Biographical Sketch

Dr. Yulei Wu is an Associate Professor working across the Faculty of Engineering and the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, University of Bristol, UK. He is also affiliated with the Smart Internet Lab and is a member of the High Performance Networks Research Group. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computing and Mathematics and B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) degree in Computer Science from the University of Bradford, UK, in 2010 and 2006, respectively. His research interests focus on digital twins and ethics-responsible decision making and their applications on future networks, connected systems, edge computing, and digital infrastructure.

Before joining the University of Bristol, Dr. Wu was working in the University of Exeter and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is currently leading Smart Networks and Services (SmartNetS) Lab. His research has mainly been supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Royal Society, University's Innovation Platform and industry. He has published 10 authored/edited monograph books, and over 150 research papers in prestigious international journals, including IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Network, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, and ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, and at reputable international conferences such as ICDCS, IPDPS, GLOBECOM, ICC and WCNC. He has 8 ESI highly-cited papers by Clarivate Analytics and was the recipient of 5 Best Paper Awards. His work has been featured by the IEEE Network Scanning the Literature and the IEEE Xplore Innovation Spotlight. He is the holder of 7 patents. He was elected as a Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has delivered more than 20 keynote/invited talks at technical conferences and institutions. He has supervised/co-supervised 6 PhD students to graduation.

Dr. Wu serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), as well as an Editorial Board Member of Computer Networks, Future Generation Computer Systems, and Nature Scientific Reports at Nature Portfolio. He also served/serves as a Guest Editor for many international journals, including IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, and IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (ICSS). Dr. Wu contributes to many conferences on his research areas as various roles, including the General Chair and the Program Chair. He has also served as the Program Committee Member of numerous professional conferences/workshops. He is a founder Steering Committee Chair of IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, Networking and Services (SmartCNS). He was awarded the Outstanding Leadership Awards from IEEE Blockchain-2020, IEEE HPCC-2018, IEEE CIT-2017, IEEE ISPA-2013, and IEEE TrustCom-2012. He has also been a Reviewer for Newton Prize, many book proposals and grant proposals, as well as international conferences and journals including many IEEE/ACM Transactions and Magazines. He won the TNSE Excellent Editor Award in 2021 and 2022, and was awarded the Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing by Future Generation Computer Systems in 2018. He is chairing an IEEE Special Interest Group (SIG) on Ethical AI for Future Networks and Digital Infrastructure, and serving as Technical Program Chair of IEEE ComSoc Network Operations and Management (CNOM) Technical Committee. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the ACM, and a Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy).