Lin Guan

Dr. Lin Guan serves as a Senior Lecturer and International Partnerships Coordinator in the Department of Computer Science at Loughborough University. She joined the institution in 2006 after completing her PhD at the University of Bradford and holding positions as a Research Associate and project manager/software engineer at Simulation Systems Ltd.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD, University of Bradford, UK

Dr. Guan's research centers on performance modeling of heterogeneous computer networks and systems with emphasis on Quality of Service (QoS), Quality of Resilience, and Quality of Experience. She actively investigates edge/fog computing, VANET, SDN, cloud security, mobile computing, wireless sensor networks, and MBSE with QoS attributes, contributing over 100 publications to these fields.

Her distinguished recognition includes:

• British Federation of Women Graduates Foundation Main Grant (2004)
• Royal Society Industry Fellowship

She has secured substantial research funding through two EPSRC/industry CASE awards, an EPSRC/BAE EngD project, two industrial subcontracts, and an EPSRC KTA project. Currently, she leads an EPSRC/Rolls Royce funded 4-year MBSE initiative while serving on the Editorial Board of Elsevier's Journal of Systems and Software (ranked #2 for Software Engineering venues).

Dr. Guan is affiliated with the Cyber, Networks and Systems research group within the Department of Computer Science.