Prof. Yan Zhang is currently Head of Department and Chief Scientist, Department of Networks at Simula Research Laboratory, Norway. He is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway. From 1 September 2016, he will take the new position as a full-time Full Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway. His main responsibility is to lead the Energy Informatics related research, education and collaboration programs at the University.

 He received a PhD degree in School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is IEEE Access Associate Editor. He also serves as the guest editor for IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Access, and IEEE Internet of Things journal. He serves as chair positions in a number of conferences, including IEEE PIMRC 2016, IEEE CloudCom 2016, IEEE ICCC 2016, IEEE CCNC 2016, WCSP 2016, WICON 2016, IEEE SmartGridComm 2015, and IEEE CloudCom 2015. He serves as TPC member for numerous international conference including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, and IEEE WCNC. His current research interest include: next-generation wireless networks leading to 5G, reliable and secure cyber-physical systems (e.g., smart grid, healthcare, and transport),machine-to-machine communications, Internet-of-Things, economic approaches (e.g., game theory) for networks performance optimization. He has received 8 Best Paper Awards. He has 5 ESI “Highly Cited Papers”. He is IEEE VTS (Vehicular Technology Society) Distinguished Lecturer. He is also a senior member of IEEE, IEEE ComSoc, and IEEE VT society. He is a Fellow of IET.