Visiting Professorship and other Titles

  1. IEEE Fellow, 2015.
  2. ACM Distinguished Scientist, 2014
  3. (visiting) EMC-Endowed Chair Professor of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2014-2017),
  4. Chief Scientist, IOT Tech Center at WuXi (TNLIST, Tsinghua) (http://www.greenorbs.org), 2011- present
  5. (visiting) Distinguished Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (2012-2015),
  6. (visiting) Distinguished Professor, Xi’An JiaoTong University (2008-present),
  7. China National Natural Science Foundation of Overseas Young Scholars Cooperation Research Fund (Outstanding Young Researcher-B), 2008.

Society Services

  1. IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP), Vice Chair, 2015-
  2. SoCAPS Chicago Chapter Chair

University and Department Service

  1. Department:
    1. PhD Coordinator (2010-present);
    2. Department Award Chair (2010-2011)
    3. Vice chair of Promotion and Tenure committee, 2008.
    4. Chair search committee, 2005, 2006, 2009.
    5. Graduate Student Admission Committee: (Since Fall 2000).
    6. Graduate Study Committee: (From Fall 2002, to Fall 2010).
    7. Undergraduate Study Committee: (Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002).
    8. Undergraduate CAMRAS award interviewer.
  2. University:
    1. CAMCOPT for faculty promotion (2013-2014),
    2. University Faculty Council (2010-2013),
    3. University Ressearch Council (2012-2014)
    4. Faculty advisor to the IIT student badminton club (Since Fall 2005)

Proposal/PANEL Reviews Service

  1. USA NSF: NeTS,
  2. HongKong RGC
  3. NSF of China: (zhongdian, zhongda, mianshang)
  4. Canada NSERC/CRSNG, and Killam Research Fellowships

Editors and Advisory Boards

  1. Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing Dec 2011-present. (SCI Indexed)
  2. Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2010-2014. (SCI indexed)
  3. Advisory Board member of IEEE Computing Now (2011-2013).
  4. Editor of TsingHua Science and Technology, 2010-present.
  5. Associate Editor of Networks: An International Journal, 2009-present. (SCI indexed)
  6. Associate Editor of Computer Communications Journal, 2011-present. (SCI-Expanded indexed)
  7. Advisory Board of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: An International Journal. 2005-present. (SCI-E indexed)
  8. Steering Committee member of The ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (ACM FOWANC), 2008-present.
  9. Steering Committee member of AAIM: International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, 2005-present
  10. One of the 2 international panel members for The Information Systems Directory of Chinese National Science Foundation, (2007-present).
  11. President of SoCAPS (Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists), Chicago Chapter, 2004-present; Council member of SoCAPS, 2005, Oct,--present.

Guest Editors

  1. Guest editor (with YunHao Liu, WenZhan Song, My Thai) of Ad Hoc Networks Journal on "Recent Advances in Large Scale and Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks". February 15, 2010 to December 15, 2010. See here for Call For Papers, in text format, and PDF format.
  2. Guest editor (with Jiangchuan Liu, Jiannong Cao, Xiang-Yang Li, Limin Sun, Dan Wang, Edith C.-H. Ngai) of EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, special issue on Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Wireless Sensor Network Systems February 15, 2010 to August 15, 2010.
  3. Guest Editor (with James Chang Wu Yu) of International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), Special Issue on: "Wireless Network Algorithm and Theory", 2009-2010.
  4. Guest Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Area in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking, 2005-2006.
  5. Guest Editor of Special issue of ACM MONET on non-cooperative computing in wireless networks, special issue on "Non-Cooperative Wireless Networking and Computing", 2004-2005.

Various Conference/Workshop Chairs

  1. General Co-chair, the first international conference on big data computing and communications, http://bigcom.tyut.edu.cn/, 2015, and www.bigdatacom.info
  2. Chair of Theory and Algorithm Track, IEEE DCOSS 2015 conference.
  3. General Co-chair, 3rd International Workshop on Software-Defined Sensor Network (SDSN 2015 http://cs.cug.edu.cn/sdsn/2015/index.html), 2015, Tokyo, Japan.
  4. TPC Co-Chair of ACM MobiHoc 2014, Philadelphia, PA, USA August 11-14, 2014.
  5. TPC Chair of IEEE MASS 2013, Hangzhou, China, October 14-16, 2013.
  6. TPC co-chair of Adhocnow conference 2012, Serbia.
  7. TPC chair of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2012.
  8. TPC vice chair of CGC2011 - International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing
  9. IEEE ICPADS 2011 Track Chair of Mobile Computing Track.
  10. TPC chair of MSN 2011 conference.
  11. TPC chair of AAIM 2011 conference.
  12. TPC vice chair of IEEE MASS 2011 conference.
  13. Local arrangement chair of ACM MobiCom 2010, ACM Mobihoc 2010, Chicago.
  14. Workshop chair of MSN 2010.
  15. TPC Chair of IEEE WiNA-09.
  16. General Chair and TPC chair of FOWANC 2008 (International workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing, of ACM Mobihoc)
  17. Chair of 3rd International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects of Information and Management. AAIM 2007.
  18. TPC Chair of International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks (WTASA'07).
  19. Local Arrangement Chair of ACM MobiHoc 2005.
  20. Chair of International Workshop on Theoretical Aspects of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Peer-to-Peer Networks (TAWN), 2004.

TPC members and other conference services

I had been or will be a technical program committee (TPC) member or some chair of the following conferences or workshops:
  • 2015
    1. IEEE INFOCOM 2015, PC member
    2. ACM IPSN 2015, PC member
  • 2014
    1. ACM MobiHoc TPC Co-chair,
    2. ACM MobiCom 2014 TPC member,
    3. IEEE INFOCOM 2014, PC member
    4. IEEE ICNP 2014, PC member
    5. GameNets 2014, PC member
    6. GameSec 2014 (2014 Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security), PC member
    7. IEEE MASS 2014, PC member
    8. IEEE ICDCS 2014, PC member
    9. IEEE MSN 2014 (Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks), PC member
    10. UWCSN 2014: International Workshop on Under Water Communication Systems and Networks, PC member
  • 2013
    1. IEEE MASS 203, TPC Chair
    2. IEEE INFOCOM 2013, TPC member
    3. ADHOC-NOW 2013: PC member
    4. ALGOSENSORS 2013: PC member
    5. Gamesec 2013: PC member
    6. ICPADS 2013: PC member
    7. MCSC 2013: PC member
    8. MSN 2013: PC member,
    9. IEEE DCOSS 2013: 9th International Conferences on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems.
  • 2012
    1. Adhocnow conference 2012, Serbia, TPC co-chair.
    2. IEEE INFOCOM 2012, TPC member
    3. ICPADS 2012: PC member
    4. IEEE MASS 2012, PC member
    5. IEEE MSN 2012: PC member,
    6. IMMoA'12: PC member
    7. MDS2012: PC member
    8. 8th IEEE PerCom International Workshops on Pervasive Wireless Networking (PWN), TPC member
    9. NETWORKING 2012
    10. IEEE DCOSS 2012: 8th International Conferences on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems.
  • 2011
    1. FAW-AAIM'2011: chair
    2. IEEE MASS 2011.
    3. IEEE INFOCOM 2011, TPC member
    4. ALGOSENSORS 2011: PC member
    5. International conference on selected topics in mobile and wireless networking (iCOST'2011), PC member
    6. ICC'11 WNS: ICC Wireless Networking Symposium, TPC member.
    7. GlobeCom 2011, AHSN (Ad hoc and sensor networking symposium)
  • 2010
    1. IEEE INFOCOM 2010, PC member
    2. IEEE MASS 2010
    3. ADHOC-NOW 2010: PC member
    4. COCOON2010: PC member
    5. GameSec 2010: PC member
    6. WiSARN 2010: PC member
    7. ICCCN 2010 WNET: ICCCN 2010 Track on Wireless Networks and Emerging Technologies
    8. GlobeCom 2010, AHSN (Ad hoc and sensor networking symposium)
    9. The 2011 Military Communications Conference - Track 3 - Cyber Security and Network Operations.
  • 2009
    1. TPC Chair of IEEE WiNA-09.
    2. TPC of IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE MASS, IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, MSN, IEEE EUC, IEEE WiNA-09, ACM CoroNET, ACM WiMD workshop of Mobihoc, ACM FOWANC workshop of Mobihoc, ChinaCom, GameNets 2009, and so on.
  • 2008
    1. General Chair and TPC chair of FOWANC 2008 (International workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing, of ACM Mobihoc)
    2. TPC of ICWMC 2008.
    3. TPC of WASA 2008.
    4. TPC of ICPP 2008.
    5. TPC of ICCCN 2008.
    6. TPC of FAW 2008.
    7. TPC of COCOON 2008.
    8. TPC of TAMC 2008.
    9. TPC of Ad-Hoc Now 2008.
    10. TPC of IEEE INFOCOM 2008.
    11. TPC of ACM MobiHoc 2008.
    12. TPC of IEEE ICC 2008.
    13. TPC of IEEE ICDCS 2008.
    14. TPC of IEEE ICPP 2008.
    15. TPC of International Frontiers of Algorithmics Workshop, 2008
  • 2007
    1. Chair of 3rd International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects of Information and Management. AAIM 2007.
    2. TPC Chair of International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks (WTASA'07).
    3. TPC of ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom) 2007.
    4. TPC of Intl Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) 2007
    5. TPC of IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2007
    6. TPC of IEEE PerCom workshop on pervasive wireless computing (PWN), 2007.
    7. TPC of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC - WAS) 2007.
  • 2006:
    1. TPC of IEEE ICCCN 2006.
    2. TPC of MSN 2006
    3. TPC of IWCMC 2006
    4. TPC of WASA 2006, GlobeCom
    5. TPC of IEEE MASS 2006
    6. TPC of ACM MobiHoc 2006.
    7. TPC of WCNC: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2006
    8. TPC of The 2006 IFIP International Conference on Embedded And Ubiquitous Computing, (EUC 2006), Korea.
    9. TPC of 2nd International Conference on Algorithmic Applications in Management, (AAIM 2006),HongKong, June 2006.
    10. TPC of Computer And Network Security Symposium (of International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference), 2006.
    11. TPC of 2nd International workshop on pervasive wireless networking (2006), in conjunction with IEEE PerCom 2006.
  • 2005:
    1. The First IEEE International Workshop on Security and Pervasive Multimedia Environments. (MultiSec 2005).
    2. International Symposium on Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks in WirelessCom 2005.
    3. First International Workshop on Incentive Based Computing (IBC'05), in conjunction with the 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI/IAT'05) (http://www.hds.utc.fr/WI05/) in Compiegne, France, September 19, 2005.
    4. 2nd International Workshop on Pervasive Wireless Networking, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and communications.
    5. International workshop on wireless and sensor networks security (WSNS'05).
    6. TPC of First International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks.
    7. TPC of the 9th international conference On Principle Of DIstributed Systems (OPODIS '05)
    8. TPC of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS) 2005,
    9. TPC of IEEE ICCCN 2005 (fourteenth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks) San Diego.
    10. TPC of Symposium on Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks (part of WirelessCom 2005)
    11. TPC of Workshop on Internet and Network Economics (WINE) 2005 at HongKong.
    12. TPC of 2nd Conference on Wireless On demand Network Systems and Services (WONS), 2005.
    13. TPC of 2nd International Workshop on Wireless Ad Hoc Networking (WWAN) of IEEE ICDCS 2005.
    14. TPC of the Sixth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (ACM MobiHoc) 2005.
    15. TPC of IEEE INFOCOM 2005.
    16. Local Arrangement Chair of ACM MobiHoc 2005.
    17. Editor of a special issue of ACM MONET on non-cooperative computing in wireless networks;
  • 2004:
    1. Chair of International Workshop on Theoretical Aspects of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Peer-to-Peer Networks (TAWN), 2004.
    2. TPC of IEEE HPSR 2004,
    3. TPC of WWAN workshop of IEEE ICDCS 2004,
    4. TPC of IEEE MASS 2004,
    5. TPC of IEEE ICCCN 2004,
    6. TPC of International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) 2004,
    7. TPC of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) 2004,
    8. TPC of Workshop of Mobile and Wireless Networking (MWN) in conjunction with the 33rd International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2004)
    9. Session chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2004, IEEE MASS 2004, ICCCN 2004.
    10. Local arrangement team member of ACM STOC 2004.
  • 2003:
    1. TPC of MWN workshop of IEEE ICDCS 2003.
    2. TPC of VTC 2003 - Integrated heterogeneous wireless networks
    3. Session chair of COCOON 2003.
  • 2002:
    1. TPC of OptiComm 2002.
  • 2001:
    1. TPC of OptiComm 2001.