Rahim Tafazolli

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Fellow of the IET (FIET), Fellow of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), Professor

Research Areas: Wireless Communication Networks, Internet of Vehicles

Professor Rahim Tafazolli is the only Regius Professor of Electronic Engineering at the University of Surrey, as well as a Professor of Mobile and Satellite Communications. He is the Director of the Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), the Director and Founder of the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC). 

For over 30 years, he has been actively engaged in research, publishing more than 1000 technical papers and editing two books. He has also served as an editor for Wiley’s 5G Reference Guide. Professor Tafazolli has acted as a technical and strategic advisor to several mobile communication companies and has recently served as a member of the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Taskforce. 

He is currently a member of the DCMS Advisory Council on Diversification. He represents the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as an expert delegate to the European Space Agency (ESA) on satellite 5G matters. In 2014, he served as a technical advisor to the then-Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, for the “London Infrastructure Investment Plan 2050.”

Sherman Shen

Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Research, Fellow of the IEEE, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and Vice President of IEEE Communications Society

Research Areas: Wireless Communication Networks, Internet of Vehicles

Professor Shen is a globally renowned scholar in the field of communication networks, with a long-standing commitment to research on wireless communication networks, particularly on key technologies for the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). He has made pioneering contributions by proposing novel theories and technologies for IoV medium access and overcoming critical challenges in IoV security and privacy protection. His work has significantly advanced the development and industrial application of IoV technologies, earning him exceptional international reputation and industry influence.

Professor Shen has authored 27 books and published over 600 academic journal papers. He has received 44 best paper awards from prestigious international journals and top-tier conferences. Recognized as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, he is one of the most-cited authors in the field of wireless communication networks according to Google Scholar.

For his groundbreaking contributions to IoV, Professor Shen has received several distinguished awards, including the James Evans Avant Garde Award from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, the R.A. Fessenden Award for innovative network protocols from IEEE Canada, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee. He has also won numerous international academic honors.

In addition to his research achievements, Professor Shen has served as a member of the IEEE Communications Society’s Executive Committee, Chair of the Wireless Communications Committee, and General Chair, Area Chair, and Technical Program Chair of leading conferences such as ACM Mobihoc and IEEE Infocom. He has also been the Editor-in-Chief for several prestigious international journals, including those published by IEEE, IET, and Springer.