Biography
I’m a Professor in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, I was a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute for five years (2018-23). At Edinburgh, I have served as the Director of Institute for Computing Systems Architecture (one of the six research institutes within Informatics) between August 2018 and July 2022.
Earlier, I held visiting roles at ETH Zurich and at Ofcom London.
Before joining Edinburgh, I had a two-year postdoctoral stint at the UCLA Computer Science Department in the Mobile Systems Laboratory headed by Prof. Rajive Bagrodia. I earned my PhD in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where my advisor was Prof. Samir Das.
I’m an IEEE Fellow and an ACM Distinguished Member.
Research
My research is in the area of networked systems with a focus on wireless networks and mobile/edge systems. My current research interests also include cloud service assurance, edge computing, sustainable computing and networking, machine learning systems and quantum systems. My recent research has been mainly on the following topics:
- Software-oriented mobile networking systems (CoreKube [MobiCom'23], Nervion [MobiCom'21], WhiteHaul [MobiSys'20], Iris [JSAC'19], Orion [MobiCom'17], FlexRAN [CoNEXT'16])
- Generative AI applications in networking (DeepSpace (SIGCOMM'25), SpotLight [MobiCom'24],
NetGSR [CoNEXT'24],
GenDT [CoNEXT'22], AppShot [TNSM'22], CartaGenie [PerCom'22], SpectraGAN [CoNEXT'21])
- Network automation and optimization through tailored data-driven and machine learning techniques
- Earth observation and networking with LEO satellites (DeepSpace (SIGCOMM'25), [WWW'24])
Within Informatics@Edinburgh, I lead the Networked Systems (NetSys) Group. I'm also part of the
Quantum Informatics Group and the Security, Privacy and Trust Group.
Publications
(Google Scholar, DBLP)
Team:
Research Students
- Leyang Xue
- Andrew Ferguson
- Ujjwal Pawar
- Molham Khoja
- Maria Gragera Garces (co-advised with Chris Heunen)
- Bolun Zhang
OPEN POSITIONS
Teaching
I am involved in teaching the following courses:
- UG4/MSc Computer Networking (CN)
- UG3 Computer Communications and Networks (COMN)
Professional Service (recent/selected)
- Program Co-Chair: ACM MobiCom 2026, ACM Open and AI RAN 2025 (with ACM MobiCom 2025)
- Program Committee Member: ACM MobiCom ('25, '24, '23, ..),
ACM CoNEXT ('25, '24),
IEEE INFOCOM ('26, '25, '24, ..),
IEEE ICDCS'25.
- Guest Editor, IEEE Internet Computing Special Issue on 6G Technologies and Applications, Mar/Apr 2024.
- Steering Committee Member, MobiUK, 2018 - Present.
- UKTIN Academic Future Networks Strategy Group Member, 2023 - Present.
- IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge Selection Committee Member, 2022 - 2023.
- ACM Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) Young Researcher Selection Committee Member, 2020 - 2023.
- Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member (till 2013), ACM MobiCom WiNTECH Workshop.
- Co-Founder and Organising Committee Member (till 2014), SCONE (SCOttish Networking Event).