Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 1 of 9 NAN (CHRIS) CHENG

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1 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 1 of 9 NAN (CHRIS) CHENG Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto 27 King s College Cir, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada nan.cheng AT utoronto.ca Homepage: Cell Phone: +1 (519) Status: Canada Permanent Residence RESEARCH INTEREST Internet of Vehicles Vehicular communication system: modeling, protocol design, and performance evaluation Vehicular mobile data offloading Cyber-physical self-driving system Big Data Support of big data in vehicular networks Internet of vehicle big data analysis, learning, and exploitation WORKING EXPERIENCE I worked as a research engineer in 5G Acceleration Team, Huawei Technology Canada Research Center (Ottawa), from Sept to May Huawei has been putting significant efforts on the 5G standardization process, and I worked in the core part of the 5G network, which is Radio Access Network 1 (RAN1)-air interface, mainly on the research and implementation of Polar Codes. I have gained much valuable industrial working experience, including the comprehensive knowledge of 5G, the standardization process, patent writing, hardware implementation, etc. In Huawei, I have drafted and applied 13 patents, including several core patents. 5G Accelerator Team, CT lab, Huawei Canada, Canada Internship Engineer September 2015 August 2016 Engineer August 2016 May 2017 Research on 5G air interface Research on new paradigm GF4 polar code, as well as algorithm optimization to improve error-correction performance and computation complexity reduction. Arikan Polar code algorithm optimization in terms of memory foot-print reduction, floating point/fix point conversion, reliable bits pattern, saturation bits definition as well as critical data path analysis and fixes. More research work on different variants of polar code error-correction performance, eg, SC-FLIP/concatenate LIST decoder/rate matching. Implement and simulate polar codes in Matlab/linux C and parallelism technologies (Parpool/OpenMP) Hardware implementation of polar codes Implementation/deployment of Polar code encoder/list decoder on many-core DSP platform with C & Assembly, optimization on multicore communication with DMA engine/shared memory as well as single core execution pipeline. Working closely with hardware implementation team to optimize hardware architecture according to algorithms. Patent and research paper 13 US patents filed (first inventor in four, see PATENT) Encoder and List Decoder of Reed-Solomon Kernel Based Polar Codes, in Proc. IEEE WCSP ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada Postdoctoral Fellow Research on IoV, big data, and self-driving IoV big data analysis and exploitation IoV big data offloading Cloud/edge computing support of IoV big data June 2017 Present

2 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 2 of 9 Cyber-physical self-driving system Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada Research Assistant, Broadband Communications Research (BBCR) Laboratory THREE VEMA COLLEAGUES vehicle safety project March 2014 July 2014 System integration and hardware implementation of vehicular safety scheme Arduino prototyping platform Field test in scenarios such as collision avoidance in a road curve and emergency brake alert Won second prize in THE VALEO INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2014 Research on vehicular communication networks May 2012 May 2016 Focusing on opportunistic spectrum bands utilization in vehicular networks Related technologies include cellular networks, cognitive radio, WiFi and device-to-device communications Simulation evaluation is based on NS-2&C&MATLAB&VanetMobiSim Research in collaborative research project with General Motors January 2014 May 2016 Aim to achieve cost-effective datapipes for heterogeneous vehicular communication system Research on algorithm and protocol to improve network throughput and reduce latency Research on algorithm and protocol to reduce network cost and improvement user satisfaction Project validation and demonstration National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan International Internship September 2011 November 2011 Protocol design for vehicular ad hoc networks Supported by NII International Internship Program Worked under the supervision of Professor Yusheng Ji Designed a cognitive radio based communication paradigm for vehicular communication systems Information and Communication Engineering, Tongji University, China Research Assistant, Broadband Wireless Communication and Multimedia Laboratory Research in intelligent vehicle infrastructure cooperative systems (VICS) project September 2010 March 2012 Research on VICS MAC and routing protocols Research on heterogeneous (cellular/wlan/dsrc) vehicular networks System integration and demonstration in campus, using APs, on-board devices, and cameras Development of remote medical diagnosis system March 2011 February 2012 R&D project funded by Shanghai Taikuntang Hospital Server side design and implementation of remote communications using C# and SQL Server Implementation of general channel simulation platform June 2011 August 2011 Implementation of COST-273 channel modeling Using Matlab and C# cross compiling Research on vehicle communication network based on mobile relays Jan 2009 July 2009 Funded by Chinese national programs (863) for high-tech research and development Implemented the simulation platform, focusing on mobile relay and MAC protocols, and performance evaluation. The implementation is based on NS-2 and uses C++, Tcl, etc. EDUCATION Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering May 2012 May 2016 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Supervisor: Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen Thesis: Opportunistic spectrum utilization for vehicular communication networks GPA: 95/100 Master of Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering September 2009 April 2012 Tongji University, Shanghai, P. R. China Supervisor: Professor Fuqiang Liu

3 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 3 of 9 Thesis: MAC protocol design for vehicular networks GPA: 87/100 Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Information Engineering September 2005 July 2009 Tongji University, Shanghai, P. R. China Final Year Project: Heterogeneous networks for vehicular communication systems GPA: 4.51/5 Rank: 2/100 SKILLS C/C++/C# Programming Linux Programming (C) Data processing and machine learning (Python) Multi/many-core DSP system and related programming Parallel Programming (C/C++-OpenMP,CUDA/Matlab-ParPool) MATLAB, Maple Network Simulator (NS), Tcl script TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant January 2013 April 2013 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo Undergraduate course: ECE358 Computer Networks Duties: Tutorials, lab Q&A, assignment marking, exam marking. Teaching Assistant January 2015 April 2015 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo Undergraduate course: ECE358 Computer Networks Duties: Tutorials, assignment marking, exam marking. Guest Lecture March 2018 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo Graduate course: ECE710 Wireless Communication System Title: Emerging Technologies in 5G Networks Delivered two guest lectures on emerging technologies in 5G networks Certificate of ExpecTAtions Teaching Assistant (TA) Training Workshop September 2012 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo The workshop involves: Two short lectures consisting of surprise and prepared topics A marking exercise under the guidance of two departmental mentors SELECTED SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS [P1] [P2] [P3] [P4] THE ROAD TO 5G - Motivations, Technologies, and Opportunities BBCR seminar Broadband Communications Research Group, University of Waterloo, June, TLB-VTL: 3-Level Buffer based Virtual Traffic Light Scheme for Intelligent Collaborative Intersections IEEE VTC-Fall 2017 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Toronto, Canada, September, Throughput Analysis of In-Vehicle Internet Access via On-Road WiFi Access Points IEEE VTC-Fall 2017 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Toronto, Canada, September, Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment: A Queueing Analysis IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Austin, USA, December, HONORS and AWARDS Best Paper Award (first author), IEEE Globecom 2014.

4 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 4 of 9 Canada NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Best Paper Award, IEEE WCSP Best Paper Award, IEEE ICCC Best Speaker Award, ECE graduate seminar, University of Waterloo, Bell Scholarship, University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, International Doctoral Student Award, Third prize in National Postgraduate Mathematic Contest in Modeling, Outstanding Graduate Scholarship of Tongji University, June 2009 Scholarship of Outstanding Students (One time in first prize, and twice in second prize) in Tongji University, Volunteer IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2014, Toronto, Canada IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), September 2016, Montreal, Canada IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), September 2017, Toronto, Canada PATENT US Patents [P1] N. Cheng, W. Shi, R. Zhang, Y. Ge, Threshold based list decoding of general polarization coding, Appl. No. 62/ [P2] [P3] [P4] [P5] [P6] [P7] N. Cheng, W. Shi, R. Zhang, Y. Ge, Selective path extension for list decoding of general polarization coding, Appl. No. 62/ N. Cheng, Y. Ge, Q. Zhang, A Method to Find Minimum Code Weights in Parity-Check polar code construction, Appl. No N. Cheng, R. Zhang, W. Shi, Y. Ge, An implementation method to separate coding rates (information bits) for polar codes, No Y. Ge, N. Cheng, R. Zhang, W. Shi, Method for constructing a parity check (PC) based polar code, No US02 & US04. R. Zhang, W. Shi, N. Cheng, Y. Ge, Systems and methods for piece-wise rate matching when using polar codes, Appl. No. 62/ R. Zhang, W. Shi, N. Cheng, Y. Ge, Systems and methods for rate matching when using general polar codes, Appl. No. 62/ [P8] Y. Ge, N. Cheng, W. Shi, R. Zhang, Distributed error detection codes for general polar coding, Appl. No. 62/ [P9] W. Shi, R. Zhang, N. Cheng, Y. Ge, Multiple-symbol combination based decoding for general polar codes, Appl. No. 62/ [P10] Y. Ge, N. Cheng, W. Shi, R. Zhang, Apparatus and Methods for Error Detection Coding, No US02. [P11] W. Shi, R. Zhang, N. Cheng, Y. Ge, Systems and methods for rate matching via a heterogeneous kernel when using general polar codes, No [P12] L.P. Hamelin, Y. Ge, W. Shi, R. Zhang, N. Cheng, Methods and apparatus for coding sub-channel selection, Appl. No. 62/475,520, US02, S&B Ref.: [P13] Y. Ge, W. Shi, R. Zhang, N. Cheng, Apparatus and methods for specifying ordered sequences of coding subchannels, No US02, S&B Ref.:

5 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 5 of 9 PUBLICATION Total citation: 1147 h-index: 17 Most Cited Papers [1] N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Connected Vehicles: Solutions and Challenges, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, pp , (cited by: 281) [2] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, A.T. Gamage, K. Zhang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Cloud assisted HetNets toward 5G wireless networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 53, no. 6, pp , (cited by: 90) [3] N. Zhang, N. Lu, N. Cheng, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Cooperative spectrum access towards secure information transfer for CRNs, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol, 31, no. 11, pp , (cited by: 83) [4] N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Vehicular WiFi Offloading: Challenges and Solutions, Vehicular Communications (Elsevier), vol. 1, no. 1, pp , (cited by: 69) [5] N. Lu, N. Zhang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and F. Bai, Vehicles Meet Infrastructure: Towards Capacity-Cost Tradeoffs for Vehicular Access Networks, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 14, no. 3, pp , (cited by: 66) [6] N. Cheng, N. Zhang, N. Lu, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and F. Liu, Opportunistic Spectrum Access for CR-VANETs: A Game Theoretic Approach, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 1, pp , (cited by: 64) [7] N. Zhang, H. Liang, N. Cheng, Y. Tang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Dynamic Spectrum Access in Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 32, no. 11, pp , (cited by: 67) Book [B1] N. Cheng, and X. Shen, Opportunistic Spectra Utilization in Vehicular Communication Networks, Springer, Refereed Journal Papers [J1] [J2] [J3] [J4] [J5] [J6] [J7] N. Cheng, H. Zhou, L. Lei, N. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. Shen, and F. Bai, Performance analysis of vehicular device-todevice underlay communication, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 6, pp , N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment: A Game-Theory Approach, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation System, vol. 17, no. 7, pp , N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, T. Yang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Vehicle-Assisted Device-to-Device Data Delivery for Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 4, pp , N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Vehicular WiFi Offloading: Challenges and Solutions, Vehicular Communications (Elsevier), vol. 1, no. 1, pp , N. Cheng, N. Zhang, N. Lu, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and F. Liu, Opportunistic Spectrum Access for CR-VANETs: A Game Theoretic Approach, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 1, pp , N. Cheng, F. Lyu, J. Chen, W. Xu, H. Zhou, S. Zhang, and X. Shen, Big Data Driven Vehicular Networks, IEEE Network, to appear. N. Cheng, W. Xu, W. Shi, Y. Zhou, N. Lu, H. Zhou, and X. Shen, Air-Ground Integrated Mobile Edge Networks: Architecture, Challenges and Opportunities, IEEE Communication Magazine, to appear.

6 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 6 of 9 [J8] [J9] F. Lyu, N. Cheng, H. Zhou, W. Xu, W. Shi, J. Chen, and M. Li, DBCC: Leveraging Link Perception for Distributed Beacon Congestion Control in VANETs, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, accepted. L. Lyu, C. Chen, S. Zhu, N. Cheng, Y. Tang, X. Guan, and X. Shen, Dynamics-Aware and Beamforming-Assisted Transmission for Control Scheduling in Industrial IoT, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, submitted. [J10] L. Lyu, C. Chen, S. Zhu, N. Cheng, B. Yang, and X. Shen, Control Performance Aware Cooperative Transmission in Multi-Loop Wireless Control Systems for Industrial IoT Applications, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, submitted. [J11] J. Li, G. Luo, N. Cheng, Q. Yuan, and Z. Wu, S. Gao, and Z. Liu, An End-to-End Load Balancer based on Deep Learning for Vehicular Network Traffic Control, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, submitted. [J12] W. Xu, H. Zhou, Y. Bi, N. Cheng, X. Shen, L. Thanayankizil, and F. Bai, Exploiting hotspot-2.0 for traffic offloading in mobile networks, IEEE Network, to appear. [J13] G. Liu, W. Quan, N. Cheng, K. Wang, H. Zhang, and X. Shen, Accuracy or Delay? A Game in Detecting Interest Flooding Attacks, Internet Technology Letters, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-6, [J14] W. Xu, H. Zhou, N. Cheng, F. Lyu, W. Shi, J. Chen, and X. Shen, Internet of Vehicles in Big Data Era, IEEE/CAA J. of Autom. Sinica, vol. 5, no. 1, pp , [J15] W. Quan, K. Wang, Y. Liu, N. Cheng, H. Zhang, and X. Shen, Software-Defined Collaborative Offloading for Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2018, pp. 1-9, [J16] F. Lyu, H. Zhu, H. Zhou, N. Cheng, W. Xu, M. Li, and X. Shen Characterizing Urban Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications for Reliable Safety Beacons, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, submitted. [J17] W. Xu, H. Zhou, N. Cheng, F. Lyu, W. Shi, J. Chen, and X. Shen, Internet of Vehicles in Big Data Era, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, submitted. [J18] X. Yuan, C. Li, Q. Ye, K. Zhang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, Performance Analysis of IEEE Based Coexisting Mobile WBANs with Prioritized Traffic and Dynamic Interference, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted. [J19] D. Chen, N. Zhang, N. Cheng, K. Zhang, Z. Qin and X. Shen, Physical Layer based Message Authentication with Secure Channel Codes, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, accepted. [J20] K. Aldubaikhy, W. Wu, N. Zhang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, Multi-User Downlink Transmission in mm-wave 5G Networks: A Novel MAC Schedule Design, IEEE Communications Magazine, submitted. [J21] C. Lai, H. Zhou, N. Cheng, and X. Shen, Towards SDN-Enabled Secure Group Communications in 5G-VANETs, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 12, no. 4, pp , [J22] Y. Wang, P. Li, L. Jiao, Z. Su, N. Cheng, X. Shen, and P. Zhang, A Data-Driven Architecture for Personalized QoE Management in 5G Wireless Networks, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 1, pp , [J23] H. Omar, K. Abboud, N. Cheng, A. Gamage, W. Zhuang, A Survey on High Efficiency Wireless Local Area Networks: Next Generation WiFi, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 18, no. 4, pp , [J24] C. Lai, K. Zhang, N. Cheng, H. Li, X. Shen, SIRC: A Secure Incentive Scheme for Reliable Cooperative Downloading in Highway VANETs, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation System, vol. 18, no.6, pp , [J25] H. Zhou, N. Cheng, Q. Yu, X. Shen, D. Shan, F. Bai, Towards Multi-Radio Vehicular Data Piping for Dynamic DSRC/TVWS Spectrum Sharing, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 32, no. 10, pp , 2016.

7 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 7 of 9 [J26] H. Zhou, N. Cheng, N. Lu, L. Gui, D. Zhang, Q. Yu, F. Bai, X. Shen, WhiteFi Infostation: Engineering Vehicular Media Streaming with Geolocation Database, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 34, no. 8, pp , [J27] L. Lei, Y. Kuang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, Z. Zhong, C. Lin, Delay-Optimal Dynamic Mode Selection and Resource Allocation in Device-to-Device Communications - Part I: Optimal Policy, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp , [J28] L. Lei, Y. Kuang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, Z. Zhong, C. Lin, Delay-Optimal Dynamic Mode Selection and Resource Allocation in Device-to-Device Communications - Part II: Practical Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp , [J29] N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and Fan Bai, Wi-Fi Hotspot at Signalized Intersection: Cost- Effectiveness for Vehicular Internet Access, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp , [J30] Y. Zhou, N. Cheng, N. Lu, and X. Shen, Multi-UAV Aided Vehicular Networks: Challenges and Solutions, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 10, no. 4, pp , [J31] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, A.T. Gamage, K. Zhang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Cloud assisted HetNets toward 5G wireless networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 53, no. 6, pp , [J32] T. Yang, H. Liang, N. Cheng, R. Deng, and X. Shen, Efficient Scheduling for Video Transmission in Maritime Wireless Communication Network, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64, no. 9, pp , [J33] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, X. Zhang, J.W. Mark, X. Shen, and L. Xie, Partner Selection and Incentive Mechanism for Physical Layer Security, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 8, pp , [J34] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, A. Gamage, K. Zhang, J.W. Mark, X. Shen, and L. Xie, Partner Selection and Incentive Mechanism for Physical Layer Security, IEEE communications magazine, vol. 53, no. 6, pp , [J35] T. Yang, Z. Zheng, H. Liang, R. Deng, N. Cheng, and X. Shen, Green Energy and Content Aware Data Transmission in Maritime Wireless Communication Network, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation System, vol. 16, no. 2, pp , [J36] N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Connected Vehicles: Solutions and Challenges, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, pp , [J37] N. Zhang, H. Liang, N. Cheng, Y. Tang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Dynamic Spectrum Access in Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 32, no. 11, pp , [J38] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, H. Zhou, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Risk-aware Cooperative Spectrum Access for Multi- Channel Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol, 32, no. 3, pp , [J39] N. Lu, N. Zhang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and F. Bai, Vehicles Meet Infrastructure: Towards Capacity-Cost Tradeoffs for Vehicular Access Networks, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 14, no. 3, pp , [J40] N. Zhang, N. Lu, N. Cheng, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Cooperative Spectrum Access Towards Secure Information Transfer for CRNs, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 31, no. 11, pp , Refereed Conference Papers [C1] N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment: A Queueing Analysis, GLOBECOM 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Austin, TX, USA, (Best Paper Award) [C2] N. Cheng, R. Zhang, Y. Ge, W. Shi, Q. Zhang, and X. Shen, Encoder and list decoder of Reed-Solomon kernel based polar codes, WCSP 2016 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal, Yangzhou, China, 2016.

8 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 8 of 9 [C3] N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, Vehicle-Assisted Data Delivery for Smart Grid: An Optimal Stopping Approach, ICC 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Budapest, Hungary, [C4] N. Cheng, N. Lu, P. Wang, X. Wang, and F. Liu, A QoS-provision multi-channel MAC in RSU-assisted vehicular networks, VNC 2011 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, [C5] N. Cheng, N. Lu, K. Liu, X. Wang, and F. Liu, A Prioritized Resource Scheduling Scheme for Throughput-Sensitive Applications in VANET, WiCOM 2010 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, Chengdu, China, [C6] H. Zhou, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, S. Wu, L. Gui, Q. Yu, X. Shen, and F. Bai, Enabling Efficient and Wide-Coverage Vehicular Content Distribution over TV White Spaces, WCSP 2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, (Best Paper Award) [C7] L. Lei, H. Wang, X. Shen, N. Cheng, and Z. Zhong, Flow-Level Performance of Device-to-Device Underlaid OFDM Cellular Networks, ICCC 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, (Best Paper Award) [C8] R. Sun, Y. Wang, N. Cheng, H. Zhou, X. Shen, QoE Driven BS Clustering and Multicast Beamforming in Cacheenabled C-RANs, ICC 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Kansas City, USA, [C9] W. Wu, Q. Shen, K. Aldubaikhy, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, Enhance the Edge with Beamforming: Performance Analysis of Beamforming-Enabled WLAN, WiOpt 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, accepted. [C10] L. Lyu, C. Chen, S. Zhu, X. Guan, N. Cheng, X. Shen, Energy-Efficient and Demand-Driven Transmission for Multi-Loop Wireless Control Systems, ICC 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Kansas City, USA, [C11] X. Yuan, C. Li, K. Zhang, Q. Ye, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, Dynamic Interference Analysis of Coexisting Mobile WBANs for health monitoring, ICC 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Kansas City, USA, [C12] D. Chen, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, K. Zhang, Z. Qin, X. Shen, Multi-message Authentication over Noisy Channel with Polar codes, MASS 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, accepted. [C13] G. Wang, Y. Hou, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhou, N. Lu, N. Cheng, 3-Level Buffer based Virtual Traffic Light Scheme for Intelligent Collaborative Intersections, VTC-Fall 2017 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Toronto, Canada, [C14] W. Xu, Y. Wu, H. Zhou, Y. Bi, N. Cheng, and X. Shen, Ti-Fi: Terminal-to-Terminal Communication incorporated Wi-Fi Offloading, WCSP 2016 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal, Yangzhou, China, [C15] H. Peng, S. Si, M. Awad, N. Cheng, H. Zhou, X. Shen, and H. Zhao Energy-efficient and Fault-tolerant Evolution Models for Large-scale Infrastructures of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Complex Networks-based Approach, GLOBECOM 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, San Diego, USA, [C16] T. Yang, N. Cheng, C. Yu, H. Feng, X. Shen, Knowing who and when to deliver: An Optimal Stopping method for Maritime Data Scheduling, ICC 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications, London, UK, [C17] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, H. Liang, Y. Tang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Efficient Channel Assignment for Cooperative Sensing based on Convex Bipartite Matching, ICC 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Sydney, Australia, [C18] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, X. Zhang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, A Cooperative Scheme for Secure Communications with Partner Selection and Incentive Mechanism, WCSP 2014 IEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal, Hefei, China, 2014.

9 Curriculum Vitae: Nan (Chris) Cheng (June-2018) 9 of 9 [C19] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, H. Zhou, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networking for Opportunistic Channel Access, GLOBECOM 2013 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Atlanta, USA, [C20] N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, V A Message Handling System Towards Efficient Transportation Management, WCNC 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Shanghai, China, [C21] N. Zhang, N. Lu, N. Cheng, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Cooperative Networking Towards Secure Communications for CRNs, WCNC 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Shanghai, China, [C22] N. Zhang, N. Lu, N. Cheng, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Towards Secure Communications in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks, ICCC 2013 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, Xi An, China, Book Chapter [BC1] N. Cheng, and X. Shen, Next-Generation High-Efficiency WLAN, 5G Mobile Communications, pp , Springer, (ISBN: ). [BC2] N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, H. Zhou, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks, Multimedia Over Cognitive Radio Networks: Algorithms, Protocols, and Experiments, pp , CRC Press, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Guest Editor International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2018 IEEE Access Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Security Program Chair MLICOM Intelligent Resource Allocation in Wireless and Cloud Networks Session Chair IEEE VTC Wi-Fi and LAA TPC Member The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Sustainable Edge Computing for IoT systems (SECIoT 2018) Reviewer of Refereed Journals and Conferences IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing IEEE Communication Magazine IEEE Wireless Communication Letters IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine IET Communications Journal of Network and Computer Applications IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP)