ProfessorAbbas Jamalipour

PhD Nagoya, Fellow IEEE, Fellow IEAust, Fellow IEICE, Fellow AIIA, Fellow AAIA

Abbas Jamalipour is the Professor of Ubiquitous Mobile Networking at the University of Sydney, Australia, and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA), and a Fellow of International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences. He is the Deputy Director for the Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications, and leads the Wireless Networking Group (WiNG) at the University of Sydney. He is the author of nine technical books, 11 book chapters, and over 650 technical papers in scholarly journals and international conferences, as well as five patents, all in the area of wireless communications. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including 2026 IEEE James Evans Avant Garde Award, 2025 Neville Thiele minence Award from Engineers Australia, the IEEE ComSoc Harold Sobol Award, the Royal Academy of Engineering UK Distinguished Fellowship, the IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Contribution to Satellite Communications Award, the IEEE ComSoc Best Tutorial Paper Award, and 15 best paper awards. He is one of the most cited researchers in the field of mobile, cellular, and satellite networks (Google Scolar) (Scopus).

He was the Editor-in-Chief IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology (2022-2025), IEEE Wireless Communications (2006-2008), and the IEEE VTS Mobile World (2014-2019), and an editor for several scholarly journals. He has served in many IEEE positions including a member of IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee (2024-2025) and IEEE TAB Nominations and Appointments Committee (2024-2025), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society President (2020-2021), IEEE ComSoc Vice President for Conferences (2012-2013); Executive Vice President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2018-2019); Member ComSoc Finance Committee; Member ComSoc On-Line Contents Committee; Member ComSoc Education Board; Member ComSoc Conference Boards; Member IEEE TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee; Chair Communication Switching and Routing TC; Chair Satellite and Space Communications TC; Vice-Director Asia Pacific Board. He has been a General Chair/Technical Program Chair/Vice Chair of major IEEE conferences. He has also served as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.

Professor Jamalipour is currently the IEEE Communications Society Vice President-MGA (2026-2027) and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Vice President Publictions (2026). He has been an elected and voting member of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors since 2014.