Recognitions and Awards
Recognitions and Awards
Recognitions
Dr. Shen has ranked 1 in Canada and 17 in the world in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering by Research.com. He has also been recognized with Electronics and Electrical Engineering Leader Award (2025/2026).
Dr. Shen has ranked 3 in Canada and 36 in the world in the field of Computer Science by Research.com. He has also been recognized with Computer Science Leader Award (2025/2026).
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2025 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research (2025).
Dr. Shen have ranked 1 in Canada and 18 in the world ranking in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering by Research.com. He has also been recognized with Electronics and Electrical Engineering Leader Award (2025).
Dr. Shen have ranked 3 in Canada and 49 in the world ranking in the field of Computer Science by Research.com. He has also been recognized with Computer Science Leader Award (2025).
Dr. Shen has been elected an International Fellow of Engineering Academy of Japan (2024).
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2024 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research (2024).
Dr. Shen has been elected a Foreign Fellow of China Institute of Communications (2024)
Dr. Shen has been elected a Fellow of Industry Academy, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (2024).
Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award (2024).
Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award (2024).
Dr. Shen has been elected a Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) (2024)
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research (2023).
IEEE Technical Activities Board presents to Dr. Shen the Certificate in recognition and appreciation of valued services and contributions (2023)
Zhejiang Province of China presents to Dr. Shen the West Lake Friendship Award (2023).
Senior Fellow, PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research, Hong Kong (2023).
Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award (2023).
Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award (2023).
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2022 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research (2022).
President's Excellence in Research, University of Waterloo (2022).
Honorary Professor, Peking University, China (2022).
Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award (2022).
Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award (2022).
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research (2021).
The IEEE Sensors Council presents to Dr. Shen the 2021 IEEE Internet of Things Journal Outstanding Service Award "For the contributions to the growth of the IEEE Internet of Things Journal" (2021).
The Canadian Society of Information Theory (CSIT) presents to Dr. Shen the Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research. This is a biannual award in recognization of "distinguished contributions made by an individual in Canada to research in the field of telecommunications" (2021).
Guide2Research has released the 7th Edition of its 2021 Ranking of Top 1,000 Scientists in the field of Computer Science and Electronics. Dr. Shen has been ranked 75th in the world ranking (www.guide2research.com/scientists) and 4th in Canada (www.guide2research.com/scientists/CA) (2021).
Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University, China (2021).
President's Excellence in Research, University of Waterloo (2020).
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2020 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research (2020).
Dr. Shen has been elected a Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering (2019).
The Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario) presents to Dr. Shen the 2019 Award of Merit to recognise distinguished Chinese Canadian with outstanding achievements in his own field (2019).
IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee presents to Dr. Shen the 2019 Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award for his exceptional contributions to resource management in wireless networks (2019).
IEEE Canada presents to Dr. Shen the R.A. Fessenden Award for highly influential contributions to innovative networking algorithms and protocols for mobile communications (2019).
The Web of Science Group presents to Dr. Shen the 2019 Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. (2019).
IEEE Communications Society presents to Dr. Shen the Harold Sobol Award for Exemplary Service to Meetings & Conferences for Outstanding Conference Services as Technical Program Chair for IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, 2007, IEEE INFOCOM 2014, and IEEE ICC 2010 Symposia Chair (2018).
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society presents to Dr. Shen the James Evans Avant Garde Award for contributions to fundamental theories and innovative networking protocols in vehicular communications (2018).
North America Association of Chinese Scholars in Computing presents to Dr. Shen the Honorary Member for contributing to the computing field (2018).
IEEE Communications Society presents to Dr. Shen the Education Award for inspirational graduate student mentoring, research guidance, and teaching in wireless communication networkss (2017).
Dr. Shen has been designated "University Professor", a title bestowed by the University of Waterlooto recognizing “exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence. He is the first one in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to be honoured with this distinction (2017).
The TechConnect World Innovation Summit presents Dr. Shen the Innovation Award, Washington D.C., USA (2016).
Dr. Shen has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his contributions to Resource Management and Information Security for Wireless Communication Networks (2015).
IEEE Communications Society presented to Dr. Shen the Joseph LoCicero Award for Exemplary Service to Publications with citation For outstanding service as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Network and as a Founding Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2015).
IEEE Communications Society Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks Technical Committee presents to Dr. Shen the Technical Recognition Award for his contributions to Resource Management and Information Security in Mobile ad hoc Networks (2013).
Dr. Shen has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering for his contributions to Resource Management and Wireelss Security (2012).
Dr. Shen has been elected a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada for his contributions to Network Resource Management and Information Security for Wireless Communications (2011).
Dr. Shen has been elevated to IEEE Fellow for his contributions to Resource Management of Wireless Networks (2009).
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturer (2011 - 2014)
IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer (Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2010)
Outstanding Performance Award, from the University of Waterloo in 2018, 2014, 2010, 2007, and 2004 for outstanding contribution in teaching, scholarship and service
Excellent Graduate Supervision Award, from the Graduate Studies Office (in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association), University of Waterloo in 2006, for outstanding graduate supervisor who is a mentor, an advisor, a role model, a humanist and a strategist.
University Research Chair, from the University of Waterloo (2007 - 2014), for recognizing exceptional achievement and preeminence in a particular field of knowledge.
Major Research Funding annoucement from the University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin (Monday, February 11, 2008): "Provincial officials came to campus Friday morning to announce more than $19 million in funding for "four cutting-edge research projects", being funded in partnership with industry to support the province's top researchers in areas where Ontario can compete and win in the global marketplace. The MPP for Kitchener Centre, John Milloy, and the MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga, Leeanna Pendergast, made the announcement in a lab in Engineering III on behalf of the minister of research and innovation, John Wilkinson. ... . Security and Mobility over the Global Information Transport Platform - Developing security systems for multiple communications networks. Total project cost: $8,731,500; provincial funding: $2,910,500. Lead researcher: Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, electrical and computer engineering. "Waterloo researchers will develop new solutions for distributing massive amounts of information over networks in a way that guarantees security without compromising flexibility and usability. Researchers at UW will join partner researchers at the University of Ottawa, Queen's University and McMaster University to investigate and develop new technologies and work with industry partners to commercialize their technologies in the marketplace. The result of this project will be made-in-Ontario high-tech security features that can be marketed around the world - boosting the province's economy while tackling network privacy concerns." Key private sector partners: Bell Canada, RIM. University partners: McMaster, Queen's, Ottawa.
The Premier's Research Excellence Award (PREA), from the Province of Ontario in 2003, for demonstrated excellence of scientific and academic contributions
Distinguished Performance Award, from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo in 2017, and 2002, for outstanding contribution in teaching, scholarship and service
Services
Chair, Governance Standing Committee, IEEE Communications Society (2025)
Chair, Nominations & Elections Standing Committee, IEEE Communications Society (2025)
Past President, IEEE Communications Society (2024)
President, IEEE Communications Society (2022-2023)
President Elect, IEEE Communications Society (2021)
Vice President - Technical and Educational Activities, IEEE Communications Society (2020 - 2021)
Vice President - Publication, IEEE Communications Society (2018 - 2019)
Chair - International Advisory Committee, Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things (RIAIoT), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2021 - present)
Member at Large - Board of Governors, IEEE Communications Society (2015 - 2017)
Vice Chair - Technical Activities Council, IEEE Communications Society (Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015)
Chair, Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee, IEEE Communications Society (Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015)
Chair, Technical Committee on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Society (Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2012)
Vice Chair, Technical Committee on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Society (Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2010)
Founding Chair, Sub-Technical Committee on P2P Communications and Networking, IEEE Communications Society (2007)
Technical Program Chair, IEEE Globecom'24, Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 8 - 12, 2024
General Co-Chair, IEEE 23rd International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT 2023), WuXi, China, Oct. 20-22, 2023.
Honorary Chair, IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2021), Virtual Conference, Sept. 12-17, 2021.
Program Co-Chair, ACM International Conference on Control, Robotics and Intelligent System (CCRIS 2020), Xiamen, China, Oct. 27-29, 2020.
General Co-Chair, Workshop on New IP: New Internetworking Protocols Architectures, and Algorithms (NIPAA), the 28th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2020), Madrid, Spain, October 13, 2020.
General Co-Chair, Workshop on New Network Architecture Powering Internet-of-Things, IEEE VTC'Fall, Victoria, Canada, October 7-11, 2020.
General Co-Chair, IEEE SmartCity 2019, Zhangjiajie, China, August 10-12, 2019.
General Co-Chair, The 13th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering (IEEE BigDataSE 2019), Rotorua, New Zealand, August 5-8, 2019.
General Co-Chair, The 12th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, Atlanta, USA, July 14 - 17, 2019.
Technical Program Chair, IEEE Globecom'16, Washington, D.C., USA
General Chair, ACM Mobihoc'15 (The 16th ACM Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing), Hangzhou, China.
Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE Infocom'14, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Technical Program Chair, IEEE VTC-Fall'10, Ottawa, Canada
Technical Program Chair, IEEE Globecom'07, Washington, D.C., USA
Founding Springer Book Series Editor on Wireless Networks, Springer-Verlag (October 2015- present)
Springer Briefs Series Editor on Wireless Communications, Springer-Verlag (March 2011- present)
Founding Area Editor - Resource Management and Multiple Access, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2006 - 2009)
Founding Book Series Editor - Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, John Wiley
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications - An International Journal (Springer-Verlag)
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2019)
Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (March 2016 - Dec. 2016)
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Network (Jan. 2012 - June 2015)
Editor-in-Chief, IET Communications (2011 - 2018)
Board Member, Institute for Computer Research, University of Waterloo
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker, IEEE 25th International Conference on Communication Technology, Shenyang, China, Oct. 16 - 18, 2025.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE 24th International Conference on Communication Technology, Chengdu, China, Oct. 18 - 20, 2024.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE Hong Kong 6G Wireless Summit, Hong Kong, China, Sept. 11 - 12, 2024.
Keynote Speaker, 43rd Chinese Control Conference (CCC 2024), Kunming, China, July 28 - 31, 2024.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE 6G Summit Singapore, Singapore, Dec. 1, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, 3rd Macao Conference on Smart City Technologies (MCSCT 2023), Macau, China, Nov. 3 - 4, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE Hong Kong 6G Wireless Summit, Hong Kong, China, Sept. 13 - 14, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, The 3rd International Conference on Network Communication and Information Security (ICNCIS 2023), Mianyang, China, Aug. 6 - 8, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, The 31st Biennial Symposium on Communications (BSC 2023), Montreal, Canada, July 4 - 7, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, The 14th IEEE Int. Conf. Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nanjing, China, Nov. 1 - 3, 2022.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE ComSoc Student Tech Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, April 9, 2022.
Keynote Speaker, The 9th International Conference on Information Technology: IoT and Smart City (ICIT, 2021), Guangzhou, China, December 22-25, 2021.
Keynote Speaker, THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ICT CONVERGENCE (ICTC, 2021), Jeju Island, Korea, October 20-22, 2021.
Keynote Speaker, China IoT Conference, WuXi, China, October 14-16, 2021.
Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Edge Computing and IoT: Systems, Management and Security (ICECI'20), Changsha, China, Nov. 6-8, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, The 8th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM'20), Reims, France, Oct. 27-29, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, The 3rd CCF China Blockchain Conference (CCF CBCC 2020), Jinan, China, October 23-25, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, The 16th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, and Communications (WiMob 2020), Thessaloniki, Greece, October 12-14, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications, and Computing (IEEE ICSPCC 2020), Taipa, Macau, Aug. 21-23, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, 3rd EAI International Conference on 6G for Future Wireless Networks, Tianjin, China, Aug. 15-16, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, The 5th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ISAIR2020), Fukuoka, Japan, Aug. 8 -10, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2020), Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Feb. 17-20, 2020.
Keynote Speaker, WiMob 2019, Barcelona, Spain, October 21-23, 2019.
Keynote Speaker, The 2018 International Blockchain Conference, Changsha, China, Nov. 28-30, 2018.
Keynote Speaker, The 18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP 2018), Guangzhou, China, Nov. 15-17, 2018.
Plenary Speaker, The 24th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2018), Ningbo, China, Nov. 12-14, 2018.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE ICCCN'18, Hangzhou, China, July 30-Aug. 2, 2018.
Keynote Speaker, The Second ACSIC Symposium on Frontiers in Computing (SOFC), Dallas, Texas, USA, June 1-2, 2018.
Keynote Speaker, The 16th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2018), Shanghai, China, May 7-11, 2018.
Keynote Speaker, The 23rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Dec. 11-13, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE/CIC ICCC'17, Qingdao, China, Oct. 22-24, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, CWSN'17, Tianjin, China, Oct. 13-15, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, The 13th Int. Wireless Commu. Mobile Computing Conf., Valencia, Spain, June 26-30, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, Communication and Networking Summit 2017, Wuhan, China, May 15-16, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, The ACM Turing 50th Celebration Conference - Workshop on IoT and Cyberspace Security, Shanghai, China, May 12-14, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, Int. Symposium on Big Data and Networking, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, Feb. 16-18, 2016.
Keynote Speaker, NEWTON Forum, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2, 2015.
Keynote Speaker, ComcomAp'14, Beijing, China, Oct. 20-22, 2014.
Keynote Speaker, 10th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2-4, 2013.
Keynote Speaker, The fourth International Workshop on Cross-Layer Design ( IWCLD 2013 ), Qingdao, China, Oct. 28-29, 2013.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE Int. Conf. Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Huangshan, China, Oct. 25-27, 2012.
Keynote Speaker, The 15th Int. Symp. on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications ( WPMC12), Taipei, Taiwan, September 24-27, 2012.
Keynote Speaker, The 6th Int. Conf. on Communications and Networking in China (Chinacom'11), Harbin, China, August 17-19, 2011.
Keynote Speaker, The 6th Int. Conf. on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA'2011), Chengdu, China, August 11-13, 2011.
Keynote Speaker, The Third Int. Conf. on Communications and Mobile Computing (CMC'2011), Qingdao, China, April 18-20, 2011.
Plenary Speaker, 25th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 12 - 14, 2010.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE Int. Conf. Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nanjing, China, Nov. 13 - 15, 2009.
Keynote Speaker, 7th Int. Conf. Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless (AD HOC NOW), Sophia Antipolis, France, Sept. 10 - 13, 2008.
Best Innovation Awards
H. Zhou, J. Li, J. Xue, G. Luo and X. Shen, "The Enabling Technologies of Senseing-Communication-Control Integrated Intelligent Non-Signalized Intersections System for Connected Unmanned Driving", 2023 International Connected Vehicles Conference, Chengdu, China, Oct. 13 - 15, 2023. (received the Integrated Solutions Innovation Competition First Price Award)
Best Journal Paper Awards
X. Shen, J. Gao, W. Wu, K. Lyu, M. Li, W. Zhuang, X. Li and J. Rao, "AI-Assisted Network-Slicing Based Next-Generation Wireless Networks", IEEE Open Journal on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 1, pp. 45-66, January 2020. (received the 2025 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society OJVT Best Paper Award )
M. Li, N. Cheng, J. Gao, Y. Wang , L. Zhao , and X. Shen, "Energy-Efficient UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing: Resource Allocation and Trajectory Optimization", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 3424-3438, 2020. (received the 2024 IEEE Best Land Transportation Paper Award)
Xiaohu You, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Jie Huang, Xiqi Gao, Zaichen Zhang, Mao Wang, Yongming Huang, Chuan Zhang, Yanxiang Jiang, Jiaheng Wang, Min Zhu, Bin Sheng, Dongming Wang, Zhiwen Pan, Pengcheng Zhu, Yang Yang, Zening Liu, Ping Zhang, Xiaofeng Tao, Shaoqian Li, Zhi Chen, Xinying Ma, Chih-Lin I, Shuangfeng Han, Ke Li, Chengkang Pan, Zhimin Zheng, Lajos Hanzo, Xuemin Sherman Shen, Yingjie Jay Guo, Zhiguo Ding, Harald Haas, Wen Tong, Peiying Zhu, Ganghua Yang, Jun Wang, Erik G Larsson, Hien Quoc Ngo, Wei Hong, Haiming Wang, Debin Hou, Jixin Chen, Zhe Chen, Zhangcheng Hao, Geoffrey Ye Li, Rahim Tafazolli, Yue Gao, H Vincent Poor, Gerhard P Fettweis, Ying-Chang Liang, "Towards 6G Wireless Communication Networks: Vision, Enabling Technologies, and New Paradigm Shifts", Science China Information Sciences (SCIS), Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 1-74, 2021. (received the Science China Information Sciences 2023 Hot Paper Award),
Z. Niu, X. Shen, Q. Zhang, Y. Tang, "Space-air-ground Integrated Vehicular Network for Connected and Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Solutions", Intelligent and Converged Networks, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 142-169, 2020. (received the Intelligent and Converged Networks 2023 Excellent Paper Award)
Y. Zhang, C. Xu, X. Lin, and X. Shen, "Blockchain-Based Public Integrity Verification for Cloud Storage against Procrastinating Auditors", IEEE Trans. on Cloud Computing, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 923-937, 2021. (received the runner-up for the 2022 Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing by the IEEE Computer Society Publications Board)
J. Ni, K. Zhang, Q. Xia, X. Lin, and X. Shen, "Enabling Strong Privacy Preservation and Accurate Task Allocation for Mobile Crowdsensing", IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 1317-1331, 2020. (received the IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing 2022 Best Paper Award)
X. Shen, N. Cheng, H. Zhou, F. Lyu, W. Yuan, W. Shi, H. Wu, C. Zhou, "Space-air-ground Integrated Networks: Review and Prospect", Chinese Journal on Internet of Things, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 3-19, Sept. 2020 (received the Chinese Journal on Internet of Things 2021 Best Paper Award)
W. Xu, H. Zhou, N. Cheng, F. Lyu, W. Shi, J. Chen, and X. Shen, "Internet of Vehicles in Big Data Era", IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 19-35, 2018. (received the IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica 2020 Norbert Wiener Review Award)
J. Chen, H. Zhou, N. Zhang, P. Yang, L. Gui, and X. Shen, "Software Defined Internet of Vehicles: Architecture, Challenges and Solutions", J. Communications aand Information Networks, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 14-26, 2016. (received the 2018 JCIN (Springer) Best Paper Award)
R. Lu, X. Lin, T.H. Luan, X. Liang, and X. Shen, "Pseudonym Changing at Social Spots: An Effective Strategy for Location Privacy in VANETs", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 86-96, 2012. (received the 2017 IEEE Best Land Transportation Paper Award)
Y. Zheng, Z. Shi, R. Lu, S. Hong, and X. Shen, "An Efficient Data-driven Particle PHD Filter for Multitarget Tracking", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 2318-2326, 2013. (received the 2014 IEEE IES Student Best Paper Award)
R. Jiang, R. Lu, Y. Wang, J. Luo, C. Shen, and X. Shen, "Energy-Theft Detection Issues for Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Grid", Tsinghua Science and Technology, Vol.19, No. 2, pp. 105-120, 2014. (received the Tsinghua Science and Technology 2014 Best Paper Award)
Best Conference Paper Awards
M. He, Y. Pei, S. Hu, Z. Tang, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "Adaptive Resource Provisioning in Satellite Networks via VAE-Assisted Contextual Bandit Learning", Proc. WCSP'25, Chongqing, China, Oct. 23-25, 2025. (received the WCSP'25 Best Paper Award)
C. Zhou, L. Sun, X. Wang, P. Yang, F. Lyu, S. Lu, and X. Shen, "QoE-Aware Service Provision for Mobile AR Rendering: An Agent-Driven Approach", Proc. WCSP'25, Chongqing, China, Oct. 23-25, 2025. (received the WCSP'25 Best Paper Award)
S. Hu, X. Qin, C. Zhou, Y. Pei, X. Shao, X. Huang, and X. Shen, "Model-Assisted Learning for Environment-Aware Content Delivery in Mobile AR", Proc. IEEE VTC'25 Fall, Chengdu, China, Oct. 19-22, 2025. (received the IEEE VTC'25 Fall Best Student Paper Award).
K. Shang, W. Wu, J. Tang, J. Cong, Z. Mao, and X. Shen, "Adaptive RAN Slicing for Diffusion-based AIGC Services in Mobile Edge Networks", Proc. IEEE 25th International Conference on Communication Technology, Shenyang, China, Oct. 16-18, 2025. (received the IEEE ICCT'25 Fall Best Student Paper Award).
W. Chen, Q. Yang, S. Shao, Z. Shi, J. Chen, and X. Shen, "Enhancing the Security of Semantic Communication via Knowledge-Aided Coding and Jamming", Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC'25, Shanghai, China, August 10-13, 2025. (received the IEEE/CIC ICCC'25 Best Paper Award)
T. Jiang, J. Xue, Z. Ma, J. Wang, H. Zhou, and X. Shen, "Predictive Beamforming for OTFS-Enabled Ultra Reliable Low Latency Vehicular Communications", Proc. IEEE ICC'25, Montreal, Canada, June 8-12, 2025. (received the IEEE ICC'25 Best Paper Award)
S. Li, X. Wang, M. Xue, H. Zhu, Z. Zhang, Y. Gao, W. Wu, and X. Shen, “Yes, One-Bit-Flip Matters! Universal DNN Model Inference Depletion with Runtime Code Fault Injection”, Proc. USENIX Security, Philadelphia, USA, August 14–16, 2024. (received the USENIX Security 2024 Distinguished Paper Award)
Y. Wei, Q. Ye, K. Qu, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "Transmission Protocol Customization for On-demand Tile-based 360° VR Video Streaming", Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC’24, Hangzhou, China, August 7- 9, 2024. (received the IEEE/CIC ICCC'24 Best Paper Award)
R. Guo, D. Yang, W. Zhang, Q. Cai, H. Zhang, and X. Shen, "Learning-based Deterministic Scheduling for TSN and 5G Integrated Networks", Proc. IEEE ICC'24, Denver, CO, USA, June 9-13, 2024. (received the IEEE ICC'24 Best Paper Award)
M. Dai, C. Dou, Y. Wu, L. Qian, B. Lin, Z. Su, and X. Shen, "Computing on Surface: A Multi-Task Multi-Access Offloading Scheme in Maritime Edge Networks", Proc. Int. Conf. on Cloud and Network Computing (ICCNC'24), Jinhua, China, May 31 - June 2, 2024. (received the ICCNC'24 Best Paper Award)
Y. Cao, S.Y. Lien, Y.C. Liang, D. Niyato, and X. Shen, “Collaborative Deep Reinforcement Learning for Resource Optimization in Non-Terrestrial Networks”, Proc. IEEE PIMRC’23, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 5-8, 2023. (received the IEEE PIMRC'23 Student Best Paper Award)
C. Huang, A. Yang, D. Liu, R. Lu, and X. Shen, “Two-Server Private Information Retrieval with High Throughput and Logarithmic Bandwidth”, Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC’23, Dalian City, China, August 10-12, 2023. (received the IEEE/CIC ICCC'23 Best Paper Award)
P. Jia, X. Wang, and X. Shen, "Digital Twin Enabled Intelligent Network Orchestration for 6G: A Dual-Layered Approach", Proc. IEEE Infocom'23 - Workshop on Pervasive Network Intelligence for 6G Networks (PerAI-6G), New York, USA, May 17-20, 2023 (received the IEEE Infocom'23 - PerAI-6G Best Paper Award)
C. Qi, J. Huang, C. Huang, H. Wu, and X. Shen, "Defending Against DDOS Attacks on IoT Network Throughput: A Trust-Stackelberg Game Model", Proc. IEEE Globecom'22, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 4-8, 2022. (received the IEEE Globecom'22 Best Paper Award)
W. Wu, K. Qu, P. Yang, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and W. Zhuang, "Cost-Effective Two-Stage Network Slicing for Edge-Cloud Orchestrated Vehicular Networks", Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC'22, Foshan, China, Aug. 11-13, 2022. (received the IEEE/CIC ICCC'22 Best Paper Award)
J. Zhao, H. Zhou, B. Qian, Y. Xu, K. Yu, and X. Shen, "Joint Reception and Parallel Base Stations Selection in Uplink Fully-Decoupled RAN for 6G", Proc. WCSP'21, Changsha, China, Oct. 20-22, 2021. (received the 13th Int. Conf. WCSP'21 Best Paper Award)
K. Yu, H. Zhou, B. Qian, Z. Tang, and X. Shen, "A Reinforcement Learning Aided Decoupled RAN Slicing Framework for Cellular V2X", Proc. IEEE Globecom'20, Taipei, Dec. 7-11, 2020. (received the IEEE Globecom'20 Best Paper Award)
G. Xu, H. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Lin, R. Deng, and X. Shen, "Deep Learning Framework Supporting Model Ownership Protection and Traitor Tracing", Proc. 26th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2020), Hong Kong, Dec. 2-4, 2020. (received the ICPADS 2020 Best Paper Award)
B. Qian, H. Zhou, T. Ma, K. Yu, Q. Yu, and X. Shen, "Heterogeneous Multi-Operator Spectrum Sharing Architecture for Massive IoT Access with NOMA", Proc. IEEE VTC'20-Fall, Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct. 4-7, 2020. (received the IEEE VTC'20 Fall Best Paper Award)
M. He, J. Ni, D. Liu, H. Yang, and X. Shen, "Private, Fair, and Verifiable Aggregate Statistics for Mobile Crowdsensing in Blockchain Era", Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC'20, Chongqing, China, August 9-11, 2020. (received the IEEE/CIC ICCC'20 Best Paper Award)
J. Li, W. Shi, N. Zhang, and X. Shen, "Reinforcement Learning Based VNF Scheduling with End-to-End Delay Guarantee", Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC'19, Changchun, China, August 11-13, 2019 (received the IEEE/CIC ICCC'19 Best Paper Award)
D. Wang J. Ren, C. Xu, J. Liu, Z. Wang, Y. Zhang, and X. Shen, "PrivStream: Enabling Privacy-Preserving Inferences on IoT Data Stream at the Edge", Proc. IEEE HPCC'19, Zhangjiajie, China, August 10-12, 2019. (received the IEEE HPCC'19 Outstanding Paper Award)
F. Lyu, J. Ren, N. Cheng, P. Yang, M. Li, Y. Zhang, and X. Shen, "Big Data Analytics for User Association Characterization in Large-Scale WiFi System", Proc. IEEE ICC'19, Shanghai, China, May 20-24, 2019. (received the IEEE ICC'19 Best Paper Award)
T. H. Luan, and X. Shen, "A Queuing Based Model for Analyzing Multihop Performance in VANET", Proc. 16th IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (IEEE ICCS), Chengdu, China, Dec. 19-21, 2018. (received the IEEE ICCS'18 Best Paper Award)
H. Wu, W. Xu, J. Chen, L. Wang, and X. Shen, "Matching-based Content Caching in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks", Proc. IEEE Globecom'18, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 9-13, 2018. (received the IEEE Globecom'18 Best Paper Award)
D. Liu, J. Ni, H. Li, X. Lin, and X. Shen, "Efficient and Privacy-preserving Ad Conversion for V2X-assisted Proximity Marketing", Proc. IEEE Mass'18, Chengdu, China, Oct. 9-12, 2018 (received the IEEE MASS'18 Best Paper Award)
C. Huang, D. Liu, J. Ni, R. Lu, and X. Shen, "Reliable and Privacy-Preserving Selective Data Aggregation for Fog-Based IoT", Proc. IEEE ICC'18, Kansas City, MO, USA, May 20-24, 2018. (received the IEEE ICC'18 Best Paper Award)
Y. Wu, L. Qian, X. Yang, J. Zheng, H. Zhou, and X. Shen, "Dual-Connectivity Enabled Traffic Offloading via Small Cells Powered by Energy-Harvesting", Proc. IEEE Globecom'17, Singapore, Dec. 4-8, 2017. (received the IEEE Technical Committee on Green Communications & Computing (TCGCC) 2017 Best Conference Paper Award)
J. Ni, X. Lin, and X. Shen, "Privacy-Preserving Data Forwarding in VANETs: A Personal-Social Behavior Based Approach", Proc. IEEE Globecom'17, Singapore, Dec. 4-8, 2017. (received the IEEE Globecom'17 Best Paper Award)
A. Alamer, J. Ni, X. Lin, and X. Shen, "Location Privacy-Aware Task Recommendation for Spatial Crowdsourcing", Proc. WCSP'17, Nanjing, China, Oct. 11-13, 2017. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'17 Best Paper Award)
Y. Wu, J. Zheng, K. Guo, L. Qian, X. Shen, and Y. Cai, "Secrecy Guaranteed Optimal Traffic Offloading via Dual-Connectivity in Small Cell Networks", Proc. WCSP'16, Yangzhou, China, Oct. 13-15, 2016. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'16 Best Paper Award)
J. Ni, K. Zhang, X. Lin, Y. Yu, and X. Shen, "Cloud-Based Privacy-Preserving Parking Navigation through Vehicular Communications", Proc. of SecureComm 2016, Oct. 10-12, 2016, Guangzhou, China. (received the SecureComm 2016 Best Paper Award)
Y. Wu, Y. He, L. Qian, and X. Shen, "Traffic Scheduling and Power Allocations for Mobile Data Offloading via Dual-Connectivity", Proc. IEEE ICC'16, May 23-27, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (received the IEEE ICC'16 Best Paper Award)
H. Zhou, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, S. Wu, L. Gui, Q. Yu, X. Shen, and F. Bai, "Enabling Efficient and Wide-Coverage Vehicular Content Distribution over TV White Spaces", Proc. WCSP'15, Nanjing, China, Oct. 15-17, 2015. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'15 Best Paper Award)
L. Lei, H. Wang, X. Shen, N. Cheng and Z. Zhong, "Flow-Level Performance of Device-to-Device Underlaid OFDM Cellular Networks", Proc. IEEE ICCC'15, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2-4, 2015. (received the IEEE ICCC'15 Best Paper Award)
L. Lei, H. Wang, X. Shen, Z. Zhong and K. Zheng, "Flow-Level Performance of Device-to-Device Overlaid OFDM Cellular Networks", Proc. WASA'15, Qufu, Shandong, China, August 10-12, 2015. (received the WASA'15 Best Paper Award)
M. Wang, M. Ismail, R. Zhang, X. Shen, E. Serpedin, and K. A. Qaraqe, "A Semi-distributed V2V Fast Charging Strategy Based on Price Control", Proc. IEEE Globecom'14, Austin, Texas, USA, Dec. 8-12, 2014. (received the IEEE Globecom'14 Best Paper Award)
N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, "Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment: A Queueing Analysis ", Proc. IEEE Globecom'14, Austin, Texas, USA, Dec. 8-12, 2014. (received the IEEE Globecom'14 Best Paper Award)
A. Abdallah, and X. Shen, "Lightweight Lattice-based Homomorphic Privacy-Preserving Aggregation Scheme for Home Area Networks", Proc. WCSP'14, Hefei, China, Oct. 23 - 25, 2014. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'14 Best Paper Award)
Y. Cheng, X. Cao, X. Shen, D. M. Shila, and H. Li, "A Systematic Study of the Delayed Column Generation Method for Optimizing Wireless Networks", Proc. ACM Mobihoc'14, August 11-14, 2014, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (received the ACM Mobihoc 2014 Best Paper Award Runner-Up)
M. Ismail, A.T. Gamage, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "Energy Efficient Uplink Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Wireless Medium", Proc. IEEE ICC'14, June 10-14, 2014, Sydney, Australia. (received the IEEE ICC'14 Best Paper Award)
W. Jing, H. Zhao, C. Song, X. Lin, and X. Shen, "Community Detection Based Reference Points Clustering for Indoor Localization in WLAN", Proc. WCSP'13, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 24 - 26, 2013. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'13 Best Paper Award)
M. Lu, Z. Shi, R. Lu, R. Sun, and X. Shen, "PPPA: A Practical Privacy-Preserving Aggregation Scheme for Smart Grid Communications", Proc. IEEE ICCC'13, Xi'An, China, August 12 - 14, 2013. (received the IEEE ICCC'13 Best Paper Award)
Y. Liu, Z. Shi, K. Zhang, Y. Zheng, R. Lu, and X. Shen, "A Novel Low-Power Mixed-Mode Implementation of Weight Update in Particle PHD Filters", Proc. IEEE WCNC13, Shanghai, China, April 7-10, 2013. (received the IEEE WCNC'13 Best Paper Award)
S. Bi, Z. Shi, H. Zhang, and X. Shen, "Experimental Study on Particle Filter Based Synchronization of Chaotic Colpitts Circuit with Application to Secure Communications", Proc. WCSP'12, Huangshan, China, Oct. 25-27, 2012. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'12 Best Paper Award)
Y. Zhang, S. He, J. Chen, Y. Sun, and X. Shen, "Distributed Adaptive Sampling by Rechargeable Sensor Nodes with Limited Battery Capacity", Proc. IEEE PIMRC'12, Sydney, Australia, Sept. 9-12, 2012. (received the IEEE PIMRC'12 Best Paper Award)
J. Liu, X. Jiang, H. Nishiyama, N. Kato, and X. Shen, "End-to-End Delay in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks with Generalized Transmission Range and Limited Packet Redundancy", Proc. IEEE WCNC'12, Paris, France, April 1-4, 2012. (received the IEEE WCNC'12 Best Paper Award)
H. Liang, B.J. Choi, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "Towards Optimal Energy Store-Carry-and-Deliver for PHEVs via V2G System", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'12, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 25-30, 2012. (nominated for the IEEE Infocom 2012 Best Paper Award)
Y. Liu, L.X. Cai, and X. Shen, "Joint Channel Selection and Opportunistic Forwarding in Multi-hop Cognitive Radio Networks", Proc. IEEE Globecom'11, Houston, Texas, USA, Dec. 5-9, 2011. (received the IEEE Globecom'11 Best Paper Award)
J. Wang, P. Cheng, J. Chen, Y. Sun and X. Shen, "Target Tracking with Size Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. Int. Conf. WCSP'11, Nanjing, China, Nov. 9-11, 2011. (received the Int. Conf. WCSP'11 Best Paper Award)
X. Huang, H. Shan, and X. Shen, "On Energy Efficiency of Cooperative Communications in Wireless Body Area Networks", Proc. IEEE WCNC'11, Cancun, Quintana-Roo, Mexico, March 28-31, 2011. (received the IEEE WCNC'11 Best Industry Paper Award)
H. Livingstone, H. Nakayamay, T. Matsuda, X. Shen, and N. Kato, "Gateway Selection in Multi-hop Wireless Networks using Route and Link Optimization;, Proc. IEEE Globecom'10, Miami, Florida USA, December 6-10, 2010. (received the IEEE Globecom'10 Best Paper Award)
R. Lu, X. Lin, X. Liang, and X. Shen, "Secure Handshake with Symptoms-matching: The Essential to the Success of mHealthcare Social Network", Proc. BodyNets 2010, Corfu Island, Greece, Sept. 10-12, 2010. (received the BodyNets 2010 Best Paper Award)
F. Zhang, J. Chen, H. Li, Y. Sun, and X. Shen, "Distributed Interfering Sensor Scheduling Scheme for Target Tracking", Proc. Chinacom'10, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-27, 2010. (received the ChinaCom 2010 Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium Best Paper Award)
D. Zhao, and X. Shen, "Design of Large Scale Multi-Cluster Wireless Sensor Network", Proc. Chinacom'09, Xi'an, China, Aug. 26-28, 2009. (received the ChinaCom 2009 WCN Symposium Best Paper Award)
X. Lin, R. Lu, and X. Shen, "Location-release Signature for Vehicular Communications;, Proc. IEEE ICCCN'09, San Francisco, CA, USA, Aug. 2-6, 2009. (received the IEEE ICCCN'09 Best Paper Award)
M. Mahmoud, and X. Shen, "DSC: Cooperation Incentive Mechanism for Multi-hop Cellular Networks", Proc. IEEE ICC'09, June 14-18, 2009, Dresden, Germany. (received the IEEE ICC'09 - Communication and Information Systems Secuity Symposium Best Paper Award)
T. Matsuda, H. Nakayama, X. Shen, Y. Nemoto, and N. Kato, "On Gateway Selection Protocol for DYMO-based MANET", Proc. 4th IEEE Int. Conf. Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (IEEE WiMoB), Oct. 12 - 14, 2008, Avignon, France. (received the IEEE WiMoB'08 Best Student Paper Award)
H. Zhu, X. Lin, R. Lu, and X. Shen, "A Secure Credit Based Incentive Scheme for Delay Tolerant Networks", Proc. Chinacom'08, Aug. 25-27, 2008, Hangzhou, China. (received the Chinacom'08 - Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium Best Paper Award)
L. Wang, L. Cai, X.Z. Liu, and X. Shen, "Practical Stability and Bounds of Heterogeneous AIMD/RED System with Time Delay", Proc. IEEE ICC'08, May 19-23, 2008, Beijing, China. (received the IEEE ICC'08 - Advances in Networks and Internet Symposium Best Paper Award)
X. Lin, H. Zhu, P.H. Ho, X. Shen, and Z. Cao, "ASRPAKE: An Anonymous Secure Routing Protocol with Authenticated Key Exchange for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks", Proc. IEEE ICC'07, June 24-28, 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. (received the IEEE ICC'07 - Computer and Communications Secuity Symposium Best Paper Award)
Y. Xiao and X. Shen, "Adaptive ACK Schemes of the IEEE 802.15.3 MAC for the Ultra-Wideband System", Proc. IEEE Consumer Commu. Networking Conf., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Jan. 8-10, 2006. (received the IEEE CCNC'06 Best Paper Award)
R. Lu, X. Li, X. Liang, X. Lin and X. Shen, "GRS: The Green, Reliability, and Security of Emerging Machine to Machine Communication", IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 28 - 35, 2011. (one of ten most popular articles published in ComSoc periodicals in April 2011)
H. Jiang, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "Cross-Layer Design for Resource Allocation in 3G Wireless Networks and Beyond", IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 12, pp. 120-126, 2005. (one of the ComSoc's top 10 most popular online articles for Jan. 2006)
R. Qiu, H. Liu, and X. Shen, "Ultra-Wideband for Multiple-Access Communications", IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 80-87, 2005. (one of the ComSoc's top 10 most popular online articles for April 2005, and one of the top 100 of all IEEE Documents accessed for March, April, and May 2005)