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 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.
His research interests lie in the modeling, analysis, control, and optimization of computer and network systems, such as next-generation (NextG) networks, edge and cloud computing, information-update systems, and cyber-physical systems.
He also works broadly on various topics at the intersection of networking, machine learning, security and privacy, and spatial computing.
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.
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 in 2021 and 2022, and the Faculty Fellow Award from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
News
[September 2024]: Ph.D. students Osama Bajaber, Duo Cheng, and Keyuan Zhang received the Davenport Leadership Scholarship (Osama) and Pratt Fellowship (Duo and Keyuan) from Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. Congratulations to Osama, Duo, and Keyuan!
[April 2024]: Dr. Bo Ji was invited to serve as General Chair for MOSC Workshop, co-located with IEEE/IFIP WiOpt 2024.
[April 2024]: Dr. Bo Ji was invited to serve as Area Chair for IEEE INFOCOM 2025.
[April 2024]: Ph.D. student Matthew Corbett received the Ph.D. Research Award from Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. Huge congratulations to Matt! Our group's students have received this award for the second consecutive time.
[Februrary 2024]: Dr. Bo Ji has been selected as the 2024-2026 Ewha Global Fellow at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
[Februrary 2024]: News articles featuring our work on protecting bystander privacy in augmented reality. [VT News] [Cardinal News]