Dr. Xianbin Wang is a Distinguished University Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Trusted Communications and Computing at Western University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from National University of Singapore in 2001. Prior to joining Western, he was with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) as a Research Scientist and a Senior Research Scientist between July 2002 and Dec. 2007. From Jan. 2001 to July 2002, he was a system designer at STMicroelectronics.

Professor Wang’s current research interests are focused on 5G/6G, intelligent communications, wireless security, machine-learning, and Internet-of-Things. The research activities of his research group have been supported by governmentl funding agencies and industry sponsors, leading to over 60 projects. The research projects led by him involve a high level of innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, prototyping and application of research findings in vertical industries. He has also successfully implemented an NSERC CREATE program in Communications Security, Privacy and Cyberethics (2013-19) as the Director and Principal Investigator.

The research activities of Professor Wang have led to more than 700 highly cited publications and 35 patents. His ground-breaking research, innovation and technical contributions, further bolstered by his tireless efforts in technology transfer and research training, have directly improved the operational outcome of interconnected consumer, industry and defence systems and further accelerated the transformation of our industry and society.

Professor Wang has received many prestigious domestic and international awards and recognitions, including being named a Canada Research Chair, 12 Best Paper Awards, Engineering Research Excellence Award at Western, the President’s Excellence Award and Technology Transfer Award from Communications Research Centre Canada, an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario and the Public Service Award from the Canadian Federal Government.

Professor Wang is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, and a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He served as an Editor-in-Chief, Associate-Editor-in-Chief, Area Editor, Editor/Associate Editor/Guest Editor for over ten journals, including IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Dr. Wang was involved in numerous IEEE conferences including ICC, GLOBECOM, WCNC, VTC, CCECE and PIMRC, on different roles such as technical program co-chair, symposium chair, track chair, tutorial instructor TPC and session chair. Dr. Wang has been nominated as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer several times during the last ten years.