Song GUO

Biography

Song Guo is a Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He also holds Changjiang Chair Professor awarded by the Ministry of Education of China. His research interests are mainly in edge AI, cloud computing, machine learning, and distributed systems. As a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Web of Science), he published many papers and received over a dozen Best Paper Awards in top venues with wide impact in these areas. He is the recipient of Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award (IEEE Computer Society) in 2024, First Prize in Natural Science (China Electronics Society) in 2023, and Gold Medal in 2023 Geneva Inventions Expo, etc.

Prof. Guo is a world-renowned leader who made fundamental and pioneering contributions to the development of novel edge intelligence architectures, algorithms, and systems over ubiquitous mobile, IoT, and wearable devices. His work on edge AI, cloud-edge computing, and resilient computing has created significant impact from generation of new scientific knowledge to creation of innovative technologies, as featured widely in prominent public media. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), and Fellow of the IEEE (FIEEE).

Prof. Guo was an IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Distinguished Lecturer, a member of IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, and the Chair of IEEE ComSoc Space and Satellite Communications Technical Committee. He has served on IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee for both ComSoc and Computer Society. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society and a member of Steering Committee of IEEE TCC. Prof. Guo has been named on editorial board of a number of prestigious international journals like IEEE TC, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TCC, IEEE TETC, IEEE TSUSC, ACM Computing Surveys, etc. He has also served as chair of organizing and technical committees of numerous IEEE/ACM conferences, workshops and symposia. He delivered more than 100 keynote addresses.

Prof. Guo obtained a BS from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, an MS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and a PhD from University of Ottawa, all in Computer Science.