Bio: Dr. Wei Li is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas Southern University (TSU) in USA. He is also the Director of NSF Center for Research on Complex Networks at TSU,one of 23 active NSF Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology in 2016,and the InterimChairman of the Department. Before joining TSU, Dr. Li was an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Toledo.His research interests are in wirelesssensor networks and mobile ad hoc networks;adaptation, design, and implementation of dynamic models for wireless and mobile networks;radioresource allocations in wireless multimedia networks;and mobile and high-performance computing etc.. During last ten years, his research activities have been supported as PI by five NSF Research Grants, two AFOSR Grants and one Industry Project. He is the author or co-author of more than 5 books and 150 peer-reviewed papers inprofessional journals and the proceedings of conferences, including IEEE TWC,IEEE TVT, IEEE/ACM TN, IEEE JSAC, and INFOCOM et al. He has been served as TPC members for several international conferences such as INFOCOM, Globecom, ICC,and WCNC, is currently serving as an Editor for three professional journals,and is serving or has served as a Steering Committee Member/ General Co-Chair/TPC Co-Chair/ Publicity Chair/ Session Chair for a number of professional conferences, respectively.
Abstract:In this presentation, the speaker will briefly introduce the major aspects of NSFCREST Research Center at TSU in the research of energy efficient wireless sensor networks, the unban transportation environmental networks anddistributed computational networks, in the education and the technologytransform components. The presentation will also include Center’s management, and its concentration on the science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) education programs, as well as its measurement of success. The speaker will then present the Center’s research objective in wireless sensor networksand some of its recent research accomplishments in this area. Finally, the speaker will present on how the current research be linked to the short range wireless communications for connected vehicle networks.
