Jie Gao

Dr. Jie Gao is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Technology, Carleton University, with cross-appointments at Dalhousie University (Adjunct Faculty, 2024) and Carleton University (2025). He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta (2014) and has held postdoctoral and research associate positions at Ryerson University (2017-2019), University of Waterloo (2019-2020), and Marquette University (2020-2022). His research focuses on machine learning for communications/networking, 6G wireless networks, cloud/multi-access edge computing, IoT/industrial IoT solutions, and network virtualization/digital twins.

Research Leadership:

• Co-investigator on projects related to AI-assisted network slicing, digital twin-driven resource allocation, and integrated satellite-terrestrial networks
• Led work on energy-efficient UAV-assisted edge computing (IEEE Best Land Transportation Paper Award 2024)

Professional Roles:

• Senior Member, IEEE
• Lead Associate Editor, IEEE Access Vehicular Technology Society Section (2020-present)
• Associate Editor, Springer Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (2020-present)
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Young Professional Ambassador (2024)

Notable Contributions:

• Authored/co-authored books on Intelligent Computing and Communication for the Internet of Vehicles (Springer, 2023) and Connectivity and Edge Computing in IoT (Springer, 2021)
• Holds patents on medium access control methods (US Patents 2022, 2024)
• Received multiple IEEE service awards (2018-2024)