VTS Board of Governors Election - Opening on 14 July

All IEEE VTS members are encouraged to vote in the 2025 Board of Governors election.

You will receive your IEEE Vehicular Technology Society ballot material via email on 14 July 2025. You can also vote by visiting this site: https://eballot.app/ieee

The voting period will be 14 July - 8 September 2025.

If you prefer to have the paper ballot material mailed to you, please e-mail your name, address, member number, and reference the VT Society election ballot to (Click to show email) or call +1 732 562 3904. When the election ballots are sent out, your ballot will be physically mailed to you rather than sent electronically.

Biographical information on each of the Governor-at-Large nominees can be found below.

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Nominees for the VTS 2025 Board of Governors Election

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GERHARD BAUCH 

Biography:  I received the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from Munich University of Technology (TUM) in 1995 and 2001, respectively, and the Diplom-Volkswirt (master in economics) degree from FernUniversitaet Hagen in 2001. In 1996, I was with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. From 1996-2001 I was member of scientific staff at Munich University of Technology (TUM). In 1998 and 1999 I was also visiting researcher at AT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, NJ, USA. In 2002 I joined DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Munich, Germany, where I have been managing the Advanced Radio Transmission Group. In 2007 I was additionally appointed Research Fellow of DOCOMO Euro-Labs. From 2003-2008 I was an adjunct professor at Munich University of Technology. In 2007 I was a visiting professor teaching courses at the University of Udine in Italy and at the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt in Austria. I was a full professor at the Universität der Bundeswehr Munich from 2009-2012. Since October 2012 I am the head of the Institute of Communications at Hamburg University of Technology.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committee/Boards

• President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2025

• Executive VP of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2023-2024

• VP Mobile Radio of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2022

• Member of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Synergy Ad Hoc Committee

• Elected member of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors 2019-2021, 2022-2025

• Chair of IEEE Communications Society German chapter 2013-2023

• Vice Chair (2015-2016) and Chair (2017-2018) of the IEEE Information Theory Society German Chapter

• Member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Fellow Evaluation Committee 2016-2020 (chair 2019-2020)

• Member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Awards Committee 2018-2024

• Member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturers Selection Committee 2016-2019

• Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2008-2013

• Area Editor “Wireless Communications” for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2014-2018

• Associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications 2009-2016

Regions

• Region 8 (Europe,Middle East and Africa)

Sections/Chapters

• German Chapter

Society

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• IEEE Communications Society

Conferences

• TPC Track-Co-Chair of

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Budapest, Hungary, May 2011

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Quebec City, Canada, September 2012

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Chicago, USA, August 2018

• Keynotes Chair of

  • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

• Plenary Chair of

  • European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Budapest, Hungary, 2016

• Workshops Chair of

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2019

• Tutorials Chair of

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2020

• General (Co-) Chair of

  • International Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC), Munich, Germany, January 2013

  • International Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC), Hamburg, Germany, February 2015

  • International Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC), Hamburg, Germany, February 2017

  • Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA), Hamburg, Germany, February 2020

  • Technology Trials and Proof-of-Concept Activities for 5G and Beyond (TPoC5G) Workshop in conjunction with the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Sydney, Australia, June 2017

  • Technology Trials and Proof-of-Concept Activities for 5G and Beyond (TPoC5G) Workshop in conjunction with the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Porto, Portugal, June 2018

• TPC member of numerous international conferences

Other

• IEEE Fellow 2015

• Distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2011-2015

Qualifications

I have volunteered in a number of IEEE activities and committees as pointed out above. Therefore, I believe that this is a good basis to bring forward society activities.

Major Accomplishments

As member of the German Information Technology Society (ITG in VDE) and IEEE German Society Chapter Chair, I have contributed to establish the IEEE co-sponsored International Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC) as a small but high quality conference in Europe which is appreciated and attended by world class researchers from all over the world. As one of the first employees of DOCOMO Euro-Labs, I have contributed to the scientific set-up and establishment of the lab. I tried to contribute to a fair, substantial, and timely review process as editor and area editor of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and the IEEE Transactions on Communications. As member and chair of the VTS fellow evaluation committee, I tried to support our society members being elevated to fellow. Moreover, I contributed to the establishment of a fellow nomination mentoring program in VTS. AS VTS VP Mobile Radio, I am working towards establishing important upcoming technology as part of the VTS field of expertise. As VTS Executive President and President, I try to further grow the society and it’s activities and services to VTS members.

Statement: In my previous terms as member of the VTS board of governors, I contributed in committees such as the fellow evaluation committee, the awards committee and the distinguished lecturers evaluation committee as well as in the positions of VP Mobile Radio, Executive VP and President. I am trying to help strengthening VTS as a key society for wireless technology and to incorporate important upcoming technologies in the VTS fields of interest, e.g. by supporting and initiating new technical committees and by supporting networking among technical committees.

The above mentioned aspects would also be targets for my future service to VTS. Moreover, I believe that worthwhile targets are preserving and strengthening a high technical and scientific standard of our conferences and publications as well as support of more regional VTS activities possibly in cooperation with regional organizations. 

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DANIEL BENEVIDES DA COSTA

Biography: Prof. Daniel B. da Costa received the B.Sc. degree in Telecommunications from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2003, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering, Area: Telecommunications, from the University of Campinas, SP, Brazil, in 2006 and 2008, respectively. His Ph.D thesis was awarded the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Electrical Engineering by the Brazilian Ministry of Education (CAPES) at the 2009 CAPES Thesis Contest. He is currently Distinguished University Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He is a Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and Editor in Chief of the IEEE Communications Letters. He was Associate Editor of IEEE TVT from 2012 to 2023, Latin America Chapter Coordinator of VTS from 2017 to 2022, Vice-Chair of the VTS Propagation Committee from 2023 to 2025, TPC Chair of IEEE VTC2021-Spring and VTC2022-Spring and Track Chair of several VTC editions.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

Committee/Boards

• IEEE Journal Editorial Board

  • Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Communications Letters (from July 1st, 2023).

  • Executive Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (September 2019-June 2023).

  • Editor at Large, Communication Theory & Systems II, IEEE Transactions on Communications (April 2021-June 2023).

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (July 2021-June 2023).

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking (September 2022-June 2023).

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (January 2019-June 2023).

  • Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (July 2022-March 2023)

  • Area Editor, Area: Green, Cognitive, and Intelligent Communications and Networks, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (September 2019-June 2023).

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (August 2012-June 2023)

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications (September 2017-March 2021).

  • Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (May 2017-November 2020).

  • Associate Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine (January 2012-May 2020).

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Access (June 2016-January 2020).

  • Senior Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (March 2019-August 2019).

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (May 2012-July 2017).

• IEEE Guest Journal Editor

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Special Issue on "Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G IoE", 2023

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Network, Special Issue on "Native Artificial Intelligence in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks in 6G", 2022.

  • Guest Editor, Sensors, Special Issue on "Advances in MIMO and Millimeter-Wave Sensing Communication Systems", 2021

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Special Issue on "Green Communications and Computing Technologies for 6G Networks", 2021.

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Special Issue on "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Enabled Green Communications and Networking", 2021.

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Special Issue on “Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G and Beyond”, 2020.

  • Lead Associate Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on "Advances in Statistical Channel Modeling for Future Wireless Communications Networks", 2019.

  • Lead Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, Special Issue on "Energy-Harvesting Cognitive Radio Networks", 2018.

  • Lead Associate Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on "Molecular Communication Networks", 2018.

  • Lead Associate Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on "Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G Systems", 2017.

  • Lead Associate Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on "Modelling, Analysis, and Design of 5G Ultra-Dense Networks", 2017.

  • Lead Guest Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on "Security in Wireless Communications and Networking", 2016.

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on "Deployment and Management of Small Heterogeneous Cells for 5G", 2016.
    IEEE TPC/Track Chair

  • Lead Co-Chair, Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks Symposium, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2021), Madrid, Spain, 2021.

• IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN)

  • Director - TCCN Newsletter, (2019-2020).

  • TCCN Vice-Chair Americas, (2019-2020).

  • Feature Topic Editor, Massive Machine-Type Communications, TCCN Newsletter - December 2018

  • Feature Topic Editor, Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication, TCCN Newsletter - May 2018.

  • Feature Topic Editor, Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access, TCCN Newsletter - November 2017.

  • Chair of the Special Interest Group "Energy-Harvesting Cognitive Radio Networks" (2017-2021)

• IEEE Signal Processing on Computing for Communications Technical Committee (SPCC)

  • Vice-Chair of the Special Interest Group on "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Signal Processing and Communications".

Society

• Latin American Chapters Coordinator (2017-2022)

• Distinguished Lecturer (2017-2019).

• Distinguished Lecturer (2019-2021).

• Distinguished Speaker (2021-Present)

• Vice-Chair, Propagation Committee (2023-2025)

Conferences

• IEEE TPC/Track Chair

  • Symposium Co-Chair, Wireless Communications Symposium, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2024), Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 December 2024.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 7: Radio Access Technology and Heterogeneous Networks, IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall), Washington, USA, 07-10 October 2024.

  • TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom2024), Madrid, Spain, 8-11 July 2024.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 1: PHY and Fundamentals, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2024), Dubai, UAE, April 2024.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 8: Spectrum Sharing, Spectrum Management, Cognitive Radio, and Green Radio, IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring), Florence, Italy, 20-23 June 2023.

  • Lead Symposium Co-Chair, Wireless Communications Symposium, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2023), Rome, Italy, May 2023.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 1: Physical Layer and Communication Theory, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2023), Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023.

  • Technical Program Vice-Chair, IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Spring), Helsinki, Finland, April 2022.

  • Lead Co-Chair, Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks Symposium, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2021), Madrid, Spain, 2021.

  • Technical Program Vice-Chair, IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Spring), Virtual Format, 25-28 April 2021.

  • Lead Track Co-Chair, Track 1: PHY and Fundamentals, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2021), Nanjing, China, 2021.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 7: Green Communications and Networking, IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring), Antwerp, Belgium, 25-28 May 2020.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 1: PHY and Fundamentals, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2020), Seoul, South Korea, 6-9 April 2020.

  • Lead Co-Chair, Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks Symposium, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2019), Waikoloa, HI, USA, 9-13 December 2019.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 1: Antenna Systems, Propagation, and RF Design, IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2018-Fall), Chicago, USA, 27-30 August 2018.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 1: Antenna Systems, Propagation, and RF Design, IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2018-Spring), Porto, Portugal, 3-6 June 2018.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track 1: Antenna Systems, Propagation, and RF Design, IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall), Toronto, Canada, 24-27 September 2017.

  • Track Co-Chair, Track: Recent Results, IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring), Sydney, Australia, 4-7 June 2017.

  • Track Chair, Track 6: Green Communications and Networks, IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring), Sydney, Australia, 4-7 June 2017.

• Organizer - Special Session on Signal Processing Challenges for 6G, IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP 2023), Hanoi, Vietnam, 02-05 July 2023.

• Organizer - Workshop on Holographic MIMO Communications, IEEE International Conference on
  Communications (ICC 2023), Rome, Italy, 28 May - 01 June 2023.

• Organizer - Workshop on Holographic MIMO Communications, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2022), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022.

• Organizer - Special Session on 6G, Title: Connecting Intelligence on 6G, 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2022), Herning, Denmark, November 2022.

• Organizer - Workshop on Native-AI in Wireless Networks, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2022), Virtual Conference, September 2022.

• Organizer - Special Session on 6G, 1st International Conference on 6G Networking (6GNet 2022), Paris, France, July 2022.

• Organizer - Workshop on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Future Wireless Communications,
  IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2021), Madrid, Spain, December 2021.

• Organizer: Workshop on Energy-Efficient Schemes for Beyond 5G, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Spring), 25-28 April April, Helsinki, Finland, 2021.

• Organizer: Workshop on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Future Wireless Communications, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2021), 14-18 June, Montreal, Canada, 2021.

• Organizer: Workshop on Rate-Splitting (Multiple Access) for 6G, IEEE International Conference on
  Communications (ICC 2021), 14-18 June, Montreal, Canada, 2021.

• Organizer: Workshop on Energy-Efficient Schemes for Beyond 5G, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2021), 29 March-1 April, Nanjing, China, 2021.

• Organizer: Workshop on Rate-Splitting (Multiple Access) for Beyond 5G, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2021), 29 March-1 April, Nanjing, China, 2021.

• Steering Committee Member: Workshop on Practice & Further Advances in Massive MIMO, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2020), 31 August-3 September, London, UK, 2020.

• Organizer: 2nd Workshop on Energy Harvesting Communication Networks, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2019), 8-11 September, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019.

• Publicity Chair - 2nd Workshop on Enabling Energy Internet via Machine-Type Wireless Communications, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2019), 15-18 April, Marrakech, Morocco, 2019.

• Organizer: 1st Workshop on Energy Harvesting Communication Networks, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2018), 9-12 September, Bologna, Italy, 2018.

• Organizer: Workshop on Trusted Communications with Physical Layer Security (TCPLS), IEEE Global
  Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2013), Atlanta, USA, Dec. 2013.

Qualifications

I am a highly accomplished academic professional. I have been involved in several IEEE activities during the last years, and I believe that the acquired experience enables me to apply for this prestigious position in VTS. My past roles in VTS show how committed I am to the activities I am involved in. For instance, I have learnt a lot as Associate Editor of IEEE TVT since 2012, position in which I was awarded several times in recognition to the excellent service. I have also been Track Chair in previous IEEE VTCs editions and Technical Program Chair of IEEE VTC2021/2022-Spring, and the email exchanges and interactions with authors, track chairs, and members of the organizing committee enriched considerably my body of knowledge. I also led the creation of two VTS Chapters in South America. In 2019, Brazilian VTS Chapter was awarded the Chapter of the Year. I was Vice-Chair of the VTS Propagation Committee from 2023 to 2025, and I am Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Communications Letters since July 1st, 2023. However, I understand that I have much more to contribute, and this is the reason I am applying for the BoG of VTS. I think that my candidacy can serve as a bridge for expanding the VTS activities throughout Latin America and Middle East, in addition to keeping the geographical diversity among the BoG members. I am highly motivated and will be fully committed to the new role (if elected).

Major Accomplishments 

• Certificate of Appreciation of Top Associate Editor for outstanding contributions to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology in 2013, 2015, and 2016.

• As the Latin-American Chapter Coordinator of the VTS, I was responsible for the creation of the Brazilian VTS Chapter and Colombia VTS Chapter in South America. In 2019, the recently created Brazilian VTS Chapter was awarded as the Chapter of the Year.

• Top 1% Scientists in the World – broad field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (source: Research.com).

Statement: If elected to be part of the Board of Governors of VTS, I intend to work hard with all members to consolidate VTS as one of the world’s most relevant societies for vehicular technologies and communications. I’ll make hard efforts to increase the VTS internationalization, particularly towards developing countries, such as Brazil, and towards the Middle East region, where I am currently living. I also plan to discuss and develop new ways to attract and involve new members in the society.

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ALVIN CHIN

Biography: Dr. Alvin Chin is currently Research Scientist at Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois System where his research is on responsible AI and mobile social networking. 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 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 – August 2019 to 2023

Regions

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

• Region Support Chair, Region 4, January 2025 to present

Sections/Chapters

• Advisory Chair, IEEE Chicago Section, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025

• Co-chair, IEEE Chicago Climate Sustainability Local Group, Chicago, IL, March 2024 – present

• Co-chair, IEEE Chicago Quantum Computing Local Group, Chicago, IL, April 2024 - present

• Advisory Chair, IEEE Chicago 130th Anniversary, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2024 – October 2024

• Chair, IEEE Chicago Section, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024

• Chair, IEEE Chicago Section 129th Anniversary Fair, Chicago, IL, USA, January 1, 2023 - October 2023

• 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

• Track Chair for Emerging Technologies for Real-Time Communications, The IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo at Illinois Tech (RTC2025), Chicago, IL – January 1, 20256 – December 2025

• Program Committee Member, IEEE ETHICS 2025 Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL – February 1, 2025 – June 8, 2025

• 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 – December 2024
  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

• Program Vice Chair and Workshop Co-Chair, The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2011), Dalian, China, Oct. 19-22, 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 7 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 4 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 and The Metropolitan Club (a private business and social club) and my own condominium board association. I was the Chair of the IEEE Chicago Section (2023-2024), and I am currently the 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 and Chair for the IEEE Chicago 129th Anniversary held in 2023. 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.

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J.R. CRUZ

Biography: J. R. Cruz received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Porto, Portugal, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Houston, Texas. He has held positions with Computer Sciences Corporation at the NASA Johnson Space Center and Motorola before joining the University of Oklahoma, where he holds the Tilley Chair in Electrical Engineering and is the Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, a Fellow of the Radio Club of America, a former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, and the IEEE Stuart Meyer Memorial Award. Prof. Cruz is a former Chairman of the Research Council of the University of Oklahoma and a Past President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

• IEEE Technical Activities Board, (2001, 2002).

• IEEE Society President’s Forum, (2001, 2002).

• IEEE Wireless Working Group, (2001).

• Vice-President Conferences, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, (2011-2025).

Society

• President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, (2001, 2002).

• Vice-President Conferences, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, (2011-2025).

• Editor, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, (2006-present).
  Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (1995-2000).

• Senior Editor, Communications, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Newsletter, (1984-1997)

Conferences

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Glasgow, Scotland, (2015).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Boston, MA, (2015).

• Advisory Board, International Symposium on Earth-Science Challenges, Norman, OK, (2015).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Montreal, Canada, (2015).

• Opening Session Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Montreal, Canada (2015).

• Technical Program Committee, Data Storage, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, (2015).

• Technical Program Committee, Data Storage, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington, DC, (2016).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Nanjing, China, (2016).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Montreal, Canada, (2016).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Hangzhou, China, (2016).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Sidney, Australia, (2017).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Toronto, Canada, (2017)
  Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Belfort, France, (2017).

• Technical Program Committee, Data Storage, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Singapore, (2017).

• Technical Program Committee, Data Storage, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, (2018).

• General Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Porto, Portugal, (2018).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Chicago, IL, (2018)

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Chicago, IL, (2018).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (2019).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Honolulu, HI, (2019).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Hanoi, Vietnam, (2019).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Wireless Africa (WAC), Pretoria, South Africa, (2019).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Antwerp, Belgium, (2020).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Victoria, Canada, Online, (2020).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Gijon, Spain, (2020).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Online, (2021).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Online, (2021).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Gijon, Spain, (2021).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Helsinki, Finland, (2022).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), London, U.K./Beijing, China, (2022).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Merced, CA, (2022).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Florence, Italy, (2023).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Hong Kong, SAR, (2023).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Milan, Italy, (2023).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Singapore, (2024).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Washington, DC, (2024).

• Finance Chair, IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Washington, DC, (2024).

Qualifications

My experience and familiarity with the Society’s challenges and opportunities, combined with my willingness to invest the time and energy to tackle these challenges, qualify me for this position.

Major Accomplishments

My three major accomplishments within VTS are: 1. Lead the Society as its President (2001-2002) through some of the most challenging financial, economic, and political events of recent times; 2. Responsible as the Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions (1995-2000) for making it a leading journal in the worldwide wireless revolution; 3. Successfully managing all the Society’s conferences as its Vice-President Conferences (2011-2025), particularly during the Covid-19 period with all its unprecedented challenges.

Statement: If elected, I will focus my energy and skills on helping the Society manage the unprecedented geopolitical and financial challenges that face VTS. My goal is to ensure that our global membership continues to have abundant opportunities to participate in our conferences, contribute to our prestigious journals, and collaborate effectively within our sections and chapters around the world.

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ABBAS JAMALIPOUR

Biography: Abbas Jamalipour has been with the University of Sydney, Australia since 1998, where holds the position of Professor of Ubiquitous Mobile Networking and leads the Wireless Networking Research Laboratory. He has earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1996. He is a Fellow of the IEEE (Class 2007), the Institute of Electrical, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE, Class 2010) and the Institution of Engineers Australia (Class 2004), and the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA). He has authored nine technical books, eleven book chapters, over 650 technical papers, and five patents, all in the field of wireless and mobile communications. He is the recipient of several prestigious IEEE awards as well as 15 Best Paper Awards such as IEEE Harold Sobol Award, IEEE Distinguished Contribution to Satellite Communications Award, IEEE Best Tutorial Paper Award, and IEEE Distinguished Contribution to Communications Switching and Routing Award. He has had several adjunct positions and close collaborations with universities and industries around the world with special emphasis in the Asia-Pacific and North America Regions.

He was one of the first researchers to disseminate fundamental concepts of the next generation mobile networks, broadband convergence networks and heterogeneous networks; some of which have been gradually patented and deployed by industry and included in the ITU-T standards. He has held multiple editorial leaderships and technical editor positions including EiC of IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology and IEEE Wireless Communications. He has been a Chair, Co-chair, or TPC Member at more than 250 international conferences.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

• 2024-2025    Member, IEEE TAB Nominations and Appointments Committee

• 2024-2025    Member, IEEE TAB Periodical Committee

• 2022-2023    Member, IEEE TAB/PSPB Products and Services Committee 

• 2022-2025    Member, IEEE Panel of Editors 

• 2022-2027     Member (VTS Representative) IEEE Future Networks Technical Communities

• 2021    Member, Nominations Committee, IEEE Div IX Division Director Elections 2022

• 2021    Chair, S/C Presidents’ Forum Ad Hoc Committee, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB)

• 2020    Member, S/C Presidents’ Forum Ad Hoc Committee, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB)

• 2020-2021    Voting Member, IEEE Technical Activity Board (TAB)

• 2018-2019    Member, IEEE TAB Strategic Planning Committee

• 2016-2019    Member, IEEE Panel of Editors

• 2014-2017    Member, IoT Initiative Steering Committee

• 2012-2013    Member, IEEE Conference Publications Committee 

• 2011    Alternate Member, Fellow Evaluation Committee

Regions

• 1993-Now    Active Member and Contributor, IEEE Asia-Pacific Region

Sections/Chapters

• 2020-2025    Past Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society NSW Chapter

• 2018-2019    Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society NSW Chapter

• 2015-2017    Founding Executive Member and Treasurer, Vehicular Technology Society NSW Chapter

• 2010-Now    Active Member and Contributor, IEEE NSW Section

Student Branches

• 2012-2013    Branch Advisor, Sydney University IEEE Student Branch

Society

• 2022-2025    Treasurer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2023-2024    Senior Past President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2023-2025    Elected Board of Governor Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2022        Junior Past President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2022-2023    Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

• 2022        Chair, IEEE ComSoc SSC Award Selection Committee, SSC Technical Recognition Award 2022

• 2022-2025    Member, Publications Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2023-2027    Member, IEEE Communications Society GLOBECOM/ICC Management & Strategy Committee

• 2022-2023    Member-at-Large, IEEE Communications Society Conference Council

• 2021-Now    Member, Steering Committee, IEEE Int’l Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence 

• 2020-2021    President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2020-2022    Elected Board of Governor Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2019-2022    Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2018-2019    Executive Vice-President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2018-2019    Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2017-2019    Chair, Fellow Evaluation Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2015-2019    Member, Publications Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2017-2019    Elected Board of Governor Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2018-2019    Vice-Chair, Communications Society, GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content Committee

• 2018-2021    Chair, IEEE High Performance Switching and Routing Conference Steering Committee

• 2015-2019    Editor-in-Chief, VTS Mobile World, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2015-2019    Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2015-2017    Member, Communications Society, GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content Committee 

• 2014-2016    Member, Mobile Radio Advisory Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2014-2016    Member, Fellow Evaluation Committee, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 

• 2014-2016    Elected Board of Governor Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• 2014-2017    Member, IEEE High Performance Switching and Routing Conference Steering Committee

• 2014-2015    Member-at-Large, IEEE Communications Society Conference Council

• 2012-2013    Vice President-Conferences, IEEE Communications Society

• 2012-2013    Member, Communications Society, GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content Committee 

• 2012-2013    Member, Communications Society, GLOBECOM/ICC Management & Strategy Committee 

• 2012-2013    Member, IEEE Communications Society, Finance Committee

• 2010-2011    Member-at-Large, IEEE Communications Society On-Line Content Board

• 2010-2011    Member-at-Large, IEEE Communications Society Conference Boards 

• 2010-2011    Member-at-Large, IEEE Communications Society Education Board

• 2010-2011    Vice Director, Asia Pacific Board, IEEE Communications Society

• 2009-2011    Chair, Communications Switching & Routing Technical Committee, Comm. Society

• 2009-2010    Member-at-Large, Commun. Society, GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content Committee

• 2008-2009    Member-at-Large, IEEE Communications Society Education Board

• 2008-2009    Chair, Chapters Coordinating Committee, Asia Pacific Board, Communications Society

• 2007-2009    Vice Chair, Commun. Switching & Routing Technical Committee, Commun. Society

• 2006-2008    Member, Steering Committee, Wireless Communications and Networking Conference

• 2006-2007    Chair, Chapters Coordinating Committee, Asia Pacific Board, Communications Society

• 2006-2008    Member-at-Large, Commun. Society, GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content Committee

• 2006-2008    Editor-in-Chief, Wireless Communications

• 2006-2007    Chair, Chapters Coordinating Committee, Asia Pacific Board, Communications Society

• 2005-2007    Vice Chair, Commun. Switching & Routing Technical Committee, Commun. Society

• 2004-2009    Distinguished Lecturer, Communications Society 

• 2004-2006    Chair, Satellite & Space Communications Technical Committee, Communications Society

• 2004-2005    Vice Chair, Technical Affairs Committee, Asia Pacific Board, Communications Society

• 2003-2005    Secretary, Commun. Switching & Routing Technical Committee, Commun. Society

• 2002-2004    Vice Chair, Satellite & Space Communications Technical Committee, Commun. Society

• 2001-2003    Vice Chair, Coordinating Committee Chapter, Asia Pacific Board, Commun. Society

• 2000-2002    Secretary, Satellite & Space Communications Technical Committee, Commun. Society

Conferences

• 2025 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Bangalore, India, 10-12 Nov 2025 (General Co-Chair)

• 14th IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC2025), 10-13 August 2025, Shanghai, China (Tutorial Chair)

• 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse (Metaverse-2024), Denarau Island, Fiji, 2-7 December 2024 (Honorary Chairman)

• 2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Dubai, UAE, 21-23 October 2024 (General Co-Chair)

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC2024), Denver, Colorado, USA (Industry Presentations Co-Chair)

• IEEE ICCT 2023, WUXI City, Jiangsu Province, China (General Co-Chair)

• 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Baltimore, USA, 13-15 November 2023 (General Co-Chair)

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. (IEEE GLOBECOM2022), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Tutorial Chair)

• IEEE Satellite 2022 (The 2022 IEEE Int’l Conf. on Satellite Computing), China (General Co-Chair)

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM2021), Madrid, Spain (Keynotes Chair)

• EAI Int’l Conf. Wireless Mobile Commun.&Healthcare (EAI MobiHealth 2021), China (General Co-Chair).

• 2021 IEEE Int’l Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence, Beijing, China (General Co-Chair).

• JSAE 5th Int’l Electric Vehicle Technology Conf. (EVTeC 2021), Yokohama, Japan (Int’l Advisory Comm.)

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2021), Montreal, Canada (GITC Advisor)

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM2020), Taipei, Taiwan (TPC Member)

• Int’l Conf. on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV2020), Fukuoka, Japan (Int’l Advisory Board)

• 4th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet'20), Lausanne, Switzerland (TPC Member)

• 12th IEEE Latin-American Conf.  Commun. (IEEE LATINCOM 2020), Dominican Republic (TPC Member)

• EAI 13th Int’l conf’ on Wireless Internet Commun’ Networks (WiCON 2020), Australia (General Chair)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC2020-Fall), Victoria, Canada (Keynotes and Panels Co-Chair)

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2020), Dublin, Ireland-Virtual (TPC Member)

• 15th WiMob 2019 Conference (IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications), Barcelona, Spain (Workshops Co-Chair)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC2019-Spring), KL, Malaysia (Panels and Keynotes Co-Chair)

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. (GLOBECOM 2018), Abu Dhabi, UEA (Technical Program Chair)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC2018-Spring), Porto, Portugal (Panels and Keynotes Co-Chair)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall), Toronto, Canada (Panels and Keynotes Co-Chair)

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2017), Paris, France (Workshops Chair)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC 2017-Spring), Australia (Workshops Chair & VTS Liaison Chair)

• IEEE SmartGridComm 2016 (Technical Program Chair)

• First International Workshop on Automotive IoT (Auto-IoT 2015), in conjunction with IEEE Worlf

• Forum-Internet of Things 2015, Milan, Italy (Co-General Chair)

• 22nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2015), Technically Sponsored by IEEE, Sydney, Australia (Technical Program Co-Chair)

• International Conferences on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS2014), Technically Sponsored by IEEE, Gold Coast, Australia (General Chair)

• IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC 2014), Sydney, Australia (Technical Program Chair)

• IEEE/CIC International Conf. on Communications in China (ICCC 2013), Xi’an, China (General Chair)

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2012), Anaheim, CA (Symposia Chair)

• IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2012),

• Sydney, Australia (Technical Program Chair)

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada (Tutorials Co-Chair)

• IEEE Wireless Commun. and Net. Conf. (WCNC 2012), Paris, France (TPC Vice Chair – Networks Track)

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011), Kyoto, Japan (TPC Vice Chair)

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, FL (Technical Program Co-Chair, Wireless Networking Symposium)

• IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey (Track Chair: Mobile and Wireless Networks)

• IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC 2010), Cape town, South Africa (Workshops Chair)

• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. (WCNC 2010), Sydney, Australia (General Chair)

• More than 250 other conference involvements as a chair, TPC member before 2010.

Other

• Guest Editor for over 30 issues at IEEE Journals and Magazines, including the latest ones for:

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 2025, Integrating Generative AI into Future Internet of Vehicles (IoV)

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025, Large Language Models (LLM) for Intelligent Network Operation and Optimization in the Internet of Things

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025, Integrating Generative AI and Future Internet of Things: Mutual Enhancement and Cooperation

  • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2025, Green and Sustainable Mobile Edge Networks in Generative AI Era

  • IEEE Network Magazine, 2024, Internet of Robotics for Sustainable Development

• Advisory Committee Member, Technical Program Committee Member, and Reviewer for more than 250 other conferences since 1994.

• Technical Editor, Associate Editor, Reviewer for many IEEE and non-IEEE journals since 1996

Qualifications

During my 35 years of being a volunteer for IEEE and over 20 years for VTS, I have gained experience in VTS members’ needs, in relation to publications, conferences, education, and industry involvements. VTS has made great professional achievements in the past decades, with great potential to increase its membership further in all regions. As an active member in Region 10, I will be able to help with VTS’s long-term strategies to extend its borders within the fastest-growing region and establish strategic collaborations with the universities and industries. Vehicular Technology Society has major interests in wireless and mobile communications, and we see large portion of technical papers in VTS sponsored journals and conferences in those areas. My mobile communications expertise and well-known face in the region and the world in mobile communications in general and in vehicular networks will be imperative to the progress of the VTS and to the VTS BoG in its long-term strategic planning and administration. My research background will also be important to key VTS area of Connected and Autonomous Vehicular Systems.

I attained irreplaceable experiences from my volunteer work in IEEE and its societies and as a long-term member of the VTS, I want to continue my contributions to the VTS BoG and devote further to the future of my home Society and its members. My experiences as a VTS BoG member since 2014 and a society member for over 20 years, as an editor and Editor-in-Chief, as a conference chair, and so on, can be utilized for the good of the VTS in different sections of its activities. I can continue bringing new ideas and initiatives for new VTS conferences, journals and other services that would bring new members from academia and industry to the VTS.

Major Accomplishments

I have spent my entire post-doctoral career in academia, currently serving as the Chair Professor of Ubiquitous Mobile Networking at the University of Sydney since 1998. Over the years, I have supervised 90 graduate research students at the University of Sydney and contributed to the development of several educational curricula. My research, with an h-index of 65, has made a significant impact in the field of wireless and mobile communications. I have also served as an assessor for major research funding bodies, including ARC Australia, the European Research Council, NSERC Canada, NSF, ESF, and several agencies in the Asia-Pacific. Additionally, I’ve been a consultant for several telecommunications companies worldwide.

As a BoG member of IEEE VTS, I contributed to the fellow evaluation committee (Chair 2017-2019), publications committee, and mobile radio committee and led the editorship of the VTS Mobile World 2016-19. As the Chair of fellow evaluation committee and chair of long-range planning committee of the VTS, and in the position of Executive Vice President of the VTS, I have put significant efforts in improving the position and influence of the VTS among IEEE societies. During 2020-21 I was the President of the VTS, and I could enhance the VTS membership services and finances, the Society’s position within the IEEE Technical Activities Board, and establish joint membership with ITSS. Since Jan 2022, I have been the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, during which I could reduce papers review time, establish CAVS technical area, and be responsive to our authors. Currently I am also the VTS Treasurer and assist with the financial matters of Society. I was also the Vice-President Conferences, IEEE Communications Society 2012-13. In that position, I was responsible for around 35 portfolio conferences, and during my term I created two new major conferences among other achievements.

Statement: Over the past three decades, I have actively contributed to IEEE publications as an Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Reviewer, and Author. I have also served IEEE conferences in various roles, including General Chair, Technical Program Chair, Track Chair, TPC member, Reviewer, and Author. Through attending numerous IEEE meetings and engaging with members across all levels, I’ve gained a deep understanding of how IEEE and its Societies and Councils operate and what members value most.

Members consistently seek clear communication, fair and timely peer review, high-quality publications and conferences, strong industry engagement, financial transparency, and overall value for their time and investment.

If elected to the VTS Board of Governors, I will:
 

• Strengthen review process and publication policies to ensure positive and fair experience for all VTS members.

• Actively listen to members’ feedback and represent their interests in governance.

• Promote dedicated publication opportunities for industry authors and balanced editorial representation from academia and industry.

• Encourage and support the involvement of early-career researchers in VTS editorial and conference activities.

• Advocate for increased funding opportunities to support student and early-career researcher participation, and from developing countries.

With your support, I aim to foster a more inclusive, responsive, and high-impact Vehicular Technology Society for all members.

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YOUSEF KIMIAGAR

Biography: Yousef Kimiagar is an accomplished executive with over 35 years of international experience at senior technical and managerial positions. He is globally recognized as a leader in developing standards for advanced train control systems. As a VP at Hatch, he is the global discipline lead for Advanced Technologies in Rail Systems. Highlights of his contribution to the industry include research and development of advanced train control systems in compliance with IEEE, IEC and CENELEC standards. Additional contributions include his roles as Board Member of IEEE Standard Association, Senior Member IEEE, Fellow and Board Member of the IRSE, Chair of the Standards Committees and Chair of the Global Technical Conferences.
 

Yousef is a registered Professional Engineer in Canada and graduated from University of Waterloo with a Master’s degree in Management Sciences MMSc., a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from IUST and an Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Implications for Business Strategy from MIT.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

• Board member IEEE SASB 2022-20204

• Member IEEE SASB New Standards Committee (NesCom) 2022

• Member IEEE SASB Standards Review Committee (RevCom) 2023-2025

• Chair IEEE VT/CBTC-SIG Standards Committee 2021-Present

• Chair IEEE Standards 1474 series working group – 2019-Present

• Chair IEEE VT-Standing Committee, Land Transportation 2024-Present

Society

• Member IEEE VTS 2017-Present 

• Member IEEE Biometric Council 2017-Present

Conferences

• Chair IRSE annual CBTC International Conference 2016-Present

• Organizing Committee member IEEE INNOVARAIL Conference 2025

The Vehicular Technology Society covers a broad spectrum of our transportation industry. I have gained valuable experience through decades of working in the industry managing large projects, developing state of the art products as well as developing the related standards. I am currently serving as the Vice President Land Transportation bringing together the practical, entrepreneurial and academia knowledge together at VTS.

Qualifications

In this capacity as the Board Member, I will capitalize on my credentials and continue on these fronts helping our industry prioritize areas of focus. Of outmost important tasks, it is balancing the engagement of the industry practitioners, academia, regulators and standards developers.
 

Another important area that needs more attention is the emerging technologies that are sweeping all industries. Bringing my knowledge and credential from MIT, I will emphasize looking deeper in AI and the subcategories that have surged in recent years. While there has been good progress made by some societies, but we need a more coordinated and coherent approach to avoid duplications and possibly contradictions.

Major Accomplishments

• IEEE VT Magazine “Land Transportation Columns”, March 2025

• Railway Age “Advanced Train Control Systems Standards”, October 2024

• Railway Age “History of the IEEE CBTC & Signaling Standards ”, October 2022

Statement: I am willing to stand for election to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and if elected agree to undertake the duties of the post, including attending face to face Board of Governor meetings (currently three per year), and taking responsibility for an area of Society activity as directed by the President.

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ALON NEWTON

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 eventually migrated to Canada and worked for a few international and US employers and startup companies for over 15 years. In 2011 I moved to Seattle, WA and have been working for Microsoft, Pivotal Commware & Ossia. 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 used to climb, hike, ski, and dive.

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

• IEEE Seattle Section Vice Chair 2016

• IEEE Seattle Section Chair 2017/18

• IEEE Seattle Section Past Chair 2019/20

• IEEE R6 NW Area Chair (2020 – present)

• IEEE AI New Era Conference 2024 Treasurer (present)

• 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)

  • I am R6 NW Area Chair (2019 – present)

  • I was a nominee for R6 Director Elect in 2024

Sections/Chapters

• IEEE Vancouver Section (1997 – present)

• IEEE Seattle Section (2015 – present)

Student Branches

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

Society

• Comsoc

  • IEEE Comsoc member (1997 – present)

• VTS

  • IEEE VTS member (2000 – present)

• PHO

  • IEEE Photonics member (1999 – 2002)

• ITSS

  • 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

• AI New Era

  • I was the treasurer for IEEE AI New Era conference 2024

• CCECE2025

  • I am the General Co-Chair for CCECE 2025
     

Qualifications

Coming from industry, I have a lot of experience working for large & small organizations. My journey also includes working in different countries, different languages & cultures. I am registered as a Professional Engineer in Israel and as P.Eng in Canada. I was a member of other organizations over the years such as OSA & SCTE but since I changed jobs, I did not renew those memberships. I was an ISO auditor, and a Six Sigma Green Belt certified through my former workplaces.

Major Accomplishments

• Expended the IEEE Vancouver Joint Communications Chapter to include Broadcast Technologies, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Information Theory & Society and Photonics (formerly LEOS). It already included the 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 Regions 1-7 & Region10 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 currently 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.

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NEELI R. PRASAD

Biography: Dr. Neeli R. Prasad is a global authority in vehicular technologies, cybersecurity, AI, and digital privacy, with over two decades of leadership across academia, industry, and startups. She is CEO & Co-Founder of SmartAvatar B.V. (Netherlands) and CTO & Co-Founder of TrustedMobi (USA), championing secure and human-centric mobility ecosystems. She previously served as a Professor at Aarhus University (Denmark) and founded the “Living Lab” at Aalborg University, a pioneering testbed for IoT-driven smart systems. Her work has shaped automotive cybersecurity standards, advised multinationals such as Cisco and Huawei, and impacted governmental policy on digital infrastructure globally.

A committed IEEE leader since 1991, Dr. Prasad currently serves as VTS Vice President, Membership Development; Chair, Volunteer Engagement; and a BoG member. She has led diverse IEEE initiatives fostering global outreach, diversity, and industry-academic collaboration. She has chaired or co-chaired over 40 global IEEE conferences, including IEEE GLOBECOM and WPMC. With 200+ publications, several books, and extensive EU and US project leadership, she continues to drive ethical innovation. Her vision fuses inclusivity, sustainability, and real-world impact to ensure VTS remains a beacon of technical excellence and social relevance.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

• WIE Treasurer (2023 – present)

• 2024 non-voting Corresponding member of the MGA Finance Committee 

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Position History:

  • 2023-Present Elected BoG Member (Board of Governors)

  • 2022-Present Volunteer Engagement Committee Chair (Volunteer Engagement Committee)

  • 2022-Present Membership Committee Chair (Membership Committee)

  • 2020-Present Vice President Membership (Executive Committee)

  • 2020-Present Long Range Planning Committee Member (Long Range Planning Committee)

  • 2019-2021 Elected BoG Member (Board of Governors) 

  • Member, VTS Synergy Ad Hoc Committee

  • Chair, VTS Volunteer Engagement Committee

• IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative, VTS Liaison and Chair of Digital privacy for healthcare subgroup (2021 – present)

• IEEE-USA IEEE-USA’s Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy (CTAP), IEEE VTS Liaison (2020 – present)

• VTS Liaison to IEEE Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy (2020 – present)

• IEEE Communication Society Technical Committees Board in the Industry Outreach Board, voting member (2020 - 2021)

• Vice chair and Patronage Chair, IEEE Communication Society GIMS (2020 –present)

• GIMS Advisor, IEEE ICC 2024, Denver, USA 

• GIMS Advisor, IEEE ICC 2020, Dublin, Ireland

• Member and Chair of the Marketing, Strategy, and Staff Liaison Group, IEEE Communication Society Globecom/ICC Management & Strategy Committee (COMSOC GIMS) (2017 – present)

• ComSoc GIMS Keynote subgroup Chair (2020 – present)

Sections/Chapters

• Volunteer: IEEE Vehicular Technology and Communication Society Joint Chapter, Benelux (1997 – 2001)

• Volunteer: IEEE Vehicular Technology and Communication Society Joint Chapter, Denmark (2004 – 2014) 

• COMSOC Santa Clara Valley Chapter Co-Vice Chair

Student Branches

• Volunteer: IEEE Student Branch, Delft University of Technology (1991 – 1996)

• Counselor: IEEE Student Branch, Aalborg (2005 – 2014)

Society

• Chair, IEEE Communications Society: Social Networking Technical Committee (2018 – 2020)

• Vice-Chair, IEEE Communications Society: Social Networking Technical Committee (2015 – 2017)

• Standards Liaison, IEEE Communications Society: Communication & Information Security Technical Committee

Conferences

• Student volunteer for the combined conference on Personal Indoor & Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’94), September 18-22, 1994 and Wireless Computer Networks (WCN), September 21-23, 1994, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Public Relations In-charge and student volunteer of IEEE-Student Branch Symposium Organizing Committee, symposium on “Electronic Displays”, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

• Session Chair at First International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC’98), Nov. 4-6, 1998, Yokosuka, Japan.

• Member and volunteer of organizing committee of VTC 1999-Fall and functioned as secretary of technical program committee, September 1999, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• Session Chairperson at Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2002), Oct. 27 – 30, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

• Technical Program Committee Secretary for WPMC 2004, September 12 - 15, 2004, Abano Therme, Italy.

• Organizing committee member, IWS 2005, Aalborg, Denmark (IEEE Technical sponsor)

• Technical Program Committee Co-chair, WPMC 2005, 2005, Aalborg, Denmark (IEEE Technical sponsor)

• Chair of Workshop; and Panel Organizer and Moderator on WSNs at IEEE VTC 2007 Spring, Dublin, Ireland, April 2007

• Co-organizer of 1st IEEE workshop on Wireless Mesh and Sensor networks/IEEE Globecom 2007, Washington DC, USA

• Symposium co-chair, IEEE Sensor Network Security, IEEE ISSNIP 2007, Melbourne, Australia, December 3-6, 2007

• TPC Co-chair WPMC 2007, Jaipur, India, December 2007 

• Co-organizer of 2nd IEEE workshop on Wireless Mesh and Sensor networks/IEEE Globecom 2008, Nov. 30, 2008, New Orleans, USA

• Co-Chair WILLOPAN2008/COMSWARE 2008, Bangalore, India, January 2008

• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, WiMOB 2009, Turin, Italy

• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair Wireless Vitae 2009, Aalborg, Denmark

• Chair, 9th European Commission Future Internet Assembly (FIA), Aalborg, Denmark, 2012

• Track chair for IEEE Globecom and ICC 2011 - 2014

• Executive co-chair, IEEE Globecom 2015, San Diego, USA 

• Track chair IEEE CCNC 2017

• Track chair, IEEE Globecom 2022

• Co-TPC, WPMC 2022, Herning, Denmark (IEEE Technical sponsor)

• Program co-Chair, Eighth International Symposium on Women in Computing and Informatics (WCI'22), August 31 – September 2, 2022, Trivandrum, India

• Keynote Chair, IEEE BlackSeaCom 2022, 6–9 June 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria

• Co-TPC, WPMC 2023, Tampa, Florida (IEEE Technical sponsor)

• General Co-Chair, WPMC 2024, Nodia, India (IEEE Technical sponsor)

• Panels Chair, IEEE VCC 2024

• General Co-Chair, WPMC 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria (IEEE Technical sponsor)

• Treasurer, IEEE WIE ILC 2025, San Jose, USA

• Sponsorship Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV 2025), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
   

Other

• Distinguished Lecturer: IEEE ComSoc (2025-2026)

• Distinguished Lecturer: IEEE ComSoc for Security and IoT (2013 – 2014)

• Organizer Summer Schools on WSN

• Lifelong learning schools

• Keynote, invited speaker and panelist

• CTO roundtables

• Master and PhD courses

• Advisor to European Commission projects

• GIMS/GITC COMSOC Keynote Working Group Chair

Qualifications

My qualifications for the VTS BoG stem from a career defined by cross-disciplinary innovation, global collaboration, and leadership across academia, industry, and startups. With deep expertise in vehicular technology, cybersecurity, and AI-driven systems, I bring a unique blend of technical, strategic, and organizational skills to advance VTS’s mission.

• Cross-Sector Leadership & Multi-Stakeholder Expertise
  Having worked in startups, Multinationals, and academia, I understand the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of research, commercialization, and policy. My experience managing multi-stakeholder projects—from EU-funded initiatives to automotive cybersecurity frameworks—has honed my ability to align diverse priorities, secure funding, and deliver impactful outcomes.

• IEEE Institutional Knowledge & Community Building
  As an IEEE volunteer since 1991, I have spearheaded initiatives that strengthen global engagement. For instance, in my role with COMSOC’s Global Industry Marketing and Patronage (GIMS), I cultivated partnerships with industry (speakers, panelists, etc.). My focus on fostering diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments has driven initiatives to engage early-career professionals, women, and global stakeholders.

• Conference Leadership & Collaborative Events
  I have a proven track record in organizing large-scale, interdisciplinary events. As Executive Chair of IEEE GLOBECOM 2015 and Organizing Chair of the European Commission’s Future Internet Week (2012), I bridged academia, industry, and startups to create platforms for knowledge exchange and innovation. These events set benchmarks for attendance, sponsorship, and technical quality—elements I aim to replicate or enhance within VTS conferences and workshops. Organizing successful social events, such as new VTS members and first-time attendees at VTCs.

With a Ph.D. in wireless communications, 200+ publications, and a passion for mentorship, I am committed to empowering the next generation of engineers. My multifaceted background equips me to drive VTS’s strategic goals while ensuring it remains a beacon of innovation and inclusivity in a rapidly evolving mobility landscape.

Major Accomplishments

• Conference Leadership & Collaborative Excellence
  As Executive Chair of IEEE GLOBECOM 2015 and Organizing Chair of the European Commission’s Future Internet Week (2012), I united diverse technical, industry, and academic committees to deliver high-impact events. By aligning competing priorities and fostering teamwork, we achieved record attendance, sponsorship, and cross-sector participation. Eg., brought together 2000+ (70+ countries) in Globecom 2015 and in Future Internet Week 600+ global stakeholders, including startups, policymakers, and multinationals, to shape EU digital agendas. My leadership ensured seamless execution, balancing rigorous technical programs with industry-driven innovation showcases, setting a benchmark for interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Global Project Management & Cross-Continental Coordination
  As coordinator of EU and industry-funded projects (e.g., FP7, Horizon 2020), I managed multi-partner consortia across 15+ countries in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. These initiatives required harmonizing academic research, corporate R&D, and entrepreneurial ventures under tight deadlines. One project focused on IoT involved 32 partners, resulting in book chapters, 50+ publications, etc. My ability to bridge cultural, disciplinary, and geographical divides ensured milestones were met, securing €14M+ in follow-on funding and advancing technologies now deployed in wellness, smart cities and connected vehicles.

• Membership Growth & Inclusive Engagement Strategies
  As VTS VP Membership and ComSoc GIMS, I focused on initiatives to expand global participation and prioritize social inclusion. For ComSoc, redesigned keynote guidelines and patronage plans for flagship conferences (ICC, GLOBECOM). For VTS, I am working on mentorship programs and regional outreach campaigns, working together with Local chapters, YP and WIE program retention, raising membership by 26%. Organized successful social events for new VTS members and first-time attendees at VTCs.

These contributions reflect to drive results through strategic vision, operational agility, and a commitment to inclusivity—ensuring organizations achieve technical excellence while advancing their global and societal impact.
 

Statement: If elected to the VTS Board of Governors, I will champion a forward-thinking, inclusive, and collaborative vision for the Society.

My top priorities are:
 

• Bridging Academia and Industry: Launch global hackathons and challenge-driven events that connect research with real-world mobility needs, fostering co-creation between academia, startups, and corporate stakeholders.

• Expanding Global Participation: Deepen outreach in underrepresented regions—particularly South-East Asia, Africa, and Latin America—through grassroots mentorship programs, strengthened local chapters, and impactful events.

• Empowering Members: Establish a structured mentorship initiative connecting seasoned professionals with early-career members, driving two-way learning, retention, and leadership development within the VTS community.

• Advancing Ethical Innovation: Position VTS at the forefront of policy dialogue on emerging technologies. We will not only lead workshops on ethical AI and crisis-resilient mobility, but also actively engage in shaping global regulatory frameworks—providing feedback and technical insight to initiatives like the EU AI Act, U.S. Executive Orders, Japan’s AI policy landscape, and emerging efforts in Korea, Taiwan, and beyond.

By aligning VTS initiatives with real-world needs and societal imperatives, I aim to foster a community that drives technical excellence while shaping a secure, equitable, and sustainable future for mobility worldwide.

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JOAO PEDRO F. TROVAO

Biography: Joao Pedro F. Trovao received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2004 and 2013, respectively. From 2000 to 2014, he held teaching and research roles at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra—ISEC. Since 2014, he has been with the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, where he is a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds the Canada Research Chair in Efficient Electric Vehicles with Hybridized Energy Storage Systems. He is the Founding Director of the electric-Transport, Energy Storage and Conversion (e-TESC) Laboratory, leading research in electric mobility, hybrid energy storage, energy management, and advanced powertrain design.

Dr. Trovao has authored or co-authored over 245 journal and conference papers and leads numerous R&D initiatives with academic and industry partners. He has served as Principal Investigator on several funded projects and played key roles in international events, including General Chair of IEEE VPPC 2018 and Technical Program Chair for VPPC 2024. He also led the IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenges in 2021 and 2022.

A Senior Member of IEEE VTS, he is a Senior Editor for IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine and Guest Editor for special issues in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. His work has been recognized for advancing energy-efficient transportation systems, and he remains committed to mentoring early-career researchers and developing next-generation mobility solutions.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

• VTS Motor Challenge Committee Member

• Vehicular Power and Propulsion Committee Member

• Steering Committee of IEEE VPPC

Regions

• Region 07 (Canada)

Sections/Chapters

• Montreal

Society

• Present Senior Editor - Automotive Electronics (VTM Editorial Board)

Conferences

• IEEE VPPC 2023: Member of the Technical Program Committee

• IEEE VPPC 2022: Member of the Technical Program Committee

• IEEE VPPC 2021: Member of the Technical Program Committee, Chair (Lead) Track 5 – Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Transportation Systems.

• IEEE VPPC 2020: Member of the Technical Program Committee, Chair (Lead) Track 5 – Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Transportation Systems and Co-chair of Special Session Track #SS6 -Application of Wide Bandgap Devices (SiC/GaN) Based Power Electronics Systems for E-mobility.

• IEEE VPPC 2019: Member of the Technical Program Committee, Publication Chair and Chair of Special Session Track #SS11: Multiphase Machines, Multimachine Systems and Special Machines for Electrified Vehicles.

Other

• 2019-present, Automotive Electronics Senior Editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine

• Tutorial speaker at 2024 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, Washington, DC, USA, Oct. 2024.

• Tutorial speaker at 2023 14th International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS), Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2023, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/ICCAIS59597.2023.10382291.

• Keynote speaker at 2022 13th International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS), Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2022.

• Keynote speaker at Student Forum 2021 (SF’2021), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, Jan. 2022.

• Keynote speaker at 6th Vietnam Conference on Control and Automation (VCCA-2021), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nov. 2021.

Qualifications

I have over 20 years of experience in electric mobility and energy systems and have been an active IEEE VTS contributor through leadership in conferences, publications, and technical challenges. I served as General Chair of IEEE VPPC 2018 and Technical Program Chair for VPPC 2024, as well as General Chair of the IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenges in 2021 and 2022, helping advance innovation in electric vehicle technologies.

I currently serve as Senior Editor for IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine and have been Guest Editor for leading VTS publications. As Canada Research Chair in Efficient Electric Vehicles, I lead the e-TESC Lab and have authored over 245 publications.

Major Accomplishments

Within IEEE VTS, I’ve had the opportunity to contribute meaningfully by helping organize the first two joint editions of VPPC and VTC-Fall, in 2018 and again in 2024. As General Chair of VPPC in 2018, I led the first-ever co-location of these two flagship conferences. This initiative brought together the transportation and wireless communication communities, encouraging stronger collaboration and attracting broad participation. My continued involvement in the 2024 edition helped build on this momentum, reinforcing the interdisciplinary links between the Society’s core areas and supporting VTS’s strategic development.

On the professional side, one of my most significant contributions has been the creation and leadership of the electric-Transport, Energy Storage and Conversion (e-TESC) Laboratory at the University of Sherbrooke, where I hold the Canada Research Chair in Efficient Electric Vehicles with Hybridized Energy Storage Systems. Since founding the lab, I’ve led a multidisciplinary team that includes 3 faculty members, 2 postdoctoral researchers, 8 PhD students, and 2 research assistants. Our work—fully funded through external grants—focuses on electric mobility, hybrid energy storage, energy management, and next-generation powertrains. The lab is known for its applied, collaborative approach and strong ties with both industry and academia.

To date, I’ve authored or co-authored more than 245 peer-reviewed publications and lead several national and international research projects in close partnership with academic institutions, companies, and public agencies.

Statement: I believe the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society plays a central role in advancing innovation and facilitating knowledge exchange in wireless communications, land transportation, and motor vehicles—the three pillars that define its technical scope. As these areas evolve rapidly, particularly with the growing importance of electric mobility, energy systems, and intelligent transportation, VTS must remain a leading platform for collaboration and forward-looking research.

If elected to the Board of Governors, I will work to strengthen the Society’s global presence by enhancing the quality and visibility of our conferences, journals, and standards initiatives. Ensuring our technical activities remain relevant, inclusive, and aligned with emerging challenges is essential to maintaining VTS’s leadership.

Supporting young professionals and early-career researchers is a key part of my vision. I will promote mentorship, networking, and development opportunities to help them grow and engage with the Society. These efforts are vital to cultivating the next generation of contributors and leaders.

Having served as General Chair and TPC Chair for flagship VTS events, Senior Editor of Vehicular Technology Magazine, and in other editorial and organizational roles, I bring experience and strong commitment. I look forward to continuing to serve VTS and contributing to its strategic growth and impact.

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LIAN ZHAO

Biography: Professor Lian Zhao received her Ph.D. degree from University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2002. She joined the Department of ELCE at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Canada, in 2003 and has been a professor since 2014. Her research interests include wireless communications, mobile edge computing and communications, IoV, AI for communications, etc.

She has been nominated as an IEEE Fellow in 2024, an IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (DL) in 2022, and an IEEE ComSoc DL in 2020-2021; received the Best Land Transportation Paper Award from IEEE VTS in 2016 and 2024, Top 15 Editor Award in 2016 for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Best Paper Award from the 2013 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Opportunity Research Award in 2005.

She has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. She is serving as the TPC Chair for VTC2025-Fall. She served as a Co-Chair of Wireless Communication Symposium for IEEE Globecom 2025/2020 and IEEE ICC 2018; Finance Co-Chair for 2021 ICASSP; Local Arrangement Co-Chair for IEEE VTC Fall 2017 and IEEE Infocom 2014, and Co-Chair of Communication Theory Symposium for IEEE Globecom 2013; She founded IEEE Vehicular Technology Chapter and served as the founding Chair of IEEE Toronto Section since 2018. She is serving as a VTS Regional Chapter Coordinator for Region 7 and Vice-Chair for IEEE Toronto Section.

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

Committees/Boards

• Editorship

  • Senior Editor, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, 2024-now

  • Associate EiC, ChinaCom, 2023-now

  • Editor, IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, 2013-2021.

  • Editor, IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, 2019-2025.

  • Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2019-2025.

  • Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2017-2019.

• IEEE VTS BoG member, 2023-2025

Regions

• Central Area Representative, IEEE Canada’s External Relations Committee, 2024

• Chair, Professional Relationships Committee, Region 7, IEEE Canada, 2020.

Sections/Chapters

• Founding Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Chapter, IEEE Toronto Section, 2018-present.

• Vice-Chair, IEEE Toronto Section, Jan. 2024 -- now

Student Branches

• IEEE Ryerson Student Branch Councilor, 2005-2015.

Society

• IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (2022-2025).

• IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2020-2021).

Conferences

• Conference Chairs and Workshop Organizers

  • TPC Chair, VTC2025-Fall

  • Leading Symposium Chair, IEEE Globecom 2025

  • Industry Panel co-Chair, IEEE Globecom 2024

  • Leading Symposium Chair, PIMRC 2023

  • Finance Co-Chair, IEEE ICASSP 2021.

  • Workshop Chair, IEEE EPEC (Electrical Power and Energy Conference) 2021.

  • Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE Globecom, 2020.

  • General Chair, IEEE Greencom, 2018.

  • Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE ICC, 2018.

  • Workshop Organizer, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communication in China, 2018.

  • Workshop Organizer, IEEE VTC2017-Fall

  • Local Arrangement Chair, IEEE VTC2017-Fall.

  • Workshop Organizer, IEEE/CIC ICCC, 2015.

  • Local Arrangement Chair, IEEE Infocom 2014.

  • Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE Globecom, 2013.

Other

• Organize major local event/workshops

• IEEE Toronto Section Leaders of Tomorrow, 2024.

• IEEE ComSoc Frontier Networking Symposium, 2023.
   

Qualifications

Prof. Lian Zhao is an exceptional researcher, highly respected within the professional community. Her research achievements are reflected in over 250 high-quality publications, primarily in IEEE transactions and leading conferences. She has twice received the IEEE VTS Best Land Transportation Paper Award, in 2016 and 2024, which recognizes the best paper on land transportation published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) over the preceding four years. She has been nominated as an IEEE Fellow in 2024, a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) for IEEE ComSoc in 2019 and for VTS in 2022.

Lian has made outstanding contributions to professional service as a senior editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (2024–present) and Associate Editor-in-Chief for ChinaCom (2023–present). She has also served as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2019–2025), IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2019–2025), and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2013–2020). In addition to her editorial roles, Lian has contributed to multiple IEEE conference organization committees, holding positions such as General Chair, TPC Chair, Symposium Chair, Finance Chair, Workshop Chair, and Local Arrangements Chair. In recognition of her outstanding editorial work, she was awarded the Top 15 Editor Award from IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology in 2016.

Lian is the founder of the IEEE VTS Chapter of the Toronto Section and currently serves as its founding chair. She also chaired the Professional Development Committee of IEEE Canada in 2020. Her leadership has been recognized with the IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award in 2018 and the IEEE Outstanding New Leader Award in 2021, both from the IEEE Toronto Section.
 

A passionate advocate for the advancement of society, Lian is a successful and inspiring female researcher and leader. She is dedicated to attracting more individuals from underrepresented groups to join IEEE and pursue careers in engineering.

Major Accomplishments

Lian is the founding Chair of the Toronto VTS Chapter. For many years, the VTS and seven other societies operated under a joint chapter. In 2018, under Lian's initiative, the VTS Toronto Chapter became an independent chapter. Over the years, the VTS Chapter has actively hosted numerous in-person meetings, distinguished lectures, workshops, and conference support. These initiatives have provided members with valuable opportunities for networking, professional development, while also fostering greater membership development. In recognition of her leadership and the Chapter's success, Lian was honored with the "2021 Outstanding New Leader Award" by the IEEE Toronto Section. Since 2023, she has continued to play an integral role in the IEEE Toronto Section, organizing impactful events that have attracted new members and volunteers to join the leadership team.

Lian’s leadership extends beyond local initiatives, as she has played a key role in organizing several prominent IEEE conferences, including IEEE VTC, Globecom, ICC, PIMRC, and ICASSP. In these conferences, she has held a variety of positions, showcasing her ability to manage and coordinate complex events while ensuring their success and relevance. Her exceptional leadership has earned her prestigious roles, including General Chair for the CCECE in 2027 and TPC Chair for IEEE VTC 2025-Fall.

In addition to her organizational work, Lian has contributed significantly to academic publishing. She served as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2013–2021), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2019–2025), and IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2019–2025). Currently, she serves as a Senior Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters and Associate Editor-in-Chief for ChinaCom. Throughout her editorial career, she has consistently demonstrated professionalism and dedication, ensuring timely and fair editorial decisions. For her exemplary service, she was awarded the Top 15 Editor Award for her outstanding contributions to TVT in 2016.

Statement: VTS is a global professional organization at the forefront of advancing intelligent vehicular technologies and mobile communications through high-quality publications, international conferences, technology committees, standards development, and educational initiatives. If elected, I will dedicate myself to serving VTS and advancing its vision by addressing the lifelong learning needs of its members, driving standards creation, disseminating new technologies, and fostering networking opportunities through the following initiatives:

• Promote recognition of members' achievements, excellence, and contributions, while
  providing robust mentorship to junior members to support their professional growth.

• Strengthen industry engagement in various technical activities, creating more opportunities
  for connections, collaboration, training, and partnerships between academia, education, and
  industry.

• Enhance VTS’s leadership position and its connections with other societies through
  conferences, tutorials, online content, and publications.

• Initiate new programs and activities focused on emerging technologies and encourage
  interdisciplinary collaborations, with a special emphasis on involving junior researchers and
  engineers.

• Foster diversity and inclusion, supporting underrepresented members from diverse
  geographical regions, and actively engaging members worldwide to share ideas, collaborate,
  and network.

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