IEEE VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY Election of Members to the Board of Governors For a Three-Year Term 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2023

ABDERRAHIM BENSLIMANE (M’99-SM’08) Biography: Abderrahim Benslimane is Full Professor of Computer-Science at the Avignon University/France since 2001. He has been nominated in 2020 as IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer. He has the French award for Doctoral supervision and Research 2017-2021. He has been recently an International Expert at the French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs (2012-2016). He served as a coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering and head of the Research Center in Informatics at the French University in Egypt. He was attributed the French award of Scientific Excellency (2011-2014). He has been as Associate Professor at the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard since September 1994. He obtained the title to supervise researches (HDR 2000) from the University of Cergy- Pontoise, France. He received the PhD degree (1993), DEA (MS 1989) from the Franche-Comte University of Besançon, and BS (1987) from the University of Nancy, all in Computer Science.

He has been nominated IEEE ComSoc VC of Multimedia TC 2020-2022. He is past Chair of the ComSoc Technical Committee of Communication and Information Security 2017-2019. He is EiC of Inderscience Int. J. of Multimedia Intelligence and Security (IJMIS), Area Editor of Security in IEEE IoT journal, editorial member of IEEE Transaction on Multimedia, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, IEEE System Journal, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, Springer Wireless Network Journal and Past Area Editor of Wiley Security and Privacy journal 2017-2019.

He is co-founder and serves as General-Chair of the IEEE WiMob since 2005 and of iCOST and MoWNet international conference since 2011. He is General Chair of IEEE CNS 2020. He is Executive Forum Co-Chair at IEEE Globecom 2020. He is Program vice Chair of IEEE TrustCom 2020. He is Program Chair of IEEE iThings 2020. He served as a Symposium co-chair/leader in many IEEE international conferences such as ICC, Globecom, AINA and VTC. He was Guest Editor of many special issues. He participates to the steering and the program committee of many IEEE international conferences. He was Board committee member, Vice-chair of Student activities of IEEE France section/Region 8; he was Publication Vice-chair and Conference Vice-Chair of the ComSoc TC of Communication and Information Security. He participates to the steering and the program committee of many IEEE international conferences.

He has more than 210 refereed international publications (books, conference proceedings, journals and conferences) and more than 16 Special issues. All publications are in my research topics. He supervised more than 17 Ph.D thesis and more than 40 M.Sc. research thesis.

He has been reviewer of a great number of journals, of national research projects sponsored by the ANR/Telecom French Agency. He is involved in many national and international projects. For more detail, see my complete CV: http://abderrahimbenslimane.org/

Statement: My main goal is to ensure that Board of Governors actively and directly participates in the decision making processes of VTS activities including conferences, publications, and standards. If elected, I will be highly committed to: - Expand programs such as Distinguished Lecturer Tours and Student Travel Grants and awards. - Build multidimensional VTS-industry-academia linkages. - Strengthen the partnership with local Chapters and Sister Societies and IEEE regions; I propose to work closely with the region 8. - Promote the development of young leaders assuring open career paths for young members to become VTS leaders, organization of new programs, etc. - Promote the inclusion of members around the world in the VTS leadership team.

ALVIN CHIN (M’99-S’02-M’09-SM’19) Biography: Dr. Alvin Chin is a Senior Researcher in Machine Learning at BMW Technology Corporation, Chicago where he works on big data and machine learning for improving driving behavior and enabling intelligent driving. His current research involves studying user behavior in driving to provide intelligent user and car experiences. Dr. Chin has authored more than 30 publications and 10 patents, including pending. He received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, MASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and BASc from the University of Waterloo. He has previously worked for Nokia Research Center, Nokia and Microsoft in Beijing, China. Dr. Chin is active in the Chicago community in data science and machine learning meetups, as member of various program committees of academic conferences, and has given more than 50 talks to universities, meetups and conferences.

Statement: If I am selected for this position, I would like to have a plan to involve more industry professionals in the automotive industry and vehicular technology industry to be in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. This would be achieved by providing industry professionals a discounted IEEE VTS membership and have them be involved in IEEE VTS standards activities as well as involvement in the IEEE VTS conferences. As well, companies in the industry would have the opportunity at a conference discount, to be a sponsor or have a booth showcasing their products as well as being able to provide recruiting activities to the many students who are looking for career opportunities during these conferences. I would also propose having a separate track in the IEEE VTC conferences on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, to allow industry researchers and industry professionals to submit work in this area, where they wouldn’t submit before because the tracks were more of an academic and theoretical nature.

DANIEL B. DA COSTA (GSM’07-M’09-SM’13) Biography: Prof. Daniel B. da Costa is currently Executive Editor of the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS and Area Editor of the IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY, Area: Green, Cognitive, and Intelligent Communications and Networks. He is also Editor of the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS & TUTORIALS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING. He has also served as Associate Technical Editor of the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE. From 2012 to 2017 and from March 2019 to August 2019, he was Editor and Senior Editor, respectively, of the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS. He has served as Lead Guest Editor and Guest Editor of several Journal Special Issues. He has been involved on the Organizing Committee of several conferences. He is currently the Latin American Chapters Coordinator of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He has been elected as Vice-Chair Americas of IEEE Cognitive Networks Technical Committee (TCCN) for the biennium 2019-2020. He is also Director of the TCCN Newsletter and Chair of the Special Interest Group on "Energy Harvesting Cognitive Radio Networks" in IEEE TCCN.

Prof. da Costa is the recipient of four conference paper awards. He received the Exemplary Reviewer Certificate of the IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS in 2013 and 2019, the Exemplary Reviewer Certificate of the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS in 2016, 2017, and 2019, the Certificate of Appreciation of Top Associate Editor for outstanding contributions to IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY in 2013, 2015 and 2016, the Exemplary Editor Award of IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS in 2016, the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE ACCESS in 2017, and the Certificate of Appreciation for notable services and contributions to IEEE ACCESS in 2018 and 2019. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Member of IEEE Communications Society, and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

Statement: If elected to make part of the Board of Governors of VTS, I intend to work hard with all members to consolidate VTS as one of the world’s most relevant society for vehicular technologies and communications. I’ll make hard efforts to increase the VTS internationalization, particularly towards developing countries, for instance promoting the next IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences in such areas (Brazil, for example). I also plan to discuss and develop new ways to attract and involve new members in the society.

YUE GAO (S’03-M’09-SM’13) Biography: is a Professor and Chair in Wireless Communications at Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, United Kingdom. He received his bachelor degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China in 2002, and his MSc and PhD degrees from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in the United Kingdom in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Dr Gao was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Antennas and Signal Processing with QMUL. He currently leads a research lab developing fundamental research into practice in the interdisciplinary area of smart antennas, signal processing, spectrum sharing, millimetre-wave and Internet of Things technologies in mobile and satellite systems. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed IEEE journal and conference papers, 3 patents, 1 book and 5 book chapters and 3 best paper awards. He is an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Fellow from 2018 to 2023. He was a co-recipient of the EU Horizon Prize Award on Collaborative Spectrum Sharing in 2016, shortlisted for the Newton Prize on Internet of Things systems for smart farming in 2019, and received Research Performance Award from Faulty of Science and Engineering at QMUL in 2017. He has obtained 4.4 million research grants as a principle investigator and supervised 9 PhD students and 6 postdoctoral research associates to completion as the first supervisor.

Statement: I am willing to stand for election to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and if elected agree to undertake the duties of the post, including attending face to face Board of Governor meetings (currently three per year), and taking responsibility for an area of Society activity as directed by the President.

JAVIER GOZALVEZ (S’98-A’02-M’03-SM’10) Biography: Javier Gozalvez received an electronics engineering degree from the Engineering School ENSEIRB (Bordeaux, France), and a PhD in mobile communications from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. Since 2002, he is with the Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche (UMH), Spain, where he is currently Full Professor at the Department of Communications Engineering and Director of the UWICORE Laboratory. At UWICORE, he leads research activities in the areas of connected and automated vehicles, 5G and Beyond networks, and industrial wireless networks. At UMH, Javier has been Principal Investigator for over 36 research projects and contracts. He also actively contributes to standards in the area of connected and automated vehicles. He has received several awards at international and national conferences. He received the best research paper award from the Journal of Network and Computer Applications (a Q1 publication) in 2014, and the Runner‐ up prize for the "Juan López de Peñalver" award of the Royal Academy of Engineering in Spain that recognizes the most notable Spanish engineers aged below 40. Javier is an expert evaluator for the European Commission and national research agencies in Spain, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany and Portugal. He also actively advises R&D certification agencies in Spain. Javier is an active IEEE and VTS volunteer (see list below). He received the 2019 IEEE VTS Outstanding Service Award. In addition to his IEEE volunteering activities, Javier has been General Co‐Chair for ACM VANET in two editions, the ISWCS conference, and the Spanish URSI conference that he led in 2012.

Statement: I have been an active VTS volunteer for 20 years. I had the honor to serve VTS in different positions, and in these positions I had the pleasure to work with a great team of colleagues and volunteers. Together, we have developed new content and services in publications, conferences and society management. If elected, I will continue my active contributions towards developing more content and services. This includes efforts towards increasing and sustaining our activities in the area of connected and automated vehicles (CAVS), e.g., by launching IEEECAVS as a standalone VTS event next year once we overcome the difficult times we are all living. I have been an active supporter and contributor towards increasing our activities in automotive while maintaining our leadership in mobile radio. I plan to continue this active support and help increase automotive content, for example, in our magazine. I will actively support our leadership and work with them to increase our investments in local activities as a way to support our members beyond our traditional conferences and publications. I have experience organizing and running schools with our local chapters in the area of CAVS, and this experience can help local chapters launch local events.

LAJOS HANZO (M’91-SM’92-F’04) Biography:. (http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_Hanzo Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, FIEEE, FIET, Fellow of EURASIP, DSc received his degree in electronics in 1976 and his doctorate in 1983. In 2009 he was awarded the honorary doctorate ``Doctor Honoris Causa'' by the Technical University of Budapest and in 2016 by the University of Edinburgh. During his 44-year career in telecommunications he has held various research and academic posts in Hungary, Germany and the UK. Since 1986 he has been with the School of ECS, University of Southampton, UK, where he holds the chair in telecommunications. He has successfully supervised 123 PhD students, co-authored 19 John Wiley/IEEE Press books on mobile radio, published 1900+ contributions at IEEE Xplore, acted both as TPC and General Chair of major IEEE conferences, presented keynote lectures and has been awarded a number of distinctions. Currently he is directing an academic research team and holds the European Research Council's Advanced Fellow Grant and the Royal Society's Global Research Challenges Grant. He is a former Wolfson-Research-Merit-Award Leaureate. During 2009 – 2012 he was a Chaired Professor also at Tsinghua University, Beijing.

Statement: I have a passion for educating the membership in all possible form, for rewarding the deserving researchers by nominating award candidates, serving on the Fellow Cttee, advising the TVT, organizing VTCs, running vision-panels, liaising with the chapters as DL, etc. When I can reduce my workload in my salaried job, I might like to step up to lead the society.

JAMES IRVINE (M’95-SM’01) Biography: Dr. Irvine is a Reader in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, where he leads the Mobile Communications Group, as well as the Communications Theme of the Power Networks Demonstration Centre. His recent projects have included the deployment of a 5G test network in Orkney (5G RuralFirst), secure peer to peer networks for storage and sensing. His research interests include security and resource management in wireless systems, and he is Co-director of the first masters course in the UK focused on 5G communications. He obtained his BEng and PhD from Strathclyde University in 1989 and 1994, and has worked in the Mobile Communications Group since 1994. He ran his own company, Modular Controls, from 1989 until its sale in 1997. In addition to over 200 research papers, he is a co-author of two text books, and co-authored 7 patents.

Statement: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

We are going through extraordinary times. Recently IEEE has focused on Open Access disrupting the publications business from which VTS gains half its revenue, but the shock of COVID-19 has hugely disrupted the conference side of the business, which accounts for most of the rest.

VTS can’t sit things out and wait for normality to be restored – it won’t be. The disruption is likely to be long and deep enough for people to learn new ways of doing business, and VTS must adapt to remain viable and relevant.

However, over my 20-year volunteer career with VTS, I have already experienced many similarly disruptive changes: the elimination of print from transactions and conferences, the shift to institutional access to publications, and perhaps most importantly, the shift in the labour market towards shorter term, more specialized engineering jobs requiring more professional development.

In these uncertain times, I believe my long experience within the Society can help us adapt as we must, innovating new opportunities such as summer schools and more local workshops, while always remaining focused on delivering value to the membership and relevance to their careers.

VINCE SOCCI (S’90-M’92-SM’05) Biography: Vince Socci leads National Instruments automotive business development throughout the Americas. He provides business and technical support for customers in automotive, off-highway, and rail validation applications, with emphasis in electric vehicles, ADAS, and body/chassis systems. With 30 years of experience in aerospace, automotive, rail, power electronics, and medical systems, he has engineered systems in the most complex applications. His specialized areas of interest are embedded controls, real-time test, and systems engineering for vehicle-based applications.

In the early 90’s, Socci designed the first electronics for the Cummins B-series diesel engine, which are still in use today. In the mid- 90’s, he developed power controllers for GE locomotives. Late-90’s into 2000’s, he led the development of the HybriDrive HEV powertrain, which was used on various platforms from commercial buses and taxis to military trucks. Through the 2000’s into 2010’s, he led the development of aero and auto vehicle control systems for power, communications, fueling, radar, motor controls, and unmanned systems. He was the Director of Large Transport Fuel Systems for Parker Aerospace, leading the development of the A350XWB aircraft to first flight. For the last 6 years, Socci focused on advanced validation systems for automotive powertrain, body/chassis, and autonomous applications. He is currently developing simulation/emulation architectures, products, and workflows to solve automotive product development challenges.

He holds a BS in electrical engineering, MS in electrical engineering and MBA in technology management. Socci has served on the Board of Directors and governing boards of several professional societies, including IEEE, SAE, and PMI.

Statement: VTS a valuable and respected leader in vehicle-based application standards, technologies, and industry collaboration. VTS services niche areas such as connected vehicles and leverages important vehicle initiatives, such as electric vehicles, system-of-systems, autonomous vehicles, embedded controls, on-board diagnostics, and rail systems. To maintain VTS relevance, we must embrace and empower the initiatives and technologies of the field – in academia, industry, and policy. That means studying our competitors, leveraging partnerships with other societies, and becoming a relevant presence for our field of expertise. We can be a valuable provider of technology, community, education, and collaboration for our members, the vehicle technology industry, and humanity.

Membership growth and society development require resources, relationships, and revitalization. We must enhance stakeholder value and maximize the benefits they receive while minimizing the costs they pay.

I will:  Actively pursue ways to effectively utilize society resources to increase membership value.  Seek collaboration with other OUs to address the needs of our members and society  Take forward-thinking initiatives and drive action at the chapter, division, and global level.  Continue to support VTS volunteers and work creatively to benefit our society and industries.  Create programs to educate and grow community among our stakeholders.

QINGYANG SONG (S’01-M’07-SM’13) Biography: Qingyang Song received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Communications Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 2007. From 2001 to 2002 she was with the TCL (in Shenzhen, China) where she worked as a Software Engineer. From 2007 to 2018, she served as an Associate Professor and a Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China. She also served as an Academic Committee member and a Degree Committee member of the School. Since Sept. 2018, she has joined the Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, as a Professor. She serves as an Academic Editor of Digital Communications and Networks and a reviewer to major research-funding bodies including NSFC China and ARC Australia. She has published over 90 technical papers, two technical books and four patents in the field of communications engineering. She was one of the first researcher to explore the problem of network selection in heterogeneous networks and as the first author, published two related papers, one of which has been cited more than 490 times and the other more than 360 times. She was selected into the Plan of Outstanding Talents in New Century, China, in 2012. She won the First Grade of Scientific Achievement Award of Liaoning Province in 2013 and 2014, respectively, and the Excellent Master's Thesis Instructor of Liaoning Province in 2011 and 2013, respectively. She has received over RMB 7,000,000 research funding from governmental agencies and industry.

Statement: If I am selected for the position, I will serve the position for the progress and benefit of the VT society and its members. I will endeavor to: • Enhance the publicity about the fellowship awards and scholarships provided by the VTS; • Increase diversity in our society and membership by attracting more female researchers, young researchers, and researchers from developing countries; • Establish online forums to promote graduate-level study; • Help young researcher to network with peers and exchange of ideas to benefit their profession; • Keep the review process time of IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology short to attract more quality papers.

FERNANDO J. VELEZ (S’94-AM’01-M’04-SM’05) Biography: Fernando J. Velez received the Licenciado, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon in 1993, 1996 and 2001, respectively. Since 1995 he has been with the Department of Electromechanical Engineering of Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), Covilhã, Portugal, where he is Assistant Professor. He is also a researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações – Covilhã, a branch he was proud to coordinate from 2014 until 2020. Fernando was an IEF Marie Curie Research Fellow in King’s College London in 2008/09 (OPTIMOBILE IEF) and a Marie Curie ERG fellow at UBI in 2010-13 (PLANOPTI ERG). Fernando is the coordinator of the Instituto de Telecomunicações team in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN Action (TeamUp5G). He made or makes part of the teams of several European and Portuguese research projects on mobile communications and he was the coordinator of seven Portuguese projects, including CONQUEST (CMU/ECE/0030/2017), a collaboration with Department of Engineering and Public Policy from CMU. He has authored two books, fourteen book chapters, around 140 papers and communications in international journals and conferences, plus 37 in national conferences. Prof. Velez is the adjunct coordinator from the Telecommunications Specialization from the Portuguese Association for Engineers, and was the coordinator of WG2 (on Cognitive Radio/Software Defined Radio Co-existence Studies) from COST IC0905 “TERRA”. His main research areas are cellular planning tools, traffic from mobility, cross-layer design, radio resource management, spectrum sharing/coexistence/aggregation, RF energy harvesting, wearable sensors and WBANS, and cost/revenue performance of advanced mobile communication systems.

Statement: My plans consist of promoting initiatives to consolidate Chapters’ membership, with special focus to members from countries who are facing societal changes, struggling for economic and social consolidation, democratization of education, health and justice, and the strong need for reaching peace.

As researchers face the challenge of creating their own publications (journals, magazines, etc.) I also propose to give room for active contributions to the inclusion of such countries and their engineers, possibly by creating specific sections or issues in VT publications, for innovative topics and initiatives originated worldwide, with focus in developing countries. I think that structured and well-organized initiatives can enhance the sense of belonging from VT professionals and scientists, and significantly augmenting the quality and number of publications and contributions to IEEE standardization activities from VTS members.

My goal is also to contribute to initiatives that enable to explain the members how their contributions can be enhanced, how their evolution in VT Society can be consolidated and how joint initiatives and Global cooperation and projects can contribute to a united word through vehicular technologies and their evolution.

WEIHUA ZHUANG (M’93-SM’01-F’08) Biography: Weihua Zhuang received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Dalian Maritime University, China, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, all in electrical engineering. In 1993, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, where she is a Professor and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in wireless communication networks. She has been devoted to the training of future engineers and scientists, including 31 PhD students and 16 postdoctoral fellows (14 of whom are now professors in universities all over the world), 27 MASc students, and 35 undergraduate research assistants. Working closely with her students and postdoctoral fellows, Professor Zhuang has published 1 textbook and 9 monographs, 240 journal papers and 182 conference papers in top tier venues, with over 14,800 citations and H‐index of 67 according to Google Scholar. Her significant contributions have been recognized with the 2017 Technical Recognition Award from the IEEE Communications Society Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Technical Committee, 12 Best Paper Awards from premier international conferences, the Premier's Research Excellence Award from the Ontario Government, and five Outstanding Performance Awards from the University of Waterloo. Professor Zhuang is a Fellow of the IEEE, Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC).

Statement: If elected as a member of the VTS BoG, I will focus on: • serving the VT community via broad technical activities, including the VTS Distinguished Lecturers Program; • promoting VT technical areas in both journal publications and conference organizations, such as in Beyond 5G and 6G communication systems, connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and Internet of vehicles; • engaging woman researchers and engineers in VTS activities, and helping junior researchers (including graduate students, engineers, and faculty members) in their career progression.