Biographical note

Qiang Ye received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2016. From December 2016 to September 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Research Associate with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo. Since September 2019, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, USA. His research interests include network slicing for 5G networks, edge intelligence for autonomous vehicular networks, artificial intelligence for future networking, protocol design, and performance analysis for the Internet of Things. He was a Technical Program Committee (TPC) Members for several international conferences, including the IEEE GLOBECOM’20, VTC’17, VTC’20, and ICPADS’20. He is an editor of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (SAGE Publishing) and Wireless Networks (SpringerNature), and an Area Editor of the Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks (SpringerNature).

Weihua Zhuang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1993 from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. She has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, since 1993, where she is a University Professor and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Wireless Communication Networks. Dr. Zhuang was a recipient of the 2021 Women's Distinguished Career Award from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2021 R. A. Fessenden Award from the IEEE Canada, 2017 Technical Recognition Award in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks from the IEEE Communications Society, and a co-recipient of several Best Paper Awards from international conferences. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology from 2007 to 2013, Technical Program Chair/Co-Chair of IEEE VTC 2017/2016 Fall, and Technical Program Symposia Chair of IEEEGlobecom 2011. She is an elected member of the Board of Governors and Vice President for Publications of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. She was an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer from 2008 to 2011. Dr. Zhuang is a Fellow of the IEEE, Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Engineering Institute of Canada.