Xianbin Wang

Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair

Fellow of CAE, EIC, and IEEE
Ph.D., National University of Singapore
Director, Innovation Centre for Information Engineering
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Dr. Xianbin Wang is a Distinguished University Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Trusted Communications and Computing at Western University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from National University of Singapore in 2001. Prior to joining Western, he was with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) as a Research Scientist and a Senior Research Scientist between July 2002 and Dec. 2007. From Jan. 2001 to July 2002, he was a system designer at STMicroelectronics.

Professor Wang’s current research interests are focused on 5G/6G, intelligent communications, wireless security, machine-learning, and Internet-of-Things. The research activities of his research group have been supported by governmentl funding agencies and industry sponsors, leading to over 60 projects. The research projects led by him involve a high level of innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, prototyping and application of research findings in vertical industries. He has also successfully implemented an NSERC CREATE program in Communications Security, Privacy and Cyberethics (2013-19) as the Director and Principal Investigator.

The research activities of Professor Wang have led to more than 600 highly cited publications and 35 patents. His ground-breaking research, innovation and technical contributions, further bolstered by his tireless efforts in technology transfer and research training, have directly improved the operational outcome of interconnected consumer, industry and defence systems and further accelerated the transformation of our industry and society.

Professor Wang has received a number of prestigious domestic and international awards and recognitions, including being named a Canada Research Chair, nine IEEE Best Paper Awards, the President’s Excellence Award and Technology Transfer Award from Communications Research Centre Canada, an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario and the Public Service Award from the Canadian Federal Government.

Professor Wang is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, and a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He served as an Editor-in-Chief, Associate-Editor-in-Chief, Area Editor, Editor/Associate Editor/Guest Editor for over ten journals, including IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Dr. Wang was involved in numerous IEEE conferences including ICC, GLOBECOM, WCNC, VTC, CCECE and PIMRC, on different roles such as technical program co-chair, symposium chair, track chair, tutorial instructor TPC and session chair. Dr. Wang has been nominated as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer several times during the last ten years.

Awards & Distinctions

  • Fellow of IEEE, 2017
  • Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), 2018
  • Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), 2020
  • Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), 2021
  • Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, Western University, 2022
  • IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Medal, “For pioneering contributions to wireless communications, physical layer security and 5G technologies,” September 2022
  • 75-th Anniversary Technical Award of IEEE London Section, for “leadership in communication systems and pioneering contributions to wireless communication and 5G technologies,” Nov. 2019
  • Tier-I Canada Research Chair in 5G and Wireless IoT Communications, 2018
  • Tier-II Canada Research Chair in Wireless Security, 2013
  • Tier-II Canada Research Chair in Wireless Communications, 2007
  • Distinguished Lecturer, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), August 2009 to Dec. 2013
  • 10 Best Paper Awards, including IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), “Physical Layer Authentication in OFDM Systems Based on Hypothesis Testing of CFO Esti-mates”, June, 2012; and “Joint Design of Multi-Dimensional Multiple Access and Lightweight Continuous Authentication in Zero-Trust Environments,” IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2023 
  • Canadian Federal Government Public Service Award, June 2006
  • Canadian Who’s Who, since 2009-2010 editions
  • Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, 2010
  • CRC (Communications Research Centre Canada), President Excellence Award, July, 2007
  • Canadian Federal Government Public Service Award, June 2006
  • IEEE Scott Helt Memorial Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, "Transmitter Identification using Embedded Pseudo Random Sequences", Oct. 2005
  • Invention Incentive Award, STMicroelectronics, Feb. 2002

Professional Activities

  • Editor-in-Chief, IEEE ComSoc Best Readings, June 2022 -
  • Editor-in-Chief, Sensors (Communications Section), Jan. 2021 -
  • Area Editor, IEEE Communications Survey and Tutorials, Jan. 2025 -
  • Member of IEEE Fellow Committee, 2019
  • Chair of IEEE BTS Fellow Committee, 2018
  • Chair, IEEE Communications Society Signal Processing and Computing for Communications Technical Committee (2019-2022)
  • Member, NSERC Discovery Panel 1507 (Computer Science), 2021-2023, 2024-2025
  • Founding Chair, IEEE Communications Society – London Chapter
  • Editor/Associate Editor for:
    • IEEE Transactions on Communications
    • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
    • IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
    • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
    • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • General Chair, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2021
  • Technical Program Chair, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2025), Honolulu
  • Techncial Program Chair, 99th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Hong Kong, Oct. 2023
  • Tutorial Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM, 2024
  • Technical Program Chair/Co-chair
    • Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, 2017
    • Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, 2015
    • International Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing, Feb, 2009, Australia
    • Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, 2013
  • Symposium Chair/co-chair
    • 2017 IEEE GLOBECOM, Signal Processing for Communications Symposium
    • 2011 IEEE GLOBECOM, Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications Symposium.
    • 2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Wireless Communication Symposium, with over 600 submissions.
    • 2012 Chinacom, Wireless Communications Symposium
    • 2012 IC-WCSP, Wireless Communications Symposium
  • Track Chair/Co-Chair
    • IEEE GLOBECOM 2014, Social Networks, SAC
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Positioning and Satellite Communications), Quebec City, 2012 Fall
    • IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2011.
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2013 Fall (Satellite Networks, Positioning Technologies, Localization and Navigation)
    • IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2012.
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2010 Fall (Positioning and Satellite Communicaitons)
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2010 Spring (Wireless Access, with over 200 submissions)
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2008 Spring (Transmission technology, with over 500 submissions)
  • Technical Program Committee for:
    • IEEE ICC 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
    • IEEE GLOBECOM 2008-2017
    • IEEE ICC, 2010, Wireless Communication Symposium
    • IEEE WiMob’2010
    • IEEE WCNC 2010, Networks
    • IEEE PIMRC 2010, Track 3
    • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2009
    • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC) 2009
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2009
    • IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) 2009
    • Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2009
    • ChinaCom 2008
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2008
    • IEEE ICCS, 2008IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Baltimore)
    • IEEE Globecom 2007 (Washington DC)
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Fall 2006), Montreal, Canada
    • IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Toronto, 2006
    • IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems, Singapore, 2006
    • IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, 2007
    • The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Telecommunications (Term 2002-2005)
    • International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (CSN 2003) September 8-10, 2003, Benalmádena, Spain
    • International Conference on Wireless Networks and Emerging Technologies (WNET-2004), July 8-10, 2004, Banff, Canada
    • The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Telecommunications (Term 2002-2005)
  • Session Chair for:
    • IEEE Globecom2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017
    • IEEE International Symposium on Broadband and Multimedia Broadcasting, 2007
    • IEEE Globecom2006, San Francisco
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Fall 2006), Montreal
    • The Seventh International Conference on Signal Processing, Sept. 2004, Beijing