Contact Information
Email: boji AT vt DOT edu
Phone: +1 (540) 231-0331
Fax: +1 (540) 231-9218
Office: Room 2223 Knowledge Works II
Mailing Address: 2202 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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 in the Department of Computer Science 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. His research
interests lie in the modeling, analysis, control, and optimization of computer and
network systems, such as next-generation (NextG) networks, edge/cloud computing, information-update systems, and cyber-physical systems.
He works broadly on various topics at the intersection of networking, machine learning, security/privacy, and augmented/virtual/mixed reality.
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, 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.
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, and the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award in 2021 and 2022.
Postdoc and Ph.D. student positions available at Synergistic Networking And Intelligence Lab (SNAIL) (starting Fall 2023):
I am looking for self-motivated Postdoc researchers and Ph.D. students with a strong theoretical background
in networking, control, math, and machine learning, or with a strong systems background
in cybersecurity, AR/VR, and wireless sensing. Please send me your CV,
representative publications (if any), detailed transcripts with GPA and ranking,
GRE/TOEFL scores, along with a brief introduction about yourself if
you are interested in working with me. Master's and Undergraduate
students at Virginia Tech are encouraged to discuss with me about
potential research projects.
I am also interested in hosting visiting scholars/students.
News
[March 2023]: Matthew Corbett and Osama Bajaber were selected for the CCI SWVA Cyber Innovation Scholarship. Congratulations, Matt and Osama!
[September 2022]: Our paper “Differentially Private Linear Bandits with Partial Distributed Feedback” received the IEEE/IFIP WiOpt 2022 Best Student Paper Award. Big congratulations to Fengjiao!
[August 2022]: Dr. Bo Ji will serve as Publicity Co-Chair of ACM e-Energy 2023.
[August 2022]: Dr. Bo Ji will serve as TPC Co-Chair of ACM MobiHoc 2023. Please consider submitting your best work.
[June 2022]: Dr. Bo Ji will serve as Workshop Co-Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2023.
[April 2020]: Ph.D. student Gamal Sallam received Temple University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant. Congratulations to Gamal!
[March 2020]: Dr. Bo Ji is invited to serve as Editor for the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), effective May 1, 2020. Please consider submitting your work.
[February 2020]: Student Travel Grants for ACM SIGMETRICS 2020 are available. For full details about eligibility and instructions, please see here. Please also feel free to distribute the information.
[October 2019]: Ph.D. student Gamal Sallam received the College of Science and Technology Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award. Congratulations to Gamal! (News: CST@Temple)
[April 2019]: Congratulations to former undergraduate researchers of our group on their admissions to graduate schools. In Fall 2019, Aamir Mandviwalla is joining RPI as a Ph.D. student; Hoang Nguyen Khanh Ho is joining UMass Amherst as a Ph.D. student; Keita Ohshiro is joining NYU as a Master's student.
[April 2019]: Ph.D. student Gamal Sallam received the Department of Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award. Congratulations to Gamal!
[April 2019]: Keita Ohshiro, an undergraduate researcher of our group, received the Scott Hibbs Future of Computing Award. Congratulations to Keita!
[November 2018]: Congratulations to Gamal Sallam and Fengjiao Li on their papers accepted to IEEE INFOCOM 2019, including Gamal's second INFOCOM paper in a row, as well as Fengjiao's first INFOCOM paper since she joined our group only in Spring 2018!
[May 2018]: Ph.D. student Gamal Sallam received the IEEE INFOCOM 2018 Best-in-Session Presentation Award. Congratulations to Gamal!