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Prof. Abdallah Shami

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Abdallah Shami, Ph.D., P.Eng., FIEEE, FCAE, FEIC
Professor, Western Research Chair, and Dept. Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Western University
Tel: 519 661-2111 x81259
E-mail: First.Last@uwo.ca

Research Interests / Specializations:

Smart Systems, Next-Generation Networks, ML/AI, Industrial Internet of Things, Network Softwarization, Network Security.

Awards and Recognition

Western Research Chair, Western University, 2026 -
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Fellow, Western Academy for Advanced Research, Western University, Smart City Research Theme, Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2024 [workload: 100% Research, 0% Service, 0% Teaching].
Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC).
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE).
Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA).

IEEE ComSoc North American Regional (Region 1-7) Exceptional Service Award, 2025
Best paper award at the 2024 ACM International Workshop on Autonomous Cybersecurity (AutonomousCyber 2024) - Held in conjunction with the 31st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS 2024), 18th Oct 2024, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.
IEEE-HKN Member (Eta Chapter), Class of 2023.
2023 "Tanner Industry Leadership Award" by IEEE Region 7 (Canada) for his exceptional leadership in technology transfer to Industry.
2023 “Technical Achievement Award” by the IEEE Communications Society, Information Infrastructure and Networking Technichal Committee.
2022 “B. Broughton Canada Merit Medal” by IEEE Region 7 (Canada) for his leadership in serving the IEEE Canada, and the IEEE Communications Society.
2017 “Technical Achievement Award” for Outstanding Contributions to Network Softwarization, IEEE Communications Society, Communications Software Technical Committee.
Best paper award at the 2022 IEEE Fifth International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications.
Best paper award in the category of "Industrial Automation and Control Systems Technology" 11th Annual IEEE Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, IEMCON 2020.
Best Paper Award in the category of "Image Processing and Multimedia Technology and Artificial Intelligence" 11th Annual IEEE Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, 2020.
Leadership and Technical Achievement Award in Machine Learning and Network Virtualization, IEEE Canada, November 2019, London, Canada.
AI-based Cybersecurity Research work by Dr. Shami has been highlighted at IEEE Innovations Hub website in June 2022.
2017 Premier Academic Partner Research Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mircom Technologies Inc.
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Award in the area of Network Virtualization and Software Defined Networks – (2016-2017)
Best paper award at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2015.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award at IWCMC 2014, 2017, and 2011.
2013 Samsung Global Research Award.

Professional Activities

Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (2026 - )
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (2023 - 2025)
Editor, IEEE Communications Survey and Tutorials, (2012 - )
Associate Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2019 - 2024)
Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, “Networks, Systems and Services Operations and Management through Intelligence,” (2022-2024)

Lead Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine, “Machine Learning-Enabled Zero Touch Networks” (2022-2023)
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (2018 - 2023)
Associate Editor, IEEE Networks (2018 - 2021)
Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine (2018 - 2023)
Editor, IET Communications Journal, (2014 - 2019)
Editor, IEEE Communications Letters, (2008 - 2013)
Associate Editor, Willey Journal of Communications Systems, (2011 - 2013)
Associate Editor, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, (2014 - 2016)

Member, NSERC/FRQNT Multidisciplinary Evaluation Committee – E - Computer Science - Operations Research - Electrical Engineering, 2022-2023.
Member, NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR, New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Panel, 2019-2020
Member, CFI Infrastructure Panel, 2020 - 2021
Member, NSERC Strategic Projects Selection Panel - Information and Communications Technologies, (2015-2018)
Chair, Educational Services Committee, IEEE Region 7 (2024 - )
Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Region 7 (2024 - )
Member, Section Education Outreach Committee (SEOC), IEEE Global (2024 - )
Tutorial Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, Canada, 2025

Best paper Awards Committee Member, IEEE GlobeCom, 2023.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) Co-Chair of the International Conference on 6G Networking (6GNet'23), France.
General Chair, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, London Ontario, May 2020
General Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2019
Workshop Chair, Smart Connected Infrastructure and Digital Services Workshop, London Ontario, November 2018.
Symposium Chair, IEEE GlobeCom, Mobile and Wireless Networks, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2023.
Symposium Chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Mobile and Wireless Networks, Seoul, South Korea, May 2022.
Symposium co-Chair, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Wireless Networks, Morocco, April 2019
Symposium Chair: IEEE GlobeCom, Communications Software, Services and Multimedia Applications, Abu Dhabi, December 2018
Symposium co-Chair: IEEE ICC, Communications Software, Services and Multimedia Applications, Paris, May 2017
Track Chair, IEEE GlobeCom 2015, Green Communications Symposium, San Diego December 2015.
Technical Program co-Chair, IEEE MoWNet'2013, Montreal, August 2013
Symposium co-Chair: IEEE ICC, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium, Budapest, June 2013
Symposium Chair: IEEE ICNC, Optical and Grid Networking Symposium, San Diego, 2013
Symposium Chair: IEEE GlobeCom, Next Generation Networking and Internet Symposium, California, December 2012
Symposium co-Chair: IEEE ComCompAp, Computing Systems and Software Symposium, Hong Kong, 2012
Symposium Chair: IEEE ICNC, Optical and Grid Networking Symposium, Haiwai, 2012
Technical Program co-Chair: IEEE ICCIT, June 2012, Tunisia
Technical Program co-Chair: IFIP NDT, April 2012, Dubai, UAE
General Chair: IEEE International Conference of Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT-2011), Jordan, March 2011
General Chair: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Information Technology (MCIT-2010), UAE, March 2010
Panel Co-Chair, the 2nd International Conference on Access Networks, Ottawa, Sept. 2007.

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