Background Information: 

Bodong Shang is an Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Supervisor) at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China. He was a postdoctoral research associate at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA, his M.S. degree in the School of Telecommunications Engineering at Xidian University, Xi’an, China, and his B.Eng. degree in the School of Information Science and Technology at Northwest University, Xi’an, China. He received the Chinese government award for outstanding self-financed students abroad. He held a summer research internship position at Nokia Bell Labs, USA. He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. His current research areas are wireless communications and networking, including 5G/6G, non-terrestrial networks, internet of vehicles, integrated sensing and communications, edge computing, and Internet-of-Things.

Website: https://shangbodong.github.io 

Research Field:

6G, Wireless Communications and Networking, Internet of Things (IoT)

• Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN), non-terrestrial networks (NTN)

• Internet of vehicles (IoV), vehicle-to-everything (V2X)

• Artificial intelligence (AI) for 6G

• Edge computing

Educational Background:

2019-2021: Ph.D. (majoring in Electrical Engineering), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA

2015-2018: M.S. (majoring in Communication and Information Systems), School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University, China

2011-2015: B.Eng. (majoring in Communications Engineering), School of Information Science and Technology, Northwestern University, China

Work Experience:

2023-present: Assistant Professor, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China

2022-2023: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

2021-2022: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Virginia Tech, USA

2021-2021: Research Internship, Nokia Bell Labs, USA

2019-2019: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, USA

2019-2021: Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, USA

Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):

Journal of Information and Intelligence, Young editor

IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Workshop chair, 2024

IEEE WCNC，IEEE GLOBECOM，TPC Members

IET Communications，Guest Editor

Security and Communication Networks，Guest Editor

Journal of Computer Networks and Communications，Guest Editor

Reviewers for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, etc.

Awards and Honors:

World's Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University, 2023

"6G Rising Star" Young Scholar, Global 6G Conference, 2024

Outstanding Paper of the 7th "Space Information Network" Academic Forum, 2023

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2021

National Scholarship for Graduate Students, 2016, 2017

Representative Works:

General Information

He has published more than 60 papers in the field of wireless communications and networking, covering IEEE TWC, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TVT, IEEE IOTJ, IEEE TGCN, IEEE WCL, IEEE MVT, IEEE NETWORK, IEEE WCM, IEEE COMMAG and other international journals.

Google Scholar：

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LHyk-SEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

10 Representative Works

• B. Shang, Y. Yi, and L. Liu, “Computing over Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks: Challenges and Opportunities,” in IEEE Network, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 302-309, July/August 2021.

• C. Li, B. Shang*, J. Feng, L. Liu, S. Chen, "Vehicular Edge Computing in Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3528234.

• B. Shang, E. Bentley, and L. Liu, “UAV Swarm-Enabled Aerial Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization”, in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 3621-3636, June 2023.

• Z. Li, B. Shang, "Fundamentals of Satellite-Maritime Communications: Downlink and Uplink Analysis," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3466892.

• B. Shang, X. Li, Z. Li, J. Ma, X. Chu, and P. Fan, "Multi-Connectivity between Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial MIMO Systems," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 3245-3262, 2024.

• B. Shang, L. Liu, H. Chen, J. C. Zhang, S. Pudlewski, E. S. Bentley and J. D. Ashdown, “Spatial Spectrum Sensing in Uplink Two-Tier User-Centric Deployed HetNets,” in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 7957-7972, Dec. 2020.

• B. Shang, L, Liu, R. M. Rao, V. Marojevic, and J. H. Reed, "3D Spectrum Sharing for Hybrid D2D and UAV Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 5375-5389, Sept. 2020.

• S. Xi, B. Shang, H. Zhang, J. Ma and P. Fan, "Energy Optimization in Multi-Satellite-Enabled Edge Computing Systems," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 21715-21726, 15 June15, 2024.

• B. Shang, L. Liu, "Mobile Edge Computing in the Sky: Energy Optimization for Air-Ground Integrated Networks,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 7443-7456, Aug. 2020.

• B. Shang, L. Liu, and Z. Tian, “Deep Learning-Assisted Energy-Efficient Task Offloading for Vehicular Edge Computing Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 9619-9624, 2021.