GW Engineering brings countless conferences to the George Washington University’s campus each year, giving students and the D.C. community an opportunity to share knowledge and overcome challenges in various fields and disciplines. Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Professors Suresh Subramaniam and Tian Lan helped coordinate MobiHoc 2023, the 24th International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing. The symposium is being held in the University Student Center and Science & Engineering Hall from October 23 through 26, 2023.
MobiHoc is the premier international symposium dedicated to addressing challenges in computing and dynamic networks such as wired/wireless communication, data centers, Internet of Things and sensors, mobile autonomous systems, and energy, social, and transportation networks. It brings together researchers and practitioners from a broad range of networking research to present the most up-to-date results and achievements in the field.
“The conference is one of the top wireless networking conferences that publishes cutting-edge research articles and brings some of the top researchers in the field together,” said Subramaniam, ECE Professor and Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs.
Professor Subramaniam served as a General Chair of the conference along with Professor Jie Wu from Temple University. As General Chair, they were responsible for the overall management of the conference and worked with other members of the organizing committee on the technical program, budget and finance, venue management, website and social media, and social events.
The technical program Subramaniam helped to develop addresses challenges emerging from networked systems that must operate in the face of dynamics ranging from changing user demands to connectivity and resource availability. Additionally, the conference includes workshops focused on areas of emerging interest.
Professor Lan served as a Local Arrangement Chair along with Professor Danda Rawat from Howard University. As Local Arrangement Chair, they facilitated the conference by securing venue spaces and arranging social programs. Lan will also be presenting two accepted papers during the Online Learning and Optimization and Learning on the Edge sessions, respectively.
Professors Subramaniam and Lan were selected for these positions based on their standing in the networking research community. Over a 30-year period, Professor Subramaniam has made pioneering contributions to many areas within optical networking, and in particular optical networking, for which he received the 2022 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Communications Society. Professor Lan’s research focuses on machine learning, optimization, cyber security, and cloud/edge computing, most recently receiving a grant from the Office of Naval Research to investigate the problem of decentralized preference elicitation and learning to support human-AI teams. Together, they are aiding in advancing the field of networking research through their research and by facilitating conferences such as MobiHoc.