Dr. Ping Wang

Professor

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Biography

Dr. Ping Wang received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994 and 1997, respectively, in Electrical Information Engineering. He completed his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2008. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University, where he also holds a Tier 2 York Research Chair. Previously, he worked at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from 2008 to 2018. His recent research interests are centered on integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques into communications and computing networks. His scholarly works have been widely disseminated in top-ranked IEEE journals and conferences. He has received the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Survey Paper Award in 2023, as well as Paper Awards at several prestigious conferences. He has also been recognized in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list from 2021 to 2025 and Stanford’s top 2% of world’s top researchers. Dr. Wang serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and is involved with numerous editorial activities and conference committees. He is also an IEEE Fellow and a distinguished lecturer for the Vehicular Technology Society.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

York University • Toronto, ON, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Nanyang Technological University

2008-01-01 — 2018-01-01

Nanyang Technological University • Singapore

Worked in the field of Electrical Engineering and contributed to academic research and instruction.

Awards

#2023

IEEE Communications Society Survey Paper Award

2023-01-01
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IEEE Paper Awards

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York University Research Awards

2022-01-01
#2024

Lassonde Innovation Award

2024-01-01

Requirements for York University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
4-year Honours Bachelor degree in a related discipline
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