Shiwen Mao received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China in 1994 and 1997, respectively, both in Electrical Engineering.  He also received the B.Ec. degree in Management from Tsinghua University in 1994 and the M.S. degree in System Engineering from Polytechnic University (now Polytechnic Institute of New York University), Brooklyn, NY, in 2000.  He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Polytechnic University in 2004.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.  He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Research Scientist in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA from 2003 to 2006.  He was a research staff member with IBM China Research Lab from 1997 to 1998.

Dr. Mao's research interests include modeling, performance analysis, optimization, and algorithms for wireless networks, with current focus on cognitive radio networks and multimedia communications. He received Auburn Alumni Council Research Awards for Excellence—Junior Award and two Auburn Author Awards from Auburn University Libraries and the Graduate School in 2011.  He received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2010.  He is a co-recipient of the 2004 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems and the Best Paper Runner-up Award of QShine 2008.  He received Certificates of Appreciation from IEEE Communications Society in 2010 and from the IEEE Computer Society in 2007.  Dr. Mao is the co-author of a textbook TCP/IP Essentials: A Lab-Based Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2004).  He is on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, and Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and a Senior Member of the IEEE (Communications Society).

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