Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi

IEEE Life Fellow

Tohoku University, Japan

Bio: Fumiyuki Adachi received the B.S. and Dr. Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1973 and 1984, respectively. In April 1973, he joined the Electrical Communications Laboratories of NTT and started mobile communications research. From July 1992 to December 1999, he was with NTT DOCOMO, where he led a research group on wideband/broadband wireless access for 3G and beyond. He contributed to the development of 3G air interface standard, known as W-CDMA. From October 1984 to September 1985, he was a United Kingdom SERC Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at Liverpool University. Since January 2000, he has been with Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Currently, he is leading a resilient wireless communication research group with the aim of realizing beyond 5G systems as a Specially Appointed Research Fellow/Professor Emeritus at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University. His research interests are in the area of wireless signal processing and networking, including multi-access, equalization, antenna diversity, cooperative transmission, channel coding, radio resource management, etc. Fumiyuki Adachi is an IEEE Life Fellow and an IEICE Life Fellow. He is a recipient of IEEE VTS Avant Garde Award 2000 for the pioneering leadership and continuing contributions in promoting new technology in the field of vehicular communications and electronics, IEICE Achievement Award 2002 for the pioneering leadership and contributions for 3rd generation mobile communications system’s development, Thomson Scientific Research Front Award 2004 for Research and development of wideband mobile wireless communication technology using code division multiple access, Prime Minister Invention Award 2010 for the invention of W-CDMA fast cell search technique, C&C Prize 2014 for outstanding leadership and contributions promoting the development and commercialization of digital mobile communications systems, IEEE VTS Stuart Meyer Memorial Award 2017 for significant research contributions and exceptional community service with respect to advanced wireless signal processing algorithms for mobile radio, IEEE ComSoc RCC Technical Recognition Award 2017 for outstanding contributions to the development of mobile radio systems, etc.

Prof. Markus Rupp

IEEE Fellow

Technische Universität Wien, Austria

Bio: Markus Rupp (Fellow, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. degree from the University of Saarbrcken, Germany, in 1988, and the Dr.-Ing. degree from Technische Universitt Darmstadt, Germany, in 1993. Until 1995, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. From 1995 to 2001, he was with the Wireless Technology Research Department, Nokia Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA. Since 2001, he has been a Full Professor of digital signal processing in mobile communications with Technische Universität Wien.

Prof. Yan Zhang

IEEE Fellow

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Bio: Yan Zhang is currently a Full Professor with University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China. His research interests include next-generation wireless networks leading to 6G, green and secure cyber-physical systems. Dr. Zhang is an Editor for several IEEE transactions/magazine. Since 2018, Prof. Zhang has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (i.e., Web of Science). He is Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, elected member of Academia Europaea (MAE), elected member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS), and elected member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA).

Prof. Tian Hong Loh

IEEE Fellow

National Physical Laboratory, U.K.

Bio: Tian Hong Loh (Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., in 2005. Since 2005, he has been with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, U.K., where he is currently the Principal Research Scientist. He leads work at NPL on a wide range of applied electromagnetic metrology research areas to support the telecommunications industry. He is also a Visiting Professor with Surrey University, Guildford, U.K., the President of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) U.K. Panel, and the Chair of the Measurement Working Group of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP). He holds seven patents, one edited book—Metrology for 5G and Emerging Wireless Technologies (IET, 2021), nine book chapters, and has authored and co-authored over 200 refereed publications. His research interests include 5G/6G communications, smart antennas, small antennas, metamaterials, body-centric communications, wireless sensor networks, electromagnetic compatibility, and computational electromagnetics.

Prof. Shiwen Mao

IEEE Fellow

Auburn University, USA

Bio: Shiwen Mao received his BE and ME, both in Electronic Engineering, from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1994 and 1997, respectively.  He also received a BEc in Enterprise Management from Tsinghua University in 1994 and an MS in Systems Engineering from Polytechnic University (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering), Brooklyn, NY, in 2000. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University in 2004. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate and then a Research Scientist in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, he joined Auburn University, Auburn, AL as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He held the McWane Endowed Professorship from 2012 to 2015 and the Samuel Ginn Endowed Professorship from 2015 to 2020. Currently, he is a Professor and Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar Chair, and Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center (WEREC) at Auburn University. Dr. Mao's research interest includes wireless networks, multimedia communications, smart health, smart grid, and machine learning. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), IEEE Council of RFID (2021-2023), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2014-2021), and a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2025). He received the Publication Excellence Award of Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering in 2025, the IEEE MMTC Outstanding Research Award in 2023, SEC 2023 Faculty Achievement Award for Auburn, IEEE ComSoc TC-CSR Distinguished Technical Achievement Award in 2019, Auburn University Creative Research & Scholarship Award in 2018, NSF CAREER Award in 2010, and several service awards from the IEEE. He is a co-recipient of the 2022 Best Journal Paper Award of IEEE ComSoc eHealth Technical Committee, the 2021 Best Paper Award of Elsevier/KeAi Digital Communications and Networks Journal, the 2021 IEEE Internet of Things Journal Best Paper Award, the 2021 IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award, the 2018 MMTC Best Journal Paper Award and the 2017 MMTC Best Conference Paper Award from IEEE ComSoc, and the 2004 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems. He is a co-recipient of Best Paper Awards from ICNC 2026, WCSP 2024, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 (two), 2019, 2016, and 2015, IEEE ICC 2022 and 2013, and IEEE WCNC 2015, Best Student Paper Award from IEEE PIMRC 2017, and Best Demo Awards from IEEE INFOCOM 2024, 2022, and IEEE SECON 2017. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, an Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet of Things Journal, a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, a member-at-large of ComSoc Board of Governors (BOG) (2025-2027), ComSoc Director of Magazines (2026-2027), ComSoc Technical Committee Board Director (2022-2025), and the Vice President of Technical Activities of IEEE Council of RFID (2024-2027). He was the General Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2022, a TPC Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2018, and a TPC Vice-Chair of IEEE GLOBECOM 2022. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a life member of ACM.