Biography
Lian Zhao (S99-M03-SM06) received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ELCE), University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2002. She joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, in 2003 and a Professor in 2014. Her research interests are in the areas of wireless communications, radio resource management, power control, cognitive radio and cooperative communications, optimization for complicated systems.
She received the Best Land Transportation Paper Award from IEEE Vehicular Technology Society in 2016; Top 15 Editor in 2015 for IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology; Best Paper Award from the 2013 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP) and Best Student Paper Award (with her student) from Chinacom in 2011; the Ryerson Faculty Merit Award in 2005 and 2007; the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Opportunity Research Award in 2005, and Early Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2006. She has been an Editor for IEEE TRANSACTION ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY since 2013; General Chair for IEEE GreeenCom 2018; co-chair for IEEE ICC 2018 Wireless Communication Symposium; workshop co-chair for IEEE/CIC ICCC 2015; local arrangement co-chair for IEEE VTC Fall 2017 and IEEE Infocom 2014; co-chair for IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2013 Communication Theory Symposium. She served as a committee member for NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Discovery Grants Evaluation Group for Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015 to 2018. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, a senior member of the IEEE Communication and Vehicular Society.
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Current Position
Chair for Vehicular Technology Chapter