I joined Xidian University in 2019 as a Distinguished Professor, Founding Director of Xidian Research Institute of Smart Transportation and Vice-Director of the National Key Lab of Integrated Service Networks. Before that I was a Professor of Wireless Networking at the School of Computing and Communications and Director of Center for Real-time Information Networks at University of Technology Sydney (2014-2019) and a tenured Professor at the University of Sydney (2002-2014).  I held a visiting fellow position at Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University and a Senior Principal Researcher position at Data61, CSIRO. I have extensive collaboration with researchers in local industry, e.g., NICTA (Data61 CSIRO), Optus and DSTO, in local universities as well as researchers in overseas companies and institutions. I was a Guest Chair Professor at Zhejiang University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chinese Academy of Science and Chang'an University. From 2022, I am a visiting professor at the University of Sheffield, UK.

I have published three books, three book chapters, and about 300 other papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings and these publications have been cited more than 14,000 times. Twelve of them were in the list of ESI highly cited publications. I am in the list of Top 2% most-cited Scientists Worldwide 2022 by Stanford University. I have received and completed a number of competitive industrial and academic research grants fromthe Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, the Australian Research Council, National ICT Australia (Data61, CSIRO), Optus, DSTO, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development, whose total value exceeds A$30 million. Furthermore, as a UTS research leader in Intelligent Transportation Systems, I took a major role in the iMove CRC application in 2017, which received A$55 million over 10 years from the Australian Federal government matched with A$178.8 million in cash and in-kind participant contributions. iMove CRC aims to exploit digital and evolving vehicle technologies to enable traffic to flow more smoothly, creating more efficient intermodal connections and offer real time choice to travelers and freight operators. The outcomes are reduced congestion, fuel use and emissions and improved national productivity and competitiveness. In 2019, as the lead Chief Investigator, I was awarded the National Key Research and Development Program of China "Integration and Implementation of Highways Intelligent Road-Vehicle Collaboration Systems", totaling ~¥120 million in 2019. My team was awarded the National Key Research and Development Program of China "Key Technologies for 6G on-demand all-scenario services" in 2020. Currently, I am working on a project to build world's first commercial highway, spanning 420km and starting from Jiuquan, Ganshu, China, dedicated exclusively for autonomous trucks as the Chief ICT architect for road-vehicle collaboration.

I am a Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET and a Fellow of AAIA. I am an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (since 2018), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2014-2020) and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2010). I was a member of IEEE ComSoc Awards Committee (2018-2020). I received “Top Editor Award” and “Top 15 Editors Recognition Award” for outstanding contributions to the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology in 2011, 2014 and 2015 respectively. I received the 2021 IEEE SPS Young Author Best Paper Award and best paper award at IEEE WCNC 2018 and 2017 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Networks. I am a co-chair of IEEE Intelligent Transport Systems Society Technical Committee on Communication Networks. I was a guest editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Special Section on “Graph Theory and its Applications in Vehicular Networking” 2013. I was a general chair of CISDS 2022 and CSTFM 2023, a TPC (co-)chair of WCSP 2019 and IEEE ICCC 2017, tra ack co-chair of IEEE ICCC 2023, IEEE CCNC 2017, APCC 2017, IEEE VTC Fall 2016 and the 23rd IEEE PIMRC, a symposium co-chair of CMC 2011&2012 and the 7th ChinaCom, a tutorial co-chair of SmartGridComm 2016, a publicity chair of ACM Sensys 2007 and IEEE WCNC 2010, and a workshop co-chair of IEEE GreenCom 2013. I was the chief editor of the first book on sensor network localization: “Localization Algorithms and Strategies for Wireless Sensor Networks”, which features contributions from world-leading experts from Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, Canada, University of London, UK and Linköping University, Sweden. I was listed in the 25th Anniversary Edition of Marquis “Who's Who in the World” (2008) and in the 9th (2007) and 10th (2008) Anniversary Edition of Marquis “Who's Who in Science and Engineering” for “exceptional achievements in Science and Engineering”. 

I was appointed into the Australian Research Council “Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)” Research Evaluation Committee for “Engineering and Environmental Sciences” in 2015. The committee comprises up to 15 members and ranks research quality of engineering and environmental sciences disciplines of Australian Universities. The ranking is conducted every three years. I was appointed into College of Reviewers of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment SCIENCE FUNDING in 2017. I was appointed an overseas expert review of Chinese Academy of Science in 2016. I was regularly invited to review national competitive reserach grants of China, Hong Kong, China, Qatar, Portugal, New Zealand, Canada and Australia.

I am a Vice-Director of Intelligent Transportation Information Engineering Society, Chinese Institute of Electronics (2022-) and a Vice-Director of the Academic Board of International Innovation Alliance on Internet of Vehicles and Intelligent Vehicle Testing Technology (2023-)

My areas of interest include intelligent transportation systems and vehicular networks, next generation mobile communication systems, Internet of Things, wireless sensor networks and wireless localization techniques.

If you are an academic staff, a researcher, or an engineer interested in research cooperation, you may want to have a look at my research profile and publications. You are welcome to send me an email for research discussion or requesting further information.

If you are a highly motivated student with a strong academic record and are interested in taking the challenges in the broad area of urban sensing, intelligent transportation systems, vehicular networks, next generation mobile communication systems and applied graph theory, you are most welcome to join my group as a PhD or Master candidate. You may contact me via the email below.

Email: g.mao AT ieee.org


Areas of Interest:


     • Intelligent Transport Systems 



     • Next Generation Mobile Communication Systems



     • Internet of Things



     • Wireless Sensor Networks



     • Wireless Localization Techniques



Dr Guoqiang Mao

FIEEE, FIET, Leading Professor, Xidian University

Founding Director, Xidian Research Institute of Smart Transportation

Vice-Director, The National Key Lab of Integrated Service Networks