –
IEEE Canada Nomination and Appointment Committee, 2021 – 2023
IEEE Canada Award Committee, 2024 -

Sections/Chapters

Chair, IEEE London Section, 2021-2022
Chair, IEEE London Section (Region 7), 2019- 2021
Chair, IEEE London ComSoc/BTS Chapter, 2010-

Student Branches

Student Branch Counsellor, IEEE London Section, 2009-2019

Society

Member of VTS Conference Planning Committee, 2024-
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2007-
Chair, IEEE Communications Society Signal Processing and Communications Electronics Technical Committee, 2019-2021
Vice Chair, IEEE Communications Society Signal Processing and Communications Electronics Technical Committee, 2017-2019
Vice Chair, IEEE Communications Society Social Networks Technical Committee, 2013-2015 IEEE ComSoc Misconduct Review Committee, 2022-
Chair of IEEE BTS Fellow Committee, 2018
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE ComSoc Best Readings, 2022-

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Dr. Wang was involved in over 50 IEEE conferences in Region 1-6, 7 and 10, including VTC, GLOBECOM, ICC, ICCC, PIMRC, WCNC, CCECE (Region 7) and CWIT (Region 7), in different roles including General Chair, TPC co-chair, symposium chair/co-chair, workshop chair, tutorial instructor, track chair, and session chair.

Publication/Editorial Related Activities

Editor-in-Chief, IEEE ComSoc Best Readings, 2022 -
Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE ComSoc Best Readings, 2020 - Editor/Associate Editor for:
IEEE TCOM (2017- 2020), IEEE TWC (2007-2012)
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (2012- 2016) IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting (2008 -)
Guest Editor for more than 10 special issues

Qualifications

The following three aspects make the nominee exceptionally well-qualified for the VTS BoG:

i) Driving Global Innovation by Bridging the Industry and Academic Communities within VTS
In fulfilling IEEE’s strategic goal of driving global innovation, the nominee is exceptionally equipped to facilitate collaboration between VTS and the global academic and industry communities. His extensive professional experience, innovative leadership, extensive network of partnerships with 20 industry stakeholders, and extensive history of IEEE service make him an ideal candidate for this role.

ii) Engaging VTS Members through Value-Oriented Activities
To engage both VTS members and volunteers, one pivotal strategy is to enhance the value of the VTS activities. Given his outstanding services and leadership in research innovation, more valuable activities focusing on the technical and professional development of VTS members can be organized by the nominee. He could coordinate different VTS Technical Committees and Chapters for more engaging activities for VTS members.

iii) Enhancing Inclusiveness and Openness of VTS Activities
The nominee has diverse experiences in different IEEE Regions and cultures. With his rich experience, his dedication to engaging underrepresented groups within the VTS community, including female members, and his ability, the nominee will be able to create an environment for VTS activities that is open, equitable, and inclusive.

Major accomplishments

1. VTS Conference Organization
The nominee possesses extensive experience in organizing VTC conferences over the past two decades. Notably, he acted as the Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair for VTC 2023 Fall in Hong Kong. Through close collaboration with local organizers, VTS, and international volunteers, VTC 2023 Fall successfully attracted a total of 607 paper submissions. The conference featured an exciting technical program covering the latest research areas in wireless systems and networks, connected and autonomous vehicles, and emerging trends in machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in wireless communications.

Additionally, the nominee has served as Track Chair/Co-chair for VTC nine times since 2008.

IEEE VTC 2323 Fall, Recent Results and Workshops
IEEE VTC 2019 Fall, Signal Transmission and Reception
IEEE VTC 2017 Fall, Recent Results and Workshops
IEEE VTC 2016 Fall, Green Communications and Networks
IEEE VTC 2013 Fall, Satellite Networks, Positioning Technologies, Localization and Navigation
IEEE VTC 2012 Fall, Positioning and Satellite Communications
IEEE VTC 2010 Fall, Positioning and Satellite Communications
IEEE VTC 2010 Spring Wireless Access (with over 200 submissions)
IEEE VTC 2008 Spring, Transmission technology (with over 500 submissions)

2. Promoting VTS Influence through Research Results Dissemination in VTS Venues
The nominee has published over 100 research articles with VTS periodicals and conferences, including 58 publications in IEEE TVT, 45 VTC papers, and 1 VT Magazine paper. His TVT and VTC publications cover timely but diverse topics, including machine learning, IoT, security, NOMA and UAV. Through his exceptional citations, these publications have fundamentally influenced the global VTS society.

3. VTS Distinguished Lectures
The nominee has served as IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturers for two terms. He has travelled to different countries delivering more than 10 lectures on physical layer security, 5G and IoT communications and intelligent communications.

Statement: For more than seventy years, IEEE VTS has been at the forefront of advancing global vehicular and communications technologies. As we navigate the rapid technological and societal changes, both VTS and our community face new challenges in furthering IEEE's strategic goal of Advancing Technology for Humanity. If elected, I commit to serving all VTS members and stakeholders by:

Empowering all VTS members to actively engage in the forefront of vehicular technology research, application and education activities, while strengthening VTS’s leadership in driving vehicular technology innovation.
Supporting VTS members at various levels, particularly junior researchers, and accelerating their career development through participation in VTS services and recognition of their achievements.
Proactively identifying and promoting emerging technologies, developing corresponding VTS mechanisms and platforms for growing influence and leadership
Improving industry-academia interactions and collaborations through mutually beneficial activities that increase VTS membership value propositions.
Enhancing collaborations among VTS Chapters across different IEEE Regions, while fostering inclusivity and diversity to enrich VTS's culture and values
Advocating for more accessible publications by promoting online supplementary content, encouraging result reproducibility, and facilitating data/code sharing.

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Nominees for the VTS 2024 Board of Governors Election

LIN CAI (S’01-M’05-SM’10-F’20)

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ALVIN CHIN (M’99-S’02-M’09-SM’19)

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JAVIER GOZALVEZ (S’98-AM’02-M’03-SM’10)

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ALON NEWTON (M’88-SM’09)

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LINGYANG SONG (S’04-GSM’05-M’09-SM’12-F’19)

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QINGYANG SONG (S’01-M’07-SM’13)

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GORDON L. STÜBER (S’81-M’86-SM’96-F’99-LF’24)

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SUMEI SUN (M’96-S’02-M’06-SM’12-F’16)

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