Jorg Liebeherr

Jorg Liebeherr is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, holding the Nortel Chair of Network Architecture and Services. His research focuses on computer networks, particularly network calculus, self-organizing networks, protocol design, and traffic scheduling.

• Education:
  • Diplom-Informatiker (with distinction), University of Erlangen (Germany), 1988
  • PhD, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991

His recent work includes low-cost LoRa mesh networks for environmental sensing and mathematical frameworks for traffic control in 5G and IoT systems. Publications span journals like IEEE Internet of Things Journal and conferences such as IEEE Infocom and ACM Sigmetrics.

Scientific Awards:

• IEEE Fellow (2008)
• Outstanding Service Award, IEEE ComSoc TC on Computer Communications (2006)
• ACM Sigmetrics Best Student Paper Award (2005)
• NSF CAREER Award (1996)

Advising and Grants: Supervised 15+ theses (MASc/PhD) and secured grants from NSF, Virginia Engineering Foundation, and industry partners.

Labs: Leads the Network Research Lab and HyperCast projects, an open-source platform for application-layer internetworking.