Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering Virginia Tech Editor, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) Editor, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review (PER) Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) Research Lab: Synergistic Networking and Augmented Intelligence Lab (SNAIL) Contact Information Email: boji AT vt DOT edu and boji AT cs DOT vt DOT edu Phone: +1 (540) 231-0331 Fax: +1 (540) 231-9218 Office: Gilbert Place, Room 4203 Address: 220 Gilbert Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060

Biography: Bo Ji received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Information Science and Electronic Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, in 2012. Dr. Ji is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and a College of Engineering Faculty Fellow at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Temple University, where he was an Assistant Professor from July 2014 to June 2020. He was also a Senior Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Labs, San Ramon, CA, from January 2013 to June 2014.
My research centered on designing, analyzing, controlling, and optimizing complex networked systems, including wireless and wired communication networks, edge and cloud computing, data centers, information-update systems, Internet of Things, and cyber-physical systems. With a strong focus on the synergy between networking and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), my research tackles fundamental challenges through a dynamic blend of sharp theoretical insights and hands-on empirical studies, driven by two tightly connected objectives: (1) Exploiting advanced AI/ML techniques to design next-generation computer and network systems, thereby enhancing support for emerging applications such as extended reality (XR, including MR/VR/AR); (2) Designing high-performance computer and network systems optimized for large-scale, distributed AI/ML applications. Additionally, my work aims to address the critical challenges of security and privacy within these systems and applications.
He has been the general co-chair of IEEE/IFIP WiOpt 2021 and the technical program co-chair of ACM MobiHoc 2023 and ITC 2021, and he has also served on the editorial boards of various IEEE/ACM journals (IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society). Dr. Ji is a senior member of the IEEE and the ACM and a member of the AAAS. He was a recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2017, the NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative Award in 2017, the IEEE INFOCOM 2019 Best Paper Award, the IEEE/IFIP WiOpt 2022 Best Student Paper Award, the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award (three times in 2021, 2022, and 2024), and the Dean's Faculty Fellow Award from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.