Zhangyu Guan

Assistant Professor

Wireless Intelligent Networking and Security Lab
Department of Electrical Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York



Address: 221 Davis Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 - 1920
Phone: (716) 645-1147
Email: guan@buffalo.edu


Biography | Research | Team | Publications | Service | Teaching | Links


Opportunities

Volunteer research positions are available for undergraduate and master students, in areas of chipless RFID design, wireless UAV networks, mmWave networks, and AI/ML for/by wireless. If you are interested, please send an email with your CV/resume to guan@buffalo.edu.

News

Nov. 2022: The (free) registration is open for the 4th Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things. [Register Now]


Sept. 2022: Our work NEXT will be presented on 2022 IEEE FNWF WS5: Federated Testbed as a Service for Future Networks: Challenges & the State of the Art. NEXT provides an integrated software-defined testing environment for optimization and learning, software simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop experimentation for wireless networks.


Aug. 2022: Very excited to kick off our NSF SWIFT project. In this project, The University of Utah (lead) and University at Buffalo will collaborate to investigate DISH-uNET, a new paradigm for decentralized intelligent spectrum sharing in UAV networks via hardware-software co-design.


Aug. 2022: Very glad to start our new RFID project. In this project, WINGS lab will work with UB CMI and our industry partner to develop new antenna and sensing technologies for chipless RFID.


July 2022: Our work "OSWireless: Enhancing Automation for Optimizing Intent-Driven Software-Defined Wireless Networks" will be presented at IEEE MASS 2022. OSWireless provides a new control plane for principled programmable wireless networks with flexible network abstraction.


Biography

I am an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. I received my PhD in Communication and Information Systems from Shandong University in China in 2010. I was a visiting PhD student at University at Buffalo from 2009 to 2010. I also worked at University at Buffalo as a Postdoctoral Research Associate from 2012 to 2015. After that, I worked as an Associate Research Scientist with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, MA, from 2015 to 2018. I direct the Wireless Intelligent Networking and Security (WINGS) Lab at University at Buffalo, focusing on research and technology transfer in zero-touch theories and algorithms, new spectrum technologies, wireless network security, testbed design for future networks, and printable electronic circuits.

Current Research Areas

Zero-Touch Theories and Algorithms: Software-defined Networking, Operating System for Wireless Networks, Digital Twin/AI/ML for/by Wireless

New Spectrum Technologies: Spectrum Coexistence, mmWave/THz-band Networking, Space-Air-Ground Networks

Wireless Network Security: Protocol-Agnostic Sensing, Protocol Jamming/Anti-jamming

Testbed for Future Networks: NeXT (Digital Twin-Enabled Multi-Fidelity Network Simulator), UnionLabs (Cloud-based Platform for Testbed Sharing)

Printable Electronic Circuit : RFID

Team

Current Team


 Sabarish Krishna Moorthy (PhD Student, started Jan. 2019)
Operating System for Broadband Flying Networks
Robotics AI Intern, Bosch Research and Technology Center, Pittsburgh (Jan. 2022 - May 2022)
[Website]

Jiangqi Hu (PhD Student, started August 2019)
Fast-Convergent Online Reinforcement Learning for Flying Networks: Algorithms and Testbeds
[Website]

Maxwell McManus (PhD Student, started Jan. 2020)
Co-advised with Dr. Scott Pudlewski at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Domain Adaptation in Digital Twin-Enabled Wireless Networks
DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
[Website]

Liam Liu (PhD Student, started Aug. 2022)
Software-Defined Distributed Radar Systems
[Website]

Yuqing Cui (PhD Student, starting Jan. 2023)
Parallel/Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Networked Flying Vehicles
[Website]

Josh (Zhaoxi) Zhang (PhD Student, starting Jan. 2023)
Co-advised with Dr. Nick Mastronarde
Large-Scale Realtime Digital Twin Construction and Network Simulation
[Website]

Sidharth Santhinivas (PhD Student, starting Jan. 2023)
Hardware-Software Co-Design for Flying Vehicular Networks, UnionLabs
[Website]

Ishita Dhopeshwar (M.S. Thesis Student, started August 2021)
Circuit and Algorithm Design for Chipless Wireless Sensing and Communications

Zhiyuan Zhao (M.S. Thesis Student, started Jan. 2022)
Software-Defined Flying Networks

David Bone (M.S. Thesis Student, started Aug. 2022)
Zero-touch Software-Defined Wireless UAV Networks


WINGS Alumni

Ranjith Samuel Suresh Kumar (Master Student, Joined Esensors Inc.)

Ankush Hari (Master Student, Joined Qualcomm)

Chencheng Lu (Master Student, Joined Automotive Robotics Incorporated)

Tejas Kulkarni (Master Student, Joined Infineon Technologies)

Publications


Journal and Magazines

  • S. K. Moorthy, Z. Guan, "Beam Learning in MmWave/THz-band Drone Networks Under In-Flight Mobility Uncertainties," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1945-1957, June 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. K. Moorthy, M. McManus, Z. Guan, "ESN Reinforcement Learning for Spectrum and Flight Control in THz-Enabled Drone Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 782-795, April 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, L. Bertizzolo, E. Demirors, T. Melodia, "WNOS: Enabling Principled Software-Defined Wireless Networking," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1391-1407, June 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, H. Kulhandjian, T. Melodia, "Stochastic Channel Access in Underwater Networks With Statistical Interference Modeling," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 3020-3033, Oct. 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Cen, Z. Guan, T. Melodia, "Compressed Sensing based Low-Power Multi-view Video Coding and Transmission in Wireless Multi-path Multi-hop Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, accepted for publication, Dec. 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, L. Bertizzolo, E. Demirors, Z. Guan, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "CellOS: Zero-touch Softwarized Open Cellular Networks," Computer Networks (Elsevier), vol. 180, Oct. 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, N. Cen, T. Melodia, S. Pudlewski, "Joint Power, Association and Flight Control for Massive-MIMO Self-Organizing Flying Drones," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1491-1505, August 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Cen, Jithin Jagannath, Simone Moretti, Z. Guan, Tommaso Melodia, "LANET: Visible-Light Ad Hoc Network," Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), vol. 84, pp. 107-123, 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan and T. Melodia, "The Value of Cooperation: Minimizing User Costs in Multi-broker Mobile Cloud Computing Networks," IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 780-791, Oct.-Dec. 2017. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Cen, Z. Guan, and T. Melodia, "Inter-view Motion Compensated Joint Decoding of Compressive-Sampled Multi-view Video Streaming," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1117-1126, June 2017. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Zhang, Z. Guan, and T. Melodia, "United Against the Enemy: Anti-jamming Based on Cross-layer Cooperation in Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 5733-5747, Aug. 2016. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, G. E. Santagati, and T. Melodia, "Distributed Algorithms for Joint Channel Access and Rate Control in Ultrasonic Intra-body Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 3109-3122, Oct. 2016. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, T. Melodia, D. Yuan, and D. Pados, "Distributed Resource Management for Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks with Cooperative Relays," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1675-1689, June 2016. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, T. Melodia, and G. Scutari, "To Transmit or Not to Transmit? Distributed Queueing Games for Infrastructureless Wireless Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1153-1166, April 2016. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. Pudlewski, N. Cen, Z. Guan, and T. Melodia, "Video Transmission over Lossy Wireless Networks: A Cross-layer Perspective," IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 6-22, Feb. 2015. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan and T. Melodia, "Cloud-assisted Smart-camera Networks for Energy-efficient 3D Video Streaming," IEEE Computer, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 60-66, May 2014. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Jiali Xu, Z. Guan, "Joint Relay Selection and Cognitive Spectrum Access Based on Genetic Algorithm in Cooperative Wireless Networks," The Journal of New Industrialization, vol. 5, 2014.

  • Z. Guan, D. Yuan, H. Zhang, and L. Ding, "Cooperative Bargaining Solution for Efficient and Fair Spectrum Management in Cognitive Wireless Networks," International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 3441-3459, Nov. 2014. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, T. Melodia, and D. Yuan, "Jointly Optimal Rate Control and Relay Selection for Cooperative Wireless Video Streaming," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1173-1186, August 2013. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, D. Yuan, and H. Zhang, "Optimal and Fair Resource Allocation for Multiuser Wireless Multimedia Transmissions," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2009. [pdf] [bibtex]

Conference Papers

  • J. Hu, M. McManus, S. K. Moorthy, Y. Cui, Z. Guan, N. Mastronarde, E. S. Bentley, and M. Medley, "NeXT: A Software-Defined Testbed with Integrated Optimization, Simulation and Experimentation," in Proc. of IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF): WS5: Federated Testbed as a Service for Future Networks: Challenges & the State of the Art, Montreal, Canada, October 2022. [pdf] [bibtex] (Best Paper Award First Runner-up)

  • S. K. Moorthy, Z. Guan, N. Mastronarde, E. S. Bentley, M. Medley, "OSWireless: Enhancing Automation for Optimizing Intent-Driven Software-Defined Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Denver, Colorado, October 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • M. McManus, Z. Guan, N. Mastronarde, S. Zou, "On the Source-to-Target Gap of Robust Double Deep Q-Learning in Digital Twin-Enabled Wireless Networks," in Proc. of SPIE Conference Big Data IV: Learning, Analytics, and Applications, Orlando, Florida, April 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. K. Moorthy, A. Harindranath, M. McManus, Z. Guan, N. Mastronarde, E. S. Bentley, M. Medley, "A Middleware for Digital Twin-Enabled Flying Network Simulations Using UBSim and UB-ANC," in Proc. of IEEE DCOSS Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE), LA, California, June 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Mastronarde, D. Russell, Z. Guan, G. Sklivanitis, E. S. Bentley, M. Medley, "RF-SITL: A Software-in-the-loop Channel Emulator for UAV Swarm Networks," in Proc. of IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for UAV Swarms (SwarmNet), Belfast, United Kingdom, June 14-17, 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. K. Moorthy, C. Lu, Z. Guan, N. Mastronarde, G. Sklivanitis, D. Pados, E. S. Bentley, and M. Medley, "CloudRAFT: A Cloud-based Framework for Remote Experimentation for Mobile Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Communication and Networking for Swarms Robotics (RoboCom), Virtual Conference, January 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • J. Hu, S. K. Moorthy, A. Harindranath, Z. Guan, N. Mastronarde, E. S. Bentley, and S. Pudlewski, "SwarmShare: Mobility-Resilient Spectrum Sharing for Swarm UAV Networking in the 6 GHz Band," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON), Virtual Conference, July 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. K. Moorthy, Z. Guan, S. Pudlewski, E. S. Bentley, "FlyBeam: Echo State Learning for Joint Flight and Beamforming Control in Wireless UAV Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Virtual/Montreal, Canada, 14-24 June, 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • M. McManus, Z. Guan, E. S. Bentley, S. Pudlewski, "Experimental Analysis of Cross-Layer Sensing for Protocol-Agnostic Packet Boundary Recognition," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV Networks (WiSARN), Virtual Conference, May 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. K. Moorthy, Z. Guan, "FlyTera: Echo State Learning for Joint Access and Flight Control in THz-enabled Drone Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON), Como, Italy, June 2020. [pdf] [bibtex] [Video]

  • S. K. Moorthy, Z. Guan, "LeTera: Stochastic Beam Control Through ESN Learning in Terahertz-Band Wireless UAV Networks," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE), Toronto, Canada, July 2020. [pdf] [bibtex] [Video] [source code] (Best Paper Award Runner-Up)

  • A. Anand, R. S. Suresh Kumar, F. Malandra, Z. Sun, Z. Guan, "UBSpot: A Universal Broadband Flying Hotspot Experimental Testbed Toward Programmable Aerial-Ground Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Radio & Wireless Symposium (RWS): Internet of Things (IoT) and the mmWave Frontier, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 26-27 January 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bertizzolo, S. D'Oro, L. Ferranti, L. Bonati, E. Demirors, Z. Guan, T. Melodia, S. Pudlewski, "SwarmControl: An Automated Distributed Control Framework for Self-Optimizing Drone Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, Canada, July 2020. [pdf] [bibtex] [video]

  • L. Bertizzolo, E. Demirors, Z. Guan, T. Melodia, "CoBeam: Beamforming-based Spectrum Sharing With Zero Cross-Technology Signaling for 5G Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, Canada, July 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan and Tejas Kulkarni, "On the Effects of Mobility Uncertainties on Wireless Communications Between Flying Drones in the mmWave/THz Bands," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE), Paris, France, 29 April - 2 May 2019. [pdf] [bibtex] [source code]

  • N. Cen, N. Dave, E. Demirors, Z. Guan, T. Melodia, "LiBeam: Throughput-Optimal Cooperative Beamforming for Indoor Visible Light Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Paris, France, 29 April - 2 May 2019. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, Nan Cen, T. Melodia, Scott Pudlewski, "Self-Organizing Flying Drones with Massive MIMO Networking," in Proc. of Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net), Capri, Italy, June 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, L. Bertizzolo, E. Demirors, and T. Melodia, "Demo Abstract: WNOS: Software-defined Generation of Distributed Optimal Control Programs for Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Honolulu, HI, April 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, L. Bertizzolo, E. Demirors, and T. Melodia, "WNOS: An Optimization-based Wireless Network Operating System," in Proc. of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Los Angeles, USA, June 2018. [pdf] [bibtex] [source code]

  • Z. Guan and T. Melodia, "CU-LTE: Spectrally-Efficient and Fair Coexistence between LTE and Wi-Fi in Unlicensed Bands," in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), San Francisco, CA, USA, April 2016. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Cen, Z. Guan, and T. Melodia, "Multiview Wireless Video Streaming Based on Compressed Sensing: Architecture and Network Optimization," in Proc. of ACM Intl. Symp. on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Hangzhou, China, June 2015. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, G. E. Santagati, and T. Melodia, "Ultrasonic Intra-body Networking: Interference Modeling, Stochastic Channel Access and Rate Control," in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Hong Kong S.A.R., PRC, April 2015. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • J. Shi, Z. Guan, C. Qiao, T. Melodia, D. Koutsonikolas, and G. Challen, "Crowdsourcing Access Network Spectrum Allocation Using Smartphones," Poster in ACM International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile), Santa Fe, New Mexico, Feb. 2015. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • J. Shi, Z. Guan, C. Qiao, T. Melodia, D. Koutsonikolas, and G. Challen, "Crowdsourcing Access Network Spectrum Allocation Using Smartphones," in Proc. of ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), Los Angeles, California, USA, Oct. 2014. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Zhang, Z. Guan, and T. Melodia, "Cooperative Anti-jamming for Infrastructure-less Wireless Networks with Stochastic Relaying," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, Canada, April 2014. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Cen, Z. Guan, and T. Melodia, "Joint Decoding of Independently Encoded Compressive Multi-view Video Streams," in Proc. of Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), San Jose, CA, December 2013. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, T. Melodia, and G. Scutari, "Distributed Queuing Games in Interference-limited Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, T. Melodia, and D. Yuan, "Stochastic Channel Access for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Spatial and Temporal Interference Uncertainty," in Proc. of ACM Intl. Conf. on UnderWater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Los Angeles, CA, USA, November 2012. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, T. Melodia, D. Yuan, and D. A. Pados, "Distributed Spectrum Management and Relay Selection in Interference-Limited Cooperative Wireless Networks," in Proc. of ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, September 19-23, 2011. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan T. Melodia, and D. Yuan, "Optimizing Cooperative Video Streaming in Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Salt Like City, Utah, June 27-29, 2011. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, L. Ding, T. Melodia, and D. Yuan, "On the Effect of Cooperative Relaying on the Performance of Video Streaming Applications in Cognitive Radio Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 5-9, 2011. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, D. Yuan, and H. Zhang, "Co-opetition Strategy for Collaborative Multiuser Multimedia Resource Allocation," in Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Q. Jin, D. Yuan, and Z. Guan, "Distributed Geometric-Programming-Based Power Control in Cellular Cognitive Radio Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Barcelona, Spain, April. 26-29, 2009. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • Z. Guan, D. Yuan, and H. Zhang, "Novel Coopetition Paradigm Based on Bargaining Theory for Collaborative Multimedia Resource Management," in Proc. of IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium (PIMRC), Cannes, France, Sept 15-18, 2008. [pdf] [bibtex]

Intellectual Property - Patents

  • US 11240137, Distributed Wireless Network Operating System [Certificate]

  • US 9924372, Method for Sharing of Unlicensed Radio Frequency Bands by Cellular LTE and WiFi Networks [Link]

  • PCT/US14/58486, A Medium Access Control Scheme for Ultrasonic Communications in the Human Body Based on Second Order Statistics

Service

Conference Organizations

  • Chair for Information System (EDAS) for IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference(CCNC) 2021-2023
  • TPC Co-Chair, 6th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE), LA, California, May 2022
  • Organizing Committee Chair, 4th Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 2022
  • Student Travel Award Co-Chair, ACM/IEEE Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things Week, May3-6, 2022
  • TPC Chair, 5th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE), July 2021
  • Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking andCommunications (WiMob), Oct. 2021
  • Organizing Committee Chair, 3rd Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things, Buffalo, NY, November 2021
  • TPC Co-Chair for IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV Networks (WiSARN 2021), 10-13 May 2021, Virtual Conference
  • Workshop Co-Chair for International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2021), Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus June 7 – 9, 2021
  • General Co-Chair, 1st IEEE International Workshop on Communication and Networking for Swarms Robotics (RoboCom), January 2021, Virtual Conference
  • Organizing Committee Chair for the 2nd Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things, Nov. 20, 2020, Virtual Event
  • Student Travel Grants Chair, IEEE Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Como, Italy, June 2020
  • TPC Chair for IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE), Beijing, China, April 2020
  • Organizing Committee Chair for the 1st Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 2019
  • Student Travel Grants Chair, IEEE Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Boston, June 2019
  • TPC Vice-chair for Information System (EDAS) for IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), Osaka, Japan, June 2017

    • Journal Editorship

  • Area Editor, Computer Networks (Elsevier), since July 2019
  • Guest Editor for MDPI Drones Special Issue “Mobile Fog and Edge Computing in Drone Swarms”, Sept. 2020

    • TPC Member

  • IEEE INFOCOM, 2016-2023
  • IEEE MASS, 2017-2019, 2021, 2022
  • IEEE GLOBECOM, 2015-2022
  • IEEE ICC, 2018-2023
  • IEEE MILCOM, 2016-2019, 2021, 2022
  • IEEE PIMRC, 2013-2017, 2020-2022
  • IEEE ICNC, 2012-2020
  • IEEE WCNC, 2012, 2014-2023
  • IEEE WONS, 2013-2014, 2016-2023
  • IEEE IPCCC, 2015-2022
  • IFIP NTMS, 2011-2012, 2014-2016, 2018-2020
  • IEEE SwarmNet, 2019-2022
  • IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2020-2022
  • ACM MobiArch 2022

    • Reviewer

    Proposals: SUNY IITG - Innovative Instructional Technology Grants, NSF Review Panelist

    IEEE Journals: IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Communications Letters

    Elsevier Journals: Elsevier Journal on Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier Journal on Computer Networks, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier Journal of Image Communication

    Wiley Journals: International Journal of Communication Systems, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

    Conferences: INFOCOM, ICDCS, SECON, ICC, GLOBECOM, WUWNet, PIMRC, NTMS, MILCOM, WCNC, VTC, Med-Hoc-Net, MSN, Networking

    Teaching

  • EE434/534: Principles of Networking (for undergraudate/graduate students), Spring 2021, Spring 2022

  • EE459/559: Programmable Networks (for undergraudate/graduate students), Spring 2019, Spring 2020

  • EE701: The Internet of Things: From Technology to Applications (for graduate students), Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022

    • Links

  • The 4th Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things
  • Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems (WiNES) Lab @ Northeastern University
  • Electrical Engineering @ University at Buffalo
  • Information Science and Engineering @ Shandong University