Panel: Data-driven IoT Systems: Emerging Verticals, Challenges, and Opportunities
Time: 2:00-3:15pm, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
Panelists:
Prof. Falko Dressler
Technische Universität Berlin
Falko Dressler is full professor and Chair for Telecommunication Networks at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Erlangen in 1998 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Dressler has been associate editor-in-chief for IEEE Trans. on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing and Elsevier Computer Communications as well as an editor for journals such as IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, and Elsevier Nano Communication Networks. He has been chairing conferences such as IEEE INFOCOM, ACM MobiSys, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE VNC, IEEE GLOBECOM. He authored the textbooks Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks published by Wiley & Sons and Vehicular Networking published by Cambridge University Press. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer as well as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Dressler is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Fellow, and an AAIA Fellow. He is a member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). He has been serving on the IEEE COMSOC Conference Council and the ACM SIGMOBILE Executive Committee. His research objectives include next generation wireless communication systems in combination with distributed machine learning and edge computing for improved resiliency. Application domains include the internet of things, cyber-physical systems, and the internet of bio-nano-things.
Prof. Xinwen Fu
UMass Lowell
Dr. Xinwen Fu is a Professor in the School of Computer & Information Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell. He was a tenured Associate Professor at University of Central Florida. His current research interests are in computer and network security and privacy. Dr. Fu has published at prestigious conferences including the four top computer security conferences (Oakland, CCS, USENIX Security and NDSS) and IEEE INFOCOM and ICDCS, and journals such as ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN) and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC). He won multiple best/distinguished paper awards including one at IEEE ICDCS 2024 and honorable mention at USENIX Security 2025. He spoke at various technical security conferences including Black Hat. His research was reported by various Media including CNN, Wired, Huffington Post, Forbes, Yahoo, MIT Technology Review, PC Magazine and aired on CNN Domestic and International and the State Science and Education Channel of China (CCTV 10).
Prof. Jelena Misic
Toronto Metropolitan University
Jelena Mišić is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. She received her PhD in Computer Engineering from University of Belgrade, Serbia. She is an internationally recognized expert in the area of IoT, blockchain, wireless networking and network security, where she has authored or co-authored four books, 190+ journal papers, 24 book chapters, and 240+ conference papers. She has chaired more than a dozen major international events and guest-edited more than a dozen special issues of various journals. She serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE Network, ACM Computing Surveys, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering and Ad Hoc Networks journal (published by Elsevier). She is IEEE Fellow, ACM member and has served as IEEE VTS distinguished lecturer and chair of IEEE Communication Society awards committee.
Prof. Aaron Striegel
University of Notre Dame
Prof. Aaron Striegel is currently a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and also serves on the Executive Committee of the Wireless Institute at Notre Dame. Prof. Striegel's research interests focus on instrumenting wireless networking, optimizing network performance, wireless-enabled sensing, and network security.
Prof. Guoliang Xing
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Guoliang Xing is a Professor of Information Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He received his D.Sc. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2006 and served as faculty at Michigan State University from 2008 to 2017. Prof. Xing‘s research lies at the intersection of systems and Embedded AI, with transformative applications in healthcare, autonomous driving, and sustainability. Highlights of his work include leading the development and field deployment of large-scale systems for roadside infrastructure-assisted autonomous driving, early clinical diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, and real-time volcano monitoring. He has received several prestigious awards, including the US NSF CAREER Award (2010), the Withrow Rising Scholar Award from Michigan State University (2014), and the Research Excellence Award from CUHK (2024). His work has received 6 Best Paper Awards, 5 Best Demo/Poster/Artifact Awards, and 7 Best Paper Finalist distinctions at top-tier international conferences such as MobiCom, MobiSys, SenSys, ICNP, and IPSN. He is a Fellow of both the ACM and IEEE.
Prof. Shiwen Mao
Auburn University (Moderator)
Shiwen Mao is a Professor and Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar, and Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center at Auburn University. Dr. Mao's research interest includes wireless networks, multimedia communications, and smart grid. He is the editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. He received the SEC (Southeastern Conference) 2023 Faculty Achievement Award for Auburn, the Auburn University Creative Research & Scholarship Award in 2018, the NSF CAREER Award in 2010, and several service awards from the IEEE. He is a co-recipient of several journal and conference best paper awards from the IEEE. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.