Yang Xiao
The University of Alabama, USA, IEEE Fellow, IET
Fellow, AAIA Fellow
Prof. Xiao is a Professor at the Dept. of Computer Science at the
University of Alabama. He directed 20+ doctoral dissertations; supervised 20+ M.S. theses/projects;
published 300+ SCI-indexed journal papers and over 300+ conference papers with 30K+ citations and
h-index=87 by Google Scholar; is ranked #188 and #481 in the USA (#362 and #808 in the world) by
Research.com among Best Scientists for 2024 in EEE and CS, respectively; named a 2024 Highly Ranked
Scholar in Lifetime by ScholarGPS; and identified as one of Top 2% Scientists in the world by the
scientists of Stanford University.
He was a Voting Member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004,
involving the IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standardization work. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, AAIA, AIIA, and
ACIS. He served as a Guest Editor over 40 times for journals, including the IEEE JSAC in 2022-2023, IEEE
TNSE in 2021, IEEE TGCN in 2021, IEEE Network in 2007, IEEE Wireless Communications in 2006 and 2021,
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine in 2021, and MONET in 2008. He has been serving as an Editorial
Board Member / Associate Editor for 20+ journals, including IEEE TNSE since 2022, IEEE TYB since 2020,
IEEE TMSC: SYSTEMS from 2014 to 2015, IEEE TVT from 2007 to 2009, and IEEE COMST from 2007 to 2014. He
serves/served as a TPC for 300+ conferences. He received the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award in 2022
and 2023.
Maode Ma
Qatar University, Qatar, ACM Member, IEEE Senior
Member, IET Fellow
Prof. Maode Ma, a Fellow of IET, received his Ph.D. degree from the
Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1999. Now,
Prof. Ma is a Research Professor in the College of Engineering at Qatar University in Qatar. Before
joining Qatar University, he has been a faculty member at Nanyang Technological University in
Singapore for over 20 years. He has extensive research interests including network security and
wireless networking. He has led 26 research projects funded by government, industry, military, and
universities in various countries. He has supervised 25 research students to get their Ph. D degrees.
He has been a conference chair, technical symposium chair, tutorial chair, publication chair,
publicity chair, and session chair for over 100 international conferences. He has been a member of the
technical program committees for more than 200 international conferences. Prof. Ma has more than 500
international academic publications including over 250 journal papers and about 250 conference papers.
He has edited a few technical books and produced over 28 book chapters. His publication has received
over 10,000 citations in Google Scholar. He has delivered over 90 keynote speeches and 10 tutorials at
various international conferences. Prof. Ma currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the
International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering and the Journal of Communications. He
also serves as a Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, and an Associate Editor
for the International Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing and International
Journal of Communication Systems. Prof. Ma is a senior member of the IEEE Communication Society and a
member of ACM. He is now the Chair of the ACM, Singapore Chapter. He has been serving as an IEEE
Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer from 2013 to 2016 and from 2023 to 2024.
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