Dr. Guoqiang Mao, SMIEEE  

I obtained my Master degree from South East University, China in 1998 and in the same year I came to Australia for PhD study on an IPRS scholarship, an extremely competitive scholarship sponsored by the Australian government. I obtained my PhD degree at Edith Cowan University in February 2002. After completing my PhD thesis within two and half years' study in June 2001, I worked at the US-based industrial company “Intelligent Pixel Incorporation” on optical switch design for about one year, first as a Senior Research Engineer and became a group leader six months later. In June 2002, I joined the University of Wollongong as a lecturer (tenured). Six months later, I decided to move to Sydney. I joined the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, the University of Sydney in December 2002 where I am a Senior Lecturer now. I am seconded to National ICT Australia as a Senior Researcher since December 2003.

I am actively engaged in teaching activities. I have taught a number of undergraduate and postgraduate subjects and supervised the thesis projects of over 50 final year undergraduate students.

I am the principal supervisor of three PhD research students. A further two research Masters and one PhD research student under my supervision (as the principal supervisor) have completed their degree, receiving outstanding comments on their theses.

When I worked at the US-based industrial company “Intelligent Pixel Incorporation”, I participated in a R&D project on the “Intelligent Reconfigurable Optical Switch”. This project produced a prototype of world’s first commercial polarization-independent reconfigurable liquid crystal optical switch. It paves the way for a new generation of optical packet networks.

I have published one book, two book chapters, and over 50 other papers in prestigious journals and refereed conference proceedings. In the past five years, I (in collaboration with other researchers) have received a number of competitive industrial and academic research grants whose total value exceeds A$3 million. Completion of these grants not only enables me to acquire research skills but also enables me to obtain managerial skills and entrepreneurial experience that enable me to identify mission critical problems and to conduct research that is applicable to the needs of industry. I have made significant scientific contributions in the areas of graph theory, sensor networks, network performance analysis and optical communications.

I am a regular reviewer for many of the leading journals in my field including IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE/ACM Transaction on Networking, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Communications. In the past five years, I have served as a program committee member in 21 international conferences. I was the publicity co-chair of 2007 ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems and am the leading editor of the book “Localization Algorithms and Strategies for Wireless Sensor networks”. I was listed in the 25th Anniversary Edition of Marquis “Who's Who in the World” (2008) and in the 9th (2007) and 10th (2008) Anniversary Edition of Marquis “Who's Who in Science and Engineering” for “exceptional achievements in Science and Engineering”. I am a Senior Member of IEEE.

My research team has been focusing on topics in wireless networking. I am the convener and co-founder of the wireless networking team made of Dr Bjorn Landfeldt from the School of Information Technology, the University of Sydney, Dr Lavy Libman and Dr Zianab Zaidi from NICTA and a number of postgraduate students.

My areas of interest include wireless multihop networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless localization techniques, graph theory and network performance analysis.

If you are an academic staff, a researcher, or an engineer interested in research cooperation, you may want to have a look at my research profile and publications. You are welcome to send me an email for research discussion or requesting further information.

If you are a highly motivated student with a strong academic record and are interested in taking the challenges in the broad area of wireless multi-hop networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless localization techniques, wireless network modeling and performance analysis and network quality of service, you may find relevant information on my research areas and how to apply for enrollment and scholarships funded by my research projects, the university and Australian governments here.

Senior Lecturer

School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Senior Member IEEE

Room 750 Building J03

School of Electrical and Information Engineering

The University of Sydney

NSW 2006

Australia

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